Biography

This book is absolutely incredible. It made me laugh more than any book in so...

Using previously undiscovered material, Surreal tells the riveting story of Gala Dali,(1894-1982) who broke away...

The true story of one woman's struggle to keep her child and win freedom for...

'Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator' Observer...

A worldwide exploration of the history, purpose, and inescapable influence of the Iliad and the...

Feels like reading a love story that doesn't quite know it's a love story yet,...

'Illuminating and affectionate... an intimate and perceptive portrait' Publishers Weekly An intimate and revelatory biography...

'Adrian candidly presents the 'equation of service': the challenges overcome that create feelings of personal...

Gen X icon Ione Skye bares all in an achingly vulnerable coming-of-age memoir about chasing...

Thirty years ago, Gina Chick's mother Suzanne wrote a bestselling memoir after discovering that her...

Champion swimmer, trailblazer and film idol - the adventurous life of our first Hollywood superstar,...

A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time. *...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 IN THE INDEPENDENT, GQ, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA 2024 SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN...

The Bookseller at the End of the World described the first part of Ruth Shaw's...

In the woods above Polly Atkin's home in Grasmere, Cumbria live the tawny owls she...

The Correspondent recounts Peter's Greste's fight for truth, with new insights on conflicts in Ukraine...

When an unassuming young Melbourne woman bumped into a handsome naval lieutenant in a Colombo...

'I get changed into my scrubs, relieved for the focus on other women's bodies, making...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz weaves together the stories...

Brooke Boney has been in the public eye for well over a decade, first as...

GAVIN LONG FINALLY GETS THE BIOGRAPHY HE RICHLY DESERVES. While Charles Bean is the subject...

If we live life on other people's terms, we will inevitably be paralysed into inaction....

It is daunting to grow old in a time and place that does not value...

'A luminous study' Luke Harding, Guardian 'Courageous and shocking' Katy Guest, Books of the Year,...

'Bob Clifford is a hero of mine. I actually sought him out because I wanted...

So begins Mary Gaitskill's stunning long essay, the closest thing she has written to a...

'A plot that Downton Abbey would die for' Daily Mail 'A proper sex in high...