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'Absolutely mesmerising. I was possessed by this book in the same way that I suspect its author was possessed by Spark. It still hasn’t put me down' Spectator'Unputdownable' Financial Times'Joyously, brilliantly intelligent. In Wilson, Spark has met her true match' Anne EnrightFrom one of our leading biographers and critics comes an exhilarating, landmark new look at Muriel Spark.The word most...

The iconic, multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning performer Brandy brings us a raw, intimate portrait of her life, charting her growth to stardom from Mississippi churches to Hollywood spotlights. From the moment she first sang at church in McComb, Mississippi, Brandy knew her voice was special. At fourteen, she landed her first record deal. At fifteen, her album went platinum. At sixteen,...

An instant contemporary classic A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction A number one New York Times Bestseller A stunning memoir chronicling profound grief and comic absurdity Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is both heartbreaking and staggering. If capturing the universal in a fresh and memorable way defines genius, then this book is indeed a work of genius....

From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of the life and influence of Jules Verne, the novelist whose mind spun the greatest adventures ever told. His daring and prescient imagination sparked a lasting transformation of modern society and technology, inspiring everyone from J.R.R. Tolkien to Kurt Vonnegut to Jeff Bezos. "We are...

The long-awaited memoir from a true Hollywood icon. We know Sylvester Stallone as one of the most revered actors, writers, and directors of all time, yet his life story is every bit as dramatic, intense, and inspiring as his greatest creations on screen. Bringing together a no-holds-barred account of a fascinating life with messages of hope, positivity, and resilience, in...

Wanderlust by Reid Mitenbuler is an epic narrative following the extraordinary life of Peter Freuchen, an eccentric adventurer whose escapades spanned some of the most remote and perilous frontiers of the twentieth century. The story opens with a heart-pounding scene set in the Arctic wilderness, where Freuchen finds himself buried alive under the snow during a sudden blizzard. As he...

First published in 1936, All the Dogs of My Life is a brilliantly written account of all fourteen pet dogs owned by Elizabeth von Arnim throughout her life. With an introduction by Nina Stibbe, bestselling writer and author of Went to London, Took the Dog. From a beloved dachshund to a trouble-seeking Great Dane, via all manner of dogs large...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller. 'A brave and vulnerable book by a very, very funny woman' - Joe Lycett 'A brilliant representation of anxiety made hilarious' - Romesh Ranganathan 'Only Suzi Ruffell can take anxiety & make it funny. Relatable, hilarious & educational to boot' - Aisling Bea Does peaking in high school ruin you for life? Was Miley Cyrus...

'I understand there may come a day when I read these words and no longer recognise them as my own. But when that day arrives, I hope I still feel something within them. I hope I still recognise the love. Because this is not only a story about what can be taken from us. It is a story about what...

It was the night of February 25, 1964. A cloud of cigar smoke drifted through the ring lights. Cassius Clay threw punches into the grey floating haze and waited for the bell. When Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mould. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world...

You've never really made it in fashion. Nobody cares how good you used to be. It's about today and tomorrow. Describing his journey from leaving school at fifteen with undiagnosed dyslexia to his life-changing accident that would end his dream of becoming a racing cyclist, Sir Paul's journey has been anything but conventional. From his immersion in the strange new...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller What do you do when you've lost everything? You bet it all on a mad idea. After a broken heart and a bankrupt business left him at rock bottom, Bobby Bolton made a drunken promise in a Wigan pub: he was going to drive to Australia in a converted truck with his dog, Red. He...

Part elegy, part archival detective story, and part visual poetry, Without Terminus emerges from Chaun Webster wrestling with Frank B. Wilderson III's question: "How does one narrate the loss of loss?" In his first work of nonfiction, Webster attempts to find traces of his family, and in particular of his grandfather Reginald, who worked for years as a sleeping car...

Northern Irish-born, Kiwi by choice, Nic's lived through cancer, the death of her three-year-old daughter Kenzie, Parkinson's, and a heart transplant—yet, somehow, she still gets up swinging. Out of that chaos came Kenzie's Gift, the charity she founded to help children and young people whose parent or sibling has died or is seriously ill. Two decades on, it's supported thousands...

A gripping and revealing new biography of one of the greatest of modern poets, the queer, Greek-Egyptian Constantine Cavafy, whose admirers have ranged from E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf to Jackie Onassis, Leonard Cohen and Stephen Fry. Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 'A deeply researched and engaging biography… Jeffreys and Jusdanis brilliantly recreate Cavafy’s world’ -...

The Next Chapter of Cher's Iconic Life. Continue the ride in Summer 2025. Cher is an intimate journey into the extraordinary world of Cher, one of the most iconic and influential figures in the entertainment industry. This captivating narrative unveils her fascinating life story, filled with personal insights and behind-the-scenes moments that are sure to enthral readers. With unprecedented access...

Camp, theatrical, and fierce. Chappell Roan is serving fashion with a plot twist on stage and the red carpet. From her humble Midwestern roots to her rapid rise to global pop superstar, Chappell Roan is known for turning a look and putting on a show. Creating her own definition of camp, wearing chainmail on stage at the VMAs and turning...

"Lively and entertaining . . . Those fearlessly determined female pilots are the professional forebears of the women who would slowly break down barriers in the U.S. military in the decades that followed . . . And what forebears those women were." —The Washington Post“A soaring narrative.”—Keith O'Brien, New York Times bestselling author of Fly GirlsThe heart-pounding true story of...

A heartfelt gift. A lasting legacy. A deeper connection. This keepsake journal is a beautiful way to gift your mother the space—and the invitation—to write her story in her own words. My Mother's Story is a beautiful memory journal designed for your mum to fill in and return to you. With over 60 thought-provoking prompts, this guided book invites her...

A revealing memoir for film and pop culture fans, tracing Clara Bow's journey from Brooklyn's streets to Hollywood's "It Girl"—and back in the spotlight thanks to Taylor Swift's recent tribute. Step into the golden age of cinema through the eyes of its brightest star—and discover the real Clara Bow like never before. From the gritty streets of Brooklyn to the...

Impressively original and ingenious OPHELIA FIELD, author of The Favourite Gripping GARETH RUSSELL, author of Queen James Illuminating ALICE HUNT, THE TIMES Refreshing, immersive and compelling CLARE JACKSON, author of The Mirror of Great Britain A spellbinding work of history that uncovers the inner lives and work of Maria of Modena and her 'graces', the extraordinary women who practiced art,...

Intertwining food writing with personal stories, this is a mouthwatering, light, and upbeat book exploring what it is about the humble instant noodle that has made it a source of comfort to so many. In this world, there are two types of food: ramen and non-ramen. Yoon Ina takes ramen seriously. She makes sure to try new flavours as soon...

Zaynab Fawwaz (c.1860-1914) was a forceful voice in support of women's rights to education and work choices in colonial-era Egypt. Her volume of 453 women's lives, al-Durr al-manthur fi tabaqat rabbat al-khudur (Pearls scattered in times and places: Classes of ladies of cloistered spaces, 1893-6), featuring Boudicca, Catherine the Great, Zaynab (the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad), Victoria Woodhull, the...

John D’Emilio is one of the leading historians of his generation and a pioneering figure in the field of LGBTQ history. At times his life has been seemingly at odds with his upbringing. How does a boy from an Italian immigrant family, in which everyone unfailingly went to confession and Sunday Mass, become a lapsed Catholic? How does a family...

In his candid and revealing memoir, Joe Biden reflects on his time as president: the challenges, triumphs, sorrows, and accomplishments that marked his administration amid one of the most tumultuous eras in American history. Biden took the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where—just days earlier—rioters had stormed the halls and threatened the very foundation of...

Dickensian is a language, not an adjective. Conrad speaks it fluently. -- Spectator World Marvellous... the best book on Dickens since G.K. Chesterton’s. -- A. N. Wilson, The Oldie A kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens’s imagination and the world he created. See Dickens as never before in this creative biography, which delves into his novels, journalistic essays and letters to reveal...

In Your Area and In Our Hearts – this is the world of BLACKPINK! August 2016: stars are born. A decade later, BLACKPINK are still shooting to dazzling heights, redefining the music landscape globally with no end in sight. Come along and party as we dance through ten years of breaking records, unforgettable tours, play on repeat hits and drop...

The first authorized biography of legendary comedian Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld and star and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm. With unfettered access to Larry himself, and exclusive interviews with his family, friends and colleagues, author Blake J. Harris chronicles the unlikely journey of a generation-defining icon. Larry David has built a comedy empire on candid observations, social faux pas...

Like When Breath Becomes Air, Being Mortal and The Emperor of All Maladies, Fifty Beating Wonders is a stunning book about the magnificent complexity of the human body and the miracle of being human. It is absorbing, uplifting, moving and celebratory - a wonder indeed. The Emergency Department - loud, chaotic and heaving with broken bodies - seems an unlikely...

From the author of Bad Girls of Ancient Greece comes a new collection, covering tales of lore from bad boys and more… Myths and legends would be nothing without their shining star of a hero at the forefront, right? But what about those sidekicks and minor characters so often scrubbed out of the story?From honoured heroes such as Heracles, to...

Filled with sparkling anecdotes and tales of living life to the full, featuring previously unseen photographs from Lady Glenconner's personal collection.Lady Anne Glenconner, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret and Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation, returns with a rich, sparkling memoir told through an A to Z of her life. From affairs of the heart and Basil's Bar to dinners...

A heartfelt gift. A lasting legacy. A deeper connection. A heartfelt gift. A lasting legacy. A deeper connection.This keepsake journal is a way to gift your father the space - and the invitation - to write his story in his own words.My Father's Story is a beautiful memory journal designed for your dad to fill in and return to you....

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Utterly fascinating’ NEW YORK TIMES‘An act of intimate storytelling’ VOGUE‘A profound, rich document’ NEW STATESMANA deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of America’s most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. A pile of neatly typed pages was found in Joan Didion’s office after her death....

Six true stories of survival against the odds, to inspire and thrill young readers. Lost in the wilderness, desperate to survive, running out of time...A thrilling illustrated collection of true survival stories from all around the world. A young girl survives a plane crash only to find herself lost in the middle of a jungle. A sailor adrift at sea...

'Beautiful and profoundly moving' STANLEY TUCCI In The Life We Choose, Hollywood actor Anthony LaPaglia crafts a memoir as raw and layered as the life he's lived - a story of reinvention, resilience and the relentless pursuit of something more. From the suffocating suburbs of Adelaide, where family dysfunction reigned, to the gritty streets of New York, where he found...

From the international supermodel, mother of successful businessman Elon Musk and bestselling author Maye Musk comes an empowering, intimate and inspiring exploration of reinvention that proves it’s never too late to embrace change, rewrite your story – and create a truly fabulous life. In her late seventies, Maye Musk is thriving like never before: walking runways, gracing magazine covers and...

A surprising, richly told memoir that seamlessly weaves the personal with the political to tell a riveting story: of love, of family, and of an endlessly fascinating country, India. How did a girl from a small village in Italy rise as a politician in India and become known around the world? Belonging begins in Cambridge, England, where in 1965 Sonia Maino,...

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem's inspiring and candid memoir of her early life and her path to becoming one of the world's most influential voices, with reflections on hope, happiness and how to keep fighting. Before she was an iconic feminist leader, Gloria Steinem was a curious child in Toledo, Ohio: going on road trips with her itinerant father, caring for...

For readers of From Scratch and Marley and Me: After losing his beloved dog and nearly everything else, one man's accidental arrival in a remote Italian village leads to unexpected friendship, healing, and a new definition of home. One dog's love. One man's journey. When Matthew Sigman's beloved dog, Augie, died, his world fell apart. His boyfriend broke up with...

The unexplored life of rock's greatest and perhaps most enigmatic instrumentalist. With his shag haircut and white Stratocaster guitar, Jeff Beck was an icon. Yet somehow, he maintained the ineffable low-profile cool of a cult hero—gliding through six decades of musical trends with nary a lapse in taste. In his illustrious career, Beck won eight Grammy Awards, was twice inducted...

An unprecedented and intimate account of one of the most business-savvy, influential and defining public icons of our time. Citizen Kim provides a deep and nuanced portrayal of Kim Kardashian, who stands as a self-made mogul, social media genius, fashion icon, and unexpected advocate for criminal justice reform. Though she is often dismissed as a figure of scandal, spectacle, and...

A brilliant, kaleidoscopic cultural history of Diana, her many lives and the world she created In February 1981 a 19-year-old nursery teacher's assistant overnight became globally famous. In a frenzy of excitement, jumping every barrier of language and class, a new, overwhelming icon was conjured up. This is a guide to Dianaworld - the extraordinary hall-of-mirrors through which one young...

An irresistible invitation to get inside one of the twentieth century's most infamous and fascinating relationships. These intimate love letters reveal the open relationship between de Beauvoir and Sartre, two of the twentieth century's groundbreaking thinkers. Simone de Beauvoir lived her feminist philosophy. She never married or had children, she had affairs with both men and women, and she actively...

A groundbreaking chronicle of the life and legacy of Virgil Abloh from Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, Robin Givhan. In 2018, Louis Vuitton appointed a designer with no formal training to be the head of menswear - the first Black director in the brand's 164-year history, upending a century's worth of ideas about luxury and taste. Recounting Virgil Abloh's remarkable ascent to...

The story of the elite generals who built up - and ultimately ruined - one of the greatest warriors in history, from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of Churchill and Napoleon. In 1804, immediately after his coronation as Emperor, Napoleon created the Marshalate, the supreme martial rank of the empire. Over the next decade, he elevated to it some...

Part deeply personal memoir, part masterclass in storytelling, Plot Twist is a refreshingly honest look at the life of a writer whose stories have thrilled us for decades. With 100 million books in print worldwide and over twenty blockbuster television and film adaptations of his work, Harlan Coben has much to teach us about the creative process. Plumbing memories from...

From the bestselling author of The Butchering Art and The Facemaker comes the astonishing true story of Joseph Bell, the Scottish surgeon whose extraordinary talent for detection inspired Sherlock Holmes. Edinburgh, 1878. A medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle squeezes into the Royal Infirmary's packed operating theatre, hoping to catch a glimpse of the celebrated professor whose uncanny powers of...

On the 24th of October 2023, Wayne Holdsworth lost his son to suicide. That moment sparked a legacy which has snowballed into a mass movement that is changing Australia for the better. On the morning of the 24th of October 2023, Wayne Holdsworth went upstairs to wake Mac, his 17-year-old son. He discovered Mac's body instead. In the period leading...

A powerful and illuminating exploration of adoption, written by an adoptive mother, which tells both a deeply personal story and the larger story of adoption itself. Essential reading for those whose life has been—or may yet be—touched by adoption, and for anyone wanting to better understand its story. Twenty years ago, Carol Atherton and her husband, Matthew, stood together on...

The powerful true story of the first flight across the Atlantic - and of the ordinary heroes who risked their lives to race in pursuit of progress. A non-stop flight across the Atlantic might seem routine today. But it is only possible because of those who went first. Vivid and compelling - John Lancaster A delectable serving of escapist nostalgia...

A memoir of strength, the power of education and the universal language of mathematics. Born near Nazareth as a Palestinian citizen of Israel, Majeda Awawdeh learns early the limits imposed on her body, her voice and her dreams. After marrying at just seventeen to escape an increasingly stifling home life and continue her education, Majeda finds herself shouldering the double...

Bracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience - for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman, and Emma Dabiri. Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats - the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world. Their writings are associated with the sublime power of nature and revolutionary politics....

The raw and inspiring story of how a former prisoner overcame abuse, addiction and incarceration to become CEO of a global business, helping and coaching others to break free of their self-imposed limitations. "ONE OF THE MOST CAPTIVATING BOOKS I'VE READ IN YEARS" - Simon Alexander Ong Your most difficult experiences aren't setbacks. They're the starting points on your journey...

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the history of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later. Drawn from over 500,000 words of interviews with McCartney, family and band members, and other key participants, Wings recounts the musical odyssey taken by a...

Entertainment was never just entertainment... It was instruction. From the sleek hallways of Constance Billard to the rainy corridors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Domenica Feraud—like so many of us—was raised by TV. It was her greatest comfort, her most passionate obsession, her favourite form of therapy. Her childhood friends were cloaked in laugh tracks, her mentors monologued under stage...

In this memoir, Fidel Castro describes his historic political partnership and personal friendship with Che Guevara, a relationship that changed the course of Cuban politics and world history. "For me, it has been hard to accept the idea that Che is dead. I have dreamed of him often, that I spoke with him, that he was alive." In this uncharacteristically...

'Donna Urquhart is one of the most inspiring people I have ever met. Her gripping story shows us the true power of the human spirit in one of the most unforgiving places on the planet. You'll be willing her on, step by icy step!' Michael Rowland 'Wild courage, relentless determination and a hunger to challenge expectations. Donna is a pioneer...

In this powerful follow-up to her bestselling memoir, In Shock, a doctor asks: What does it truly mean to heal? In the aftermath of her own critical illness, physician and writer Dr. Rana Awdish finds herself oddly estranged from her own body. Medicine has conditioned her to view sick bodies as broken objects, not as sites of meaning, mystery, and...

New York Times bestselling author and former Sports Illustrated journalist Lars Anderson plunges into Tom Brady's childhood to discover the origins of what Brady later described as his 'sickness': his singular obsession with the game. The obsession dictated every choice Brady made, from what foods he ate to how he managed his day-to-day schedule to how he viewed his role...

'This story starts roughly in the 1970s, a few years after I was born, about the time when I began to have memories and my father's codename was already long established as "Andronic", a name we learned about only last summer . . .' Burying the Typewriter is the haunting true story of life behind the Iron Curtain, and one...

Charles Sumner is mainly known as the abolitionist statesman who suffered a brutal caning on the Senate floor by the proslavery congressman Preston Brooks in 1856. This violent episode has obscured Sumner's status as the most passionate champion of equal rights and multiracial democracy of his time. A friend of Alexis de Tocqueville, an ally of Frederick Douglass, and an...

The ultimate illustrated legacy of the greatest football manager of all time. In this personal and contemplative book, Sir Alex Ferguson has chosen twenty-one defining football matches to illuminate, with touching details, his journey from the shipyards of Govan to the summit of global football as manager of Manchester United. Going far beyond the trophy cabinet, Sir Alex uses these...

October, 8, 2022. Three friends are fishing for red snapper when their boat, tied to an oil rig, begins taking on water and sinks 15 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. Suddenly, the three men find themselves in a struggle for their lives. Their vessel succumbs to the building seas so quickly that the fishermen are unable to send...

A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America's deportation regime. No Land to Stand On begins with the question, "Are you Mahmoud Khalil?" This was asked by ICE agents as they took the Palestinian student and U.S. legal resident from his pregnant wife and home in New York City, transported him across the country, and locked...

The definitive book on Sandy Irvine and the mystery of his and Mallory's disappearance on Everest in June 1924. The fate of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine, who were last seen disappearing into the clouds as they headed for the summit of Mount Everest on 8 June 1924, still grips the imagination over 100 years later. Mallory's body was found...

What happens when an ordinary girl falls for a charming prince? In this funny, honest, and at times heartbreaking memoir, musical theatre star Ruthie Henshall reveals all. Today Ruthie is an award-winning West End and Broadway star, known for the emotional power of her performance. In 1987, she was at the start of her career, a lycra-clad chorus girl in...

A pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life. A clever, offbeat history of mid-century Britain through George Orwell’s eyes. — Helen Lewis When we think about Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who – between puffs on his cigarette – composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned but explosive. We see a...

'I really cannot overstate how fabulous this book is' DAILY MAIL 'Dazzling... This is biography of great brilliance and rare resonance' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE 'A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan' DAN JONES 'A splendid book, lively, erudite... where myth and heroism meet' RORY STEWART A stunningly written new biography of Alexander the Great, based on a series of...

As a well-known Australian comedian, podcaster, actor and radio presenter, Ash Williams was used to juggling the ups and downs of the show business world. So when he was given an opportunity to try his luck at making it big in Hollywood, he jumped at it. After all, what could possibly go wrong? Very little, or so it seemed at...

Celebrate the legendary pitchers of America's greatest pastime with this licensed, authoritative history packed with stats, facts, and photos from The National Baseball Hall of Fame archives. A central position in the game of baseball, pitchers must face every hit with utter control and strength. In Baseball's Greatest Pitchers, learn what it takes to command the role through the lives...

An incredible whirlwind of talent, transformation, and turmoil, the British pop icon’s life is detailed in this sensitive and heart-rending portrait. For most of the early 1960s, Dusty Springfield was the most popular and best-selling female recording artist in Britain, becoming the first bonafide British star to follow the Beatles. In 1966, she was named as the top female singer...

'We were told that the leaders were given the power to bind or to lose us from heaven. If I died suddenly, which I always believed was a high possibility, and I didn't meet Hopeful's definition of a good woman of God, I would go to hell.' To survive in Gloriavale, you must submit. And for the first 27 years...

Powerful and timeless, this is a book for everyone that will kick-start honest conversations and help create real change - Fearne Cotton This book reminds us that being vulnerable is the very gateway to deeper friendships and richer forms of flourishing. A very necessary, highly readable and relatable voice to help us to discover more liberated and creative ways of...

From Ramsey Street to global icon, this is the revelatory exploration of one of the world's most successful pop stars, Kylie Minogue. From her late-eighties beginnings — capturing our hearts as Charlene in Neighbours — to her gold-plated hits like 'Spinning Around' and 'Padam Padam' soundtracking the euphoria of dancefloors the world over, Kylie Minogue is a modern-day icon. But,...

From her late-80s beginnings, capturing our hearts as Charlene in Neighbours and singing 'I Should Be So Lucky' in a bubble bath, to her gold-plated hits like 'Spinning Around' and 'Padam Padam' soundtracking the euphoria of dancefloors the world over, there is only one Kylie Minogue. She has sold over eighty-million records internationally, is the best-selling Australian pop star of...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND NPR “Tamara is one of the funniest people I know and her memoir is as hilarious as she is.” --Cecily Strong “Tamara’s life story is fascinating.” --Taika Waititi A hilarious, moving memoir by Argentine-American comedian Tamara Yajia about growing up between two worlds. From the day she was born, Tamara...

A fascinating account of the surreal Eddy Merckx years, with previously untold anecdotes and memories. For over 50 years, Eddy Merckx has reigned supreme as the greatest cyclist of all time, winning every bike race going: Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, La Vuelta, The Monuments, World Championships and the Hour Record. From 1967 to 1978, his insatiable appetite for victory...