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Rob  Jovanovic. Big Star: The Story of Rock’s Forgotten Band

Big Star: The Story of Rock’s Forgotten Band

Rob Jovanovic

I want to make an album of real genius, to sit alongside the Stones' 'Exile On Main Street', and Big Star's 'Third' (Peter Buck, R.E.M. 1991)The definitive biography of Big Star, the most influential band of the last 30 years.Although Big Star...
Кио Маклир. Birds Art Life Death: The Art of Noticing the Small and Significant

Birds Art Life Death: The Art of Noticing the Small and Significant

Кио Маклир

‘Now when I hear birdsong, I feel an entry to that understory. When I am feeling too squeezed on the ground, exhausted by everything in my care, I look for a little sky. There are always birds flying back and forth, city birds flitting around...
Sarah  Gristwood. Blood Sisters: The Hidden Lives of the Women Behind the Wars of the Roses

Blood Sisters: The Hidden Lives of the Women Behind the Wars of the Roses

Sarah Gristwood

A fiery and largely unexplored history of queens and the perils of power and of how the Wars of the Roses were ended – not only by knights in battle, but the political and dynastic skills of women.The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually...
Julie  Shaw. Blood Sisters: Part 1 of 3: Can a pledge made for life endure beyond death?

Blood Sisters: Part 1 of 3: Can a pledge made for life endure beyond death?

Julie Shaw

It’s 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they’ll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy.Lucy has fallen for...
Julie  Shaw. Blood Sisters: Part 3 of 3: Can a pledge made for life endure beyond death?

Blood Sisters: Part 3 of 3: Can a pledge made for life endure beyond death?

Julie Shaw

It’s 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they’ll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy.Lucy has fallen for...
Julie  Shaw. Blood Ties: Part 1 of 3: Family is not always a place of safety

Blood Ties: Part 1 of 3: Family is not always a place of safety

Julie Shaw

Family is not always a place of safety.Kathleen was just eight years old when her mother was tragically killed in a car accident. And when her father remarries it is to the bitter and resentful Irene who has two children of her own and no space...
Julie  Shaw. Blood Ties: Part 3 of 3: Family is not always a place of safety

Blood Ties: Part 3 of 3: Family is not always a place of safety

Julie Shaw

Family is not always a place of safety.Kathleen was just eight years old when her mother was tragically killed in a car accident. And when her father remarries it is to the bitter and resentful Irene who has two children of her own and no space...
Cathy Newman. Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention

Cathy Newman

‘A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing’ Caitlin Moran‘Newman is a brilliant writer’ ObserverA fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but didn’t.For hundreds of years we...
Joe  Tone. Bones: A Story of Brothers, a Champion Horse and the Race to Stop America’s Most Brutal Cartel

Bones: A Story of Brothers, a Champion Horse and the Race to Stop America’s Most Brutal Cartel

Joe Tone

Two brothers live parallel lives on either side of the US-Mexico border. This is the dramatic true story of how their worlds collided in a major criminal conspiracy.Jos? Trevi?o was raised in Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican border town and major...
Olivia  Siegl. Bonkers: A Real Mum's Hilariously Honest tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health

Bonkers: A Real Mum's Hilariously Honest tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health

Olivia Siegl

A Real Mum’s Hilariously Honest Tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health‘You see, pre-motherhood I had this image of the sort of motherhood I was going to have. Happy, confident and in total control, breezing through my perfect new mum...
Natacha  Tormey. Born into the Children of God: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside

Born into the Children of God: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside

Natacha Tormey

Natacha Tormey was born into the infamous religious cult known as The Children of God. Abused, exploited, and brainwashed by ‘The Family’, Natacha’s childhood was stolen.Born to French hippy parents attracted to the religious movement by the...
Mark  Dery. Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

Mark Dery

The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense.’A genius book about a bookish genius’ Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate EventsFrom The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's...
Adele  Bellis. Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate

Brave: How I rebuilt my life after love turned to hate

Adele Bellis

Control. Jealousy. Isolation. Blame. Anger. Violence.The inspiring true story of a young woman who suffered a terrifyingly abusive relationship culminating in a horrific acid attack from the man who claimed to love her.Adele was just 23 years...
Rosie  Lewis. Broken: Part 1 of 3: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

Broken: Part 1 of 3: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

Rosie Lewis

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New...
Rosie  Lewis. Broken: Part 2 of 3: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

Broken: Part 2 of 3: A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.

Rosie Lewis

Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home.Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New...
Nabila Sharma. Brutal: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Little Girl’s Stolen Innocence

Brutal: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Little Girl’s Stolen Innocence

Nabila Sharma

He was my religious teacher. I should have been able to trust him. But he made me do unspeakable things…At seven years old, Nabila Sharma began her lessons at the mosque as every good Muslim girl does. But from the minute she looked up at her...
Sherard Cowper-Coles. Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West’s Afghanistan Campaign

Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West’s Afghanistan Campaign

Sherard Cowper-Coles

A frank and honest memoir by Britain’s former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan.The West’s mission in Afghanistan has never been far from the headlines. For Sherard Cowper-Coles,...
Cathy Glass. Can I Let You Go?: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Can I Let You Go?: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Cathy Glass

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and...
Cathy Glass. Can I Let You Go?: Part 1 of 3: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Can I Let You Go?: Part 1 of 3: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Cathy Glass

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and...
Cathy Glass. Can I Let You Go?: Part 2 of 3: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Can I Let You Go?: Part 2 of 3: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Cathy Glass

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and...
Cathy Glass. Can I Let You Go?: Part 3 of 3: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Can I Let You Go?: Part 3 of 3: A heartbreaking true story of love, loss and moving on

Cathy Glass

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and...
Daisy  Dunn. Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet

Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet

Daisy Dunn

Living through the debauchery, decadence and political machinations of the crumbling Great Republic, Gaius Valerius Catullus’s fervent poetry was filled with emotion, wit and lurid insight into some of the republic’s most enduring figures. In...
Celeste Barber. Challenge Accepted!: 253 Steps to Becoming an Anti-It Girl

Challenge Accepted!: 253 Steps to Becoming an Anti-It Girl

Celeste Barber

‘Prepare to laugh’ – Reese Witherspoon253 steps to becoming an anti-it girl.Funny woman, Instagram star and international comedy sensation, Celeste Barber’s Challenge Accepted! is a raucous, hilarious and outspoken guide to life, unwanted gas...
Veronica  Buckley. Christina Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric

Christina Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric

Veronica Buckley

The groundbreaking biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century, Christina Alexandra, Queen of Sweden.In 1654, to the astonishment and dismay of her court, Christina Alexandra announced...
Charlie  Connelly. Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London’s East End

Constance Street: The true story of one family and one street in London’s East End

Charlie Connelly

One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women.‘’Ang on boy, Joan’s got sumfink to show yer.’ She rummaged in a drawer for a moment, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to me.‘Constance Street,’ she said. ‘As I remember it.’Through the story...
Cathy Glass. Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cathy Glass

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in...
Cathy Glass. Cruel to Be Kind: Part 1 of 3: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cruel to Be Kind: Part 1 of 3: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cathy Glass

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in...
Cathy Glass. Cruel to Be Kind: Part 2 of 3: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cruel to Be Kind: Part 2 of 3: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cathy Glass

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in...
Cathy Glass. Cruel to Be Kind: Part 3 of 3: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cruel to Be Kind: Part 3 of 3: Saying no can save a child’s life

Cathy Glass

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in...
Casey  Watson. Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past

Crying for Help: The Shocking True Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past

Casey Watson

The second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia’s actions are disturbing and...
Maria Landon. Daddy’s Little Earner: A heartbreaking true story of a brave little girl's escape from violence

Daddy’s Little Earner: A heartbreaking true story of a brave little girl's escape from violence

Maria Landon

The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons.Maria's dad was a pimp, living in a world of thieves and...
Cathy Glass. Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

Cathy Glass

The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller. Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive, and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass…Cathy, an experienced foster carer, is...
Isabel  George. Dog Soldiers: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Dog Soldiers: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Isabel George

Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young ‘dog soldiers’ (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers.Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe and Lance...
Isabel  George. Dog Soldiers: Part 1 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Dog Soldiers: Part 1 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Isabel George

Dog Soldiers can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 1 of 3.Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young ‘dog soldiers’ (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their...
Isabel  George. Dog Soldiers: Part 2 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Dog Soldiers: Part 2 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Isabel George

Dog Soldiers can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 2 of 3.Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young ‘dog soldiers’ (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their...
Isabel  George. Dog Soldiers: Part 3 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Dog Soldiers: Part 3 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

Isabel George

Dog Soldiers can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3.Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young ‘dog soldiers’ (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their...
Rosemary  Smith. Driven: A pioneer for women in motorsport – an autobiography

Driven: A pioneer for women in motorsport – an autobiography

Rosemary Smith

The inspirational story of the female motorsport pioneer who broke through the gender barrier to compete in and win some of the most iconic rallies in the world.Rosemary Smith is recognised internationally for her outstanding achievements in the...
Deborah  Scroggins. Emma’s War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan

Emma’s War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan

Deborah Scroggins

Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer.Emma McCune’s passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of the Sudan, and her striking glamour set her apart from other aid...
Richard  Davenport-Hines. Enemies Within: Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain

Enemies Within: Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain

Richard Davenport-Hines

What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed...
Lisa  Samson. Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal

Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal

Lisa Samson

Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could...
Sally Hyder. Finding Harmony: The remarkable dog that helped a family through the darkest of times

Finding Harmony: The remarkable dog that helped a family through the darkest of times

Sally Hyder

Heartwarming, inspirational and genuinely touching, Finding Harmony is the remarkable true story of an extraordinary dog that rescued a woman from the depths of depression and transformed a family for ever.A keen mountaineer, Sally Hyder was in...
Cathy Glass. Finding Stevie: Part 1 of 3: A teenager in crisis

Finding Stevie: Part 1 of 3: A teenager in crisis

Cathy Glass

Part 1 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking on online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means...
Cathy Glass. Finding Stevie: Part 2 of 3: A teenager in crisis

Finding Stevie: Part 2 of 3: A teenager in crisis

Cathy Glass

Part 2 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking on online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means...
Cathy Glass. Finding Stevie: Part 3 of 3: A teenager in crisis

Finding Stevie: Part 3 of 3: A teenager in crisis

Cathy Glass

Part 3 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking on online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means...
Andrew  Martin. Flight By Elephant: The Untold Story of World War II’s Most Daring Jungle Rescue

Flight By Elephant: The Untold Story of World War II’s Most Daring Jungle Rescue

Andrew Martin

In the summer of 1942, Gyles Mackrell, together with twenty elephants, and a team of mahouts (elephant riders) performed heroic rescue-missions in the hellish jungles of Japanese-occupied Burma.At the age of 53, Mackrell – a decorated First...
Luke Bradbury. For Hire: The Intimate Adventures of a Gigolo

For Hire: The Intimate Adventures of a Gigolo

Luke Bradbury

With women falling at his feet, Luke happily entertains his long list of regular clients, whilst his reputation leads him into some new and exotic encounters – including a steamy threesome onboard a luxurious yacht and an evening with an older...
Ann Ming. For the Love of Julie: A nightmare come true. A mother’s courage. A desperate fight for justice.

For the Love of Julie: A nightmare come true. A mother’s courage. A desperate fight for justice.

Ann Ming

In this incredible and moving memoir, a mother tells of her fight for justice to convict her daughter’s murderer for a crime that he thought could never be punished.When her 22-year-old daughter, Julie, went missing in the night, Ann Ming was...
Jade Goody. Forever in My Heart: The Story of My Battle Against Cancer

Forever in My Heart: The Story of My Battle Against Cancer

Jade Goody

Jade's heart-breaking diary of her fight against terminal cancer and her final precious months with her beloved family.In August 2007 Jade Goody received the shattering news that she had cervical cancer. She was only 27 years old. But with her...
Anthony  Doerr. Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

Anthony Doerr

On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome…‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied...
Stephen  Westaby. Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

Stephen Westaby

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, recalling some of the most remarkable and poignant cases...

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