Biography

Alaa Abd el-Fattah is arguably the most high-profile political prisoner in Egypt, if not the Arab world, rising to international prominence during the revolution of 2011. A fiercely independent thinker...

Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her exams for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux's father had grown...

Part-essay and part-memoir, This Little Art is a manifesto for the practice of literary translation. Taking her experience translating Roland Barthes' lectures at the College de France as her starting...

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was the son of Melville Bell, inventor of Visible Speech which revoltionized phonetics and linguistics. He was inspired by his deaf mother to try and communicate...

'I like eating cold, clammy wraps from big pharmacies that are open late and sell just a few foods like protein bars and powders.' Flower is a book of realistic...

Blending memories and family myths, Mary McCarthy takes us back to the 1920s, when she was orphaned into a world of relations as colourful, potent and mysterious as the Catholic...

'The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city - the whole world - with a person you may never have met.' These words set the...

In her extraordinary non-fiction debut, Jacqueline Feldman tells the story of Le Bloc, a legendary squat situated at the far edge of Paris, near where the banlieue begins. Opened in...

'If there's any metaphor I would use for the act of writing, it would have to be listening,' says Jon Fosse in A Silent Language , the lecture he delivered...

On a journey through the south-east of Hungary some years back, Esther Kinsky finds herself in a small town in the Alfoeld, the Great Hungarian Plain. Resignation and a glorification...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 What makes a good death? A good daughter? In 2009, with her forties and a wave of austerity on the horizon, Marianne...

This authoritative and accessible workbook guides you through the memoir writing process so you can tell your own story with confidence! Ready, Set, Memoir! is full of helpful lists, exercises,...

Kertesz delves into his life not only during the Second World War, when he was deported from Budapest at 14 with other Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz concentration camp, but also...

This anthology brings together accounts of exploration and discovery from every part of the globe. It includes stories of exploration in the American interior, South America, the Middle East, the...

The bestselling author uses his impressive list of sources and impeccable insight to reveal the true story of the relationship between Jacqueline Kennedy and her brother-in-law, Robert F. Kennedy. Their...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Read the shocking true story now featured in the Netflix documentary My Father, The BTK Killer . What is it like to learn that your ordinary,...

After William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde is the most quoted of writers. His epigrams turned conventions upside down and are part of our cultural inheritance. His personality defined an era. Wilde's...

More than a hundred years have passed since the creation of Sherlock Holmes, perhaps the most famous fictional character of all time. But while the legendary detective lives on in...

Although before him Charles Perrault in France and the Brothers Gimm in Germany had collected and retold folk-tales in ways which found wide popular audiences, it was only with the...

I have put my genius into my life but only my talent into my work' So said Oscar Wilde of his remarkable life - a life more complex, more troubled,...

Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of Reg Twigg, one of the last men standing from a forgotten war. Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be...

The novels of Jane Austen depict a world of civility, reassuring stability and continuity, which generations of readers have supposed was the world she herself inhabited. Claire Tomalin's biography paints...

For ten years Berkoff has travelled all over the world - from Fiji to Acapulco - acting, directing and writing. This book is his diary of these trips Berkoff is...

John Gotti was the original New York Untouchable - a Godfather who laughed at the law. He rose from the streets of Queens to head the Gambino family, America's most...

The first in-depth look at the Minnesota Timberwolves rising star, from his backstory to his mindset, and the relationships that fueled his drive to greatness. From his jaw-dropping dunks to...

The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...

Phil Tufnell played in five Ashes series and has commentated on another ten. With the next tear-up just around the corner, 'Tuffers' has sat down and personally chosen his 50...

Winner of the Andre Simon Food Award 2025 'Extraordinary' TELEGRAPH 'Delightful' GUARDIAN 'Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN...

THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose...

A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...

'Remarkable' OBSERVER 'Deeply profound... this is no ordinary memoir' THE TIMES 'Astounding' ADAM FARRER 'Brave and luminous' SARAH LANGFORD 'Mesmerising' POLLY ATKIN 'Beautifully written' YORKSHIRE POST 'Steadfastly honest' GEOGRAPHICAL A...

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards...

"A vibrant, often hilarious emotional and physical journey. And let's be honest, who hasn't wanted to drift away on a narrowboat?" - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants All...

Filled with terrifying tales of gruesome murders, grand theft and kidnappings, this compendium of the worst side of humanity is guaranteed to chill the blood Did you hear about London's...

'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage 'Walker writes beautifully about the push and pull of...

The second volume of diaries from one of Britain's best-loved national treasures. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in...

'A book that stays with you and widens your perception of how people and place intertwine' MATT COLLINS For over five decades, Beth Lynch has been repeatedly drawn to a...

'Nemonte's writing is as provocative as it is inspiring' EMMA THOMPSON ' One of the most effective leaders for indigenous rights and environmental justice' LAURENE POWELL JOBS 'I'm here to...

'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards and from what I've learned over the fifty or so years...

'An engaged, informed companion for the armchair time traveller...captures the thrill and the difficulties of interpreting the past'. TLS 'Duncan has written a masterpiece - a journey and an investigation...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A mind-blowing and emotionally honest tale of survival against all odds.' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'A breathtaking memoir...I was so moved by this book.' Oprah 'It is...

Raymond Antrobus was first diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and...

'Profoundly affecting' GUARDIAN 'Extraordinary. It made me cry' MELISSA HARRISON 'Wise and beautifully written' SINEAD GLEESON 'Made me feel that I too was more alive' LUCY CALDWELL A life is...

'Kwajo's voice is leading the call for change on behalf of a generation who have been seriously failed by Westminster.' Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester 'A brilliant thinker and...

Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history-Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.?...