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One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story
One Direction
Calling all One Direction fans!This is the only official book from 1D, charting their journey over the last year and a half – from the places they’ve visited and fans they’ve met, to their thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, highs and lows....
Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction
One Direction
Join the UK’s hottest new boyband on their rollercoaster ride to superstardom, with the follow-up to the Number 1 bestselling book One Direction: Forever Young: Our Official X Factor StoryIn 2010 they were just five normal boys, who didn’t even...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
Stylish reissue of a classic first published in the 1970s: Hunter S Thompson’s ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream.‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold… And...
A Venetian Affair: A true story of impossible love in the eighteenth century
Andrea Robilant di
The true story of forbidden love in eighteenth-century Venice between an Italian noble and the brilliant, illegitimate daughter of an English baronet.In 1754 Andrea Memmo, the dashing and gifted scion of a distinguished catholic family, fell in...
Peggy Guggenheim: The Life of an Art Addict
Anton Gill
This edition does not include illustrations.Please note that due to the level of detail, the family tree is best viewed on a tablet.The wayward life (1898–1979) of the voracious art collector and great female patron of world-famous artists.‘Mrs...
The Pale Abyssinian: The Life of James Bruce, African Explorer and Adventurer
Miles Bredin
The biography of one of Britain’s greatest explorers by a brilliant young writer.The achievements of James Bruce are the stuff of legends. In a time when Africa was an unexplored blank on the map, he discovered the source of the Blue Nile, lived...
Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
Lesley Adkins
How 19th-century soldier, adventurer and scholar Henry Rawlinson deciphered cuneiform, the world’s earliest writing, and rediscovered Iraq's ancient civilisations.This is the exciting, true adventure story of Henry Rawlinson, a fearless soldier,...
Read My Heart: Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, A Love Story in the Age of Revolution
Jane Dunn
From the bestselling author of ‘Elizabeth and Mary’, the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England. [Note that the family trees contained in this ebook are...
A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton
Kate Colquhoun
A brilliantly conceived biography of Joseph Paxton, horticulturist to the Duke & Duchess of Devonshire at Chatsworth, architect of the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and one of the greatest unsung heroes of the Victorian AgeIn...
William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner
William Hague
William Hague has written the life of William Wilberforce who was both a staunch conservative and a tireless campaigner against the slave trade.Hague shows how Wilberforce, after his agonising conversion to evangelical Christianity, was able to...
Public Servant, Secret Agent: The elusive life and violent death of Airey Neave
Paul Routledge
The first biography of Airey Neave, Colditz escapee, MI6 officer, mastermind of Margaret Thatcher’s leadership campaign and on the verge of being her first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he was brutally murdered in the palace of...
Sentimental Murder: Love and Madness in the Eighteenth Century
John Brewer
On an April evening in 1779, a woman is shot on the steps of Covent Garden. Her murderer is a young soldier and Church of England minister; her lover, the Earl of Sandwich, one of the most powerful policians of the day. This compelling account...
The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton
Kathryn Hughes
We each of us strive for domestic bliss, and we may look to Delia and Nigella to give us tips on achieving the unattainable. Kathryn Hughes, acclaimed for her biography of George Eliot, has pulled back the curtains to look at the creator of the...
Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949 -1962
Дорис Лессинг
The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.‘Walking in the Shade’ begins in 1949, as Doris Lessing arrives in London with nothing but her young son and the manuscript of her first novel....
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie
Charles Osborne
A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie – revised and updated editionAgatha Christie was the author of over 100 plays, short story collections and novels which have been translated into 103 languages; she is outsold only by the...
Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge
Tom Bower
The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. This new paperback edition will be fully updated to include details...
Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse
Laura Hillenbrand
This edition does not include illustrations.From the author of Unbroken – a major motion picture releasing in 2015 – this is the bestselling true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse, Seabiscuit.In 1938 one figure received more...
Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Mother and a Daughter in the ‘Gilded Age’
Amanda Stuart Mackenzie
The family trees contained within this ebook are best viewed on a tablet.A fabulously wealthy New York beauty marries a cold-hearted British aristocrat at the behest of her Machiavellian mother – then leaves him to become a prominent...
An Unlikely Countess: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway
Louise Carpenter
A vivid and moving portrait of the inimitable Lily Budge, who overcame poverty and class to become the 13th Countess of Galloway, and one of Scotland’s most colourful eccentrics.Randolph Stewart was lobotomized as a teenager after a crude...
A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby
Mary Lovell S.
The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and QueenA celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at seventeen. Their divorce a...
The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Verse, Violence and the Art of Forgery
Simon Worrall
The true story of a brilliantly forged Emily Dickinson poem sold at Sotheby’s in 1997. The author’s detective work led him across America to a prison cell in Salt Lake City, where the world’s greatest literary forger, Mark Hofmann, is serving a...
Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds: How one woman’s passion helped her overcome breast cancer
Yvette Cowles
When 32-year-old Yvette Cowles contracted breast cancer she was determined it would not get in the way of her belly dancing dreams. Spirited and light-hearted, “Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds” is the true story of one woman’s quest to be the...
I Blame The Hormones: A raw and honest account of one woman’s fight against depression
Caroline Church
I Blame the Hormones follows the story of one woman battling long-term depression, her determination to root out the cause, and her ultimate discovery which freed her from its prison.Caroline Church suffered from a depression so chronic she...
Laugh or You’ll Cry: My life as a mum with MS and a son with autism
Sue Askins
For most mothers, keeping up with the washing, the mess and the irrepressible energy of two young boys is a challenge in itself. But when Sue Askin’s eldest son was diagnosed with autism, only to be followed by her own diagnosis of MS the next...
Secret Sister: From Nazi-occupied Jersey to wartime London, one woman’s search for the truth
Cherry Durbin
The true story of a woman who uncovered the dramatic stories of her mother and sisters with the help of the award-winning television programme, Long Lost Family.Adopted at a young age, Cherry Durbin had spent over twenty years searching for...
The Dog with the Old Soul
Jennifer Sander Basye
Sometimes the most unlikely of friendships are the ones that save us. From the loyal dog who risks his own life to rescue a drowning boy to the lost kitten who comforts a grieving woman to an abandoned horse and foster child who come to rescue...
Confessions of a Male Nurse
Michael Alexander
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first...
If Only He’d Told Me: A foster family pushed to the limits
Mia Marconi
The third in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.Brody had been on the at-risk register since birth but was only removed from his alcoholic parents when he reached the age of six. Foster carer Mia Marconi was thrilled...
Little Girl Lost: The true story of a broken child
Mia Marconi
The fourth in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.Kira first came to foster carer Mia Marconi’s home on respite care when she was three. She had suffered an unimaginable amount of abuse in her short life. Although she...
A Child Called Hope: The true story of a foster mother’s love
Mia Marconi
A dramatic debut short story from London-based foster carer Mia Marconi.An incredible chain of events that began in Italy during WWII with an illegitimate pregnancy shaped Mia’s destiny. The illegitimate child was her father, a lost soul who she...
Learning to Love Amy: The foster carer who saved a mother and a daughter
Mia Marconi
The second in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.India was a child who was destined to end up in care. She came to foster carer Mia Marconi’s house when she was three; she’d already been in care for five months by then....
Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story
Solomon Northup
The shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.‘Why had I not died in my young years – before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and...
Jessie’s Story: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces
Duncan Barrett
From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides, this is Jessie’s story, one of three true accounts from the book The Girls Who Went to War.“Since Jessie’s surname was Ward, she was one of the last to hear what role she had been...
Margery’s Story: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces
Duncan Barrett
From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides, this is Margery’s story, one of three true accounts from the book The Girls Who Went to War.“‘Who does that man think he is?’ Margery muttered to a girl standing next to her. The...
Kathleen’s Story: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces
Duncan Barrett
From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides, this is Kathleen’s story, one of three true accounts from the book The Girls Who Went to War.“Boxing Day was cold and frosty, and by the time Kathleen and the lads arrived at the...
D-day Dogs: Remarkable true stories of heroic dogs
Isabel George
Incredible true stories of canine loyalty in the Second World War.There were dogs involved with the landings, dogs the soldiers could not bear to leave behind and dogs trained to patrol, protect and locate. The dogs sailed with the Merchant Navy...
Warrior: The true story of the real war horse
Isabel George
An inspiring and heart-warming short story of devotion and bravery.A thoroughbred horse, Warrior, is passed through various owners before he is shipped to the thick of the action on the Western Front to serve as his current master’s mount for...
No Ordinary Wedding Planner: Fighting against the odds to help others make their dreams come true
Naomi Thomas
This is the inspiring story of Naomi Thomas, a secondary breast cancer sufferer who has decided to devote the remainder of her life to spreading joy, helping others to find happiness by fulfilling the wedding dreams of those who are terminally...
Three in a Bed: Conversations with a sex therapist
Joanna Benfield
A frank insight into the lives of those who come into sex therapy and how it changes their world.Following the stories of the clients who come into Joanna’s consulting room, Three in a Bed allows the reader to become a fly on the wall in her...
Cats in Heaven: And Other Animals. Heartwarming stories of animals from the other side.
Jacky Newcomb
Amazing and inspirational stories from Jacky Newcomb show us that our beloved pets can communicate with us from the other side.Our pets are our family, our best friends and letting go of them is hugely difficult. In this collection of stories...
A Christmas Angel: True Stories of Gifts from Angels at Special Times
Jacky Newcomb
True-life stories of angels showing their care and love for us at a special time of year.Afterlife expert, Jacky Newcomb, tells the heartwarming stories of angels visiting and giving hope and love at this special time of year.At a time when the...
A Gift from Heaven: True-life stories of contact from the other side
Jacky Newcomb
Millions of people around the world have experienced contact from the other side. In this inspiring and uplifting short story leading expert Jacky Newcomb shares some of the stories she’s received about contact and life after death.When a loved...
Dogs in Heaven: and Other Animals: Extraordinary stories of animals reaching out from the other side
Jacky Newcomb
Our pets are our family. They love us, comfort us and make us laugh – so it’s no wonder that letting them go is so hard. But amazing and inspirational true stories from Jacky Newcomb show that we will be reunited with them again.From dreams to...
My Psychic Casebook: The amazing secrets of the world’s most respected department-store medium
Jayne Wallace
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors at a psychic reading? Meet ‘Selfridges Psychic’ Jayne Wallace who reads for over 100 international clients every week – from CID officers to media moguls, housewives to royalty and...
Paying it Forward: How One Cup of Coffee Could Change the World
Sandi Mann
One woman's experiment to understand how the power of giving without reward can change lives.Random acts of kindness campaigns are increasingly popular as we look to kindness to strangers as a means to create a kinder and more caring society....
The Life of P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Meet the greatest entertainer of the 19th Century…In 1834, desperate to create a better life for his family, small-time Connecticut businessman P. T. Barnum...
Confessions of a Ghostwriter
Andrew Crofts
HE’S WRITTEN MORE THAN 80 BOOKS. HE’S SOLD MILLIONS OF COPIES ACROSS THE WORLD. HE IS THE MAN BEHIND A DOZEN SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 HITS, SPENDING OVER 120 WEEKS IN THE BESTSELLER CHARTS.BUT YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T HEARD OF HIM.Andrew Crofts is a...
Confessions of a Barrister
Russell Winnock
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.Russell is a young criminal Barrister. It’s his job to defend the people who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law – Petty thieves, career criminals, drug dealers...
Confessions of a GP
Benjamin Daniels
THE UK’S BESTSELLING EBOOK OF 2011.Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An...
Lenin: A biography
Harold Shukman
‘Based on research among thousands of unpublished documents concealed in the Communist Party archives until the fall of the regime, Lenin: Life and Legacy is a crushing indictment of the regime’s founder…’Sally Laird, ObserverIn the first fully...
