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Tom Reynolds. More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea

More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea

Tom Reynolds

What happens behind closed (ambulance) doorsMeet Tom, an Emergency Medical Technician for the London Ambulance service. It is Tom who shows up to pick up the drunk tramp, the heart attack victim and the pregnant woman who wants to go to hospital...
Monteith  Illingworth. Mike Tyson (Text Only Edition)

Mike Tyson (Text Only Edition)

Monteith Illingworth

Originally published in 1992 and now available as an ebook.This biography of the now-notorious Tyson is a compelling expos? of secrets, misconceptions, hype, greed – and racism.Montieth Illingworth presents an intensely researched portrait of...
Marianne  Faithfull. Memories, Dreams and Reflections

Memories, Dreams and Reflections

Marianne Faithfull

This book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of her life, her friends, her triumphs and mistakes.A...
Norma Farnes. Memories of Milligan

Memories of Milligan

Norma Farnes

An arresting collection of interviews, collated by Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan's close friend and longstanding agent, bringing to life the late, great Milligan in all his various guises.Heralded as brilliant and difficult in equal measure,...
Chris  Evans. Memoirs of a Fruitcake

Memoirs of a Fruitcake

Chris Evans

In Its Not What You Think Chris Evans had written himself a recipe for success. He was poised on the brink of seeing it become a reality. All the right ingredients were there: he was rich, famous; now he was the owner of his own radio station...
Katja  Petrowskaja. Maybe Esther

Maybe Esther

Katja Petrowskaja

The poignant, searching, haunting story of one family’s entanglement with twentieth-century historyAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‘Intensely involving … a fervent meditation on love and loss, with a remarkable cast of characters’ Financial...
Margaret  Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography

Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher is the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. No other prime minister of modern times has sought to change Britain and its place in the world as radically as she did. This is the story of her remarkable...
Fay  Weldon. Mantrapped

Mantrapped

Fay Weldon

A brilliant, inventive and endlessly delightful memoir from Fay Weldon, one of our most respected commentators on sex, relationships and gender, that picks up where her acclaimed Auto da Fay left off.Fay Weldon, one of our cleverest and...
Lynne  Truss. Making the Cat Laugh

Making the Cat Laugh

Lynne Truss

SPECIAL PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIMEOne woman's journal of single life on the margins.A brilliant collection of Lynne Truss’ journalism – recording the life of a metropolitan refugee from coupledom. The alternative ‘Bridget Jones’.For seven long...
Antonia Quirke. Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers

Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers

Antonia Quirke

A razor-sharp and achingly funny memoir of the men and movies that shaped one woman’s life…A unique memoir, ‘Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers’ is the story of how a young female film critic’s love-life is affected and nearly ruined...
Isabel  George. Loyal Unto Death: Antis

Loyal Unto Death: Antis

Isabel George

An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.Rescued from the rubble of a farmhouse in France, this German Shepherd puppy became the constant companion of his saviour, Czech airman V?clav Robert Bozd?ch.Lying at his...
Mary  MacCracken. Lovey

Lovey

Mary MacCracken

This deeply moving memoir tells the story of Hannah: a child who has been beaten and abused; a girl full of loneliness and rage; a student no one but learning disabilities teacher Mary MacCracken could reach.Mary had reservations about...
Helen Forrester. Liverpool Miss

Liverpool Miss

Helen Forrester

The second volume of Helen Forrester’s powerful, painful and ultimately uplifting four-volume autobiography of her poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s.The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival. But...
Ривка Голчен. Little Labours

Little Labours

Ривка Голчен

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARA droll and dazzling compendium of observations, stories, lists, and brief essays about babies.‘Beguiling … A wunderkabinett of baby-related curios … A peculiar book, and astonishing in its effect.’ Boston GlobeOne...
Kathleen O’Shea. Little Drifters: Part 4 of 4

Little Drifters: Part 4 of 4

Kathleen O’Shea

Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 4 of 4 (Chapters 19-24 of 24).The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then...
Kathleen O’Shea. Little Drifters: Part 3 of 4

Little Drifters: Part 3 of 4

Kathleen O’Shea

Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 4 (Chapters 11-18 of 24).The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then...
Kathleen O’Shea. Little Drifters: Part 2 of 4

Little Drifters: Part 2 of 4

Kathleen O’Shea

Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 2 of 4 (Chapters 7-10 of 24).The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then betrayed...
Kathleen O’Shea. Little Drifters: Part 1 of 4

Little Drifters: Part 1 of 4

Kathleen O’Shea

Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 1 of 4 (Chapters 1-6 of 24).The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then betrayed...
Kathleen O’Shea. Little Drifters: Kathleen’s Story

Little Drifters: Kathleen’s Story

Kathleen O’Shea

The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then betrayed by their carers in a cruel convent in Ireland.“For those who we lost along the way, I tell this story. For all the children who...
Helen Forrester. Lime Street at Two

Lime Street at Two

Helen Forrester

The fourth and final part of Helen Forrester’s bestselling autobiography concludes the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life Liverpool.In 1940 Helen, now twenty, is working long hours at a welfare centre in Bootle, five miles from...
Nien Cheng. Life and Death in Shanghai

Life and Death in Shanghai

Nien Cheng

A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution.A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in...
Lewis Hamilton. Lewis Hamilton: My Story

Lewis Hamilton: My Story

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton’s explosive arrival on the Formula 1 scene has made front-page headlines. In My Story, for the first time Lewis opens up about his stunning debut season, including the gripping climax to the 2007 F1 World Championship, as well as...
Philip  Ziegler. King Edward VIII

King Edward VIII

Philip Ziegler

The authorised life story of the king who gave up his throne for love, by one of our most distinguished biographers.In this masterly authorized biography, Philip Ziegler reveals the complex personality of Edward VIII, the only British monarch to...
Karren  Brady. Karren Brady’s 10 Rules for Success

Karren Brady’s 10 Rules for Success

Karren Brady

Karren Brady’s 10 Rules for Success are the secret to getting ahead for working women everywhere!Combining advice on how to balance a family and career with tips on how to embrace ambition, this short guide boils down Karren’s advice for women...
Justin  Bieber. Justin Bieber - First Step 2 Forever, My Story

Justin Bieber - First Step 2 Forever, My Story

Justin Bieber

Join the world's hottest pop star on his rollercoaster ride to superstardom!His debut album has already gone platinum. He's sung for the President of the United States. His screaming fans have stormed TV studios and shut down shopping malls....
Chris Salewicz. Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography

Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography

Chris Salewicz

Founder of one of the most influential and successful rock bands of all time, legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has nevertheless remained an enigma. In this definitive and comprehensive biography of his life so far, Chris Salewicz...
Sinead Fitzgibbon. JFK: History in an Hour

JFK: History in an Hour

Sinead Fitzgibbon

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America’s youngest President, was assassinated barely one thousand days into his Presidency. In the fiftieth anniversary of his death, this is the story of the man...
Susan  Faludi. In the Darkroom

In the Darkroom

Susan Faludi

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE 2017From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author of ‘Backlash’, an astonishing confrontation with the enigma of her father and...
Warwick  Cairns. In Praise of Savagery

In Praise of Savagery

Warwick Cairns

One man’s journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa.As a young man, Warwick Cairns met the then elderly explorer Wilfred Thesiger and the two men struck up an unlikely friendship. Invited to visit him at his African...
Anne Wafula-Strike. In My Dreams I Dance

In My Dreams I Dance

Anne Wafula-Strike

They said it couldn't be done. But Anne Wafula achieved many remarkable things in her life. This is her incredible story.Struck down with polio at the age of two and a half, Anne overcame the prejudice rife in her native village in Kenya, where...
Des  Lynam. I Should Have Been at Work

I Should Have Been at Work

Des Lynam

First published in 2005 and now available as an ebook. Des Lynam’s autobiography gives a frank and opinionated insight into the man behind the myth.Des Lynam is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful personalities.Famously guarded about...
John  Higgs. I Have America Surrounded

I Have America Surrounded

John Higgs

The brilliant first biography of the man President Nixon called 'the most dangerous man in America'.Timothy Leary was one of the most controversial and divisive figures of the twentieth century. President Nixon called him 'the most dangerous man...
John  Bishop. How Did All This Happen?

How Did All This Happen?

John Bishop

If you’re a man of a certain age you’ll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over-analysing your contribution to society sounds like a really good idea.With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in...
Уильям Уортон. Houseboat on the Seine

Houseboat on the Seine

Уильям Уортон

A charming memoir from one of America’s best-loved novelists, William Wharton, author of war-time classic ‘Birdy’.Before even penning his first novel, William Wharton had left his home in Los Angeles to live with his family in Paris. On a...
James  King. HOLLYWOOD SHAPED MY HAIR

HOLLYWOOD SHAPED MY HAIR

James King

A humorous look at the influence of celebrity style, charting the hairdos (and hair don’ts) James King has fashioned over the years.From the classic ‘Rachel from Friends’ to the questionable David Beckham mohawk, most of us, probably unwisely,...
Simon Court. Henry VIII: History in an Hour

Henry VIII: History in an Hour

Simon Court

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s...
Rosie  Lewis. Helpless: A True Short Story

Helpless: A True Short Story

Rosie Lewis

A dramatic short story from experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis.Baby Sarah is born to a crack-addicted mother on a freezing cold night in December. Rosie is woken a few short hours later, at 1am, and taken to the maternity unit by police escort...
Graeme Saux Le. Graeme Le Saux: Left Field

Graeme Le Saux: Left Field

Graeme Saux Le

A former Southampton, Blackburn, Chelsea and England full-back, the erudite and engaging Graeme Le Saux is far removed from the archetypal British footballer. His distinctive commentary on all the major issues in football, on the pitch and...
Isabel  George. From Death Row To Glory: Caesar

From Death Row To Glory: Caesar

Isabel George

An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.Eleven tracker dogs left their Army life in Australia to serve in the war in Vietnam – black Labrador Caesar was one of them.He had been rescued from death row,...
Gary Cockerill. From Coal Dust to Stardust

From Coal Dust to Stardust

Gary Cockerill

As Britain's most successful and high profile make-up artist, for the past 15 years Gary Cockerill has glossed the lips, curled the lashes and shared the secrets of the famous and fabulous.With his unique style of super-sexy, uber-glamorous...
Isabel  George. Fearless Under Fire: Tangye

Fearless Under Fire: Tangye

Isabel George

An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.A brave and loyal companion to the British soldiers in conflict in Afghanistan, Tangye began his years as a puppy mascot.Before long he was inseparable from the servicemen...
Usain Bolt. Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography

Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography

Usain Bolt

Whether you know athletics or not, and even whether you know sport or not, chances are you know Usain Bolt. The fastest man on the planet, not just now but ever, Usain has won the hearts of people everywhere with his mind-blowing performances...
William  Rees-Mogg. Memoirs

Memoirs

William Rees-Mogg

William Rees-Mogg is one of the pivotal figures of post-war Britain. In this brilliantly entertaining memoir he recounts the story of a colourful life, and reflects on the key figures and events of his time.As editor of The Times (his glory...
James McDonagh Quinn. Knuckle

Knuckle

James McDonagh Quinn

When a simmering family feud between three clans of Irish travellers erupts after one member dies following a pub fight in London, the clans decide to go to war.Knuckle is the true story of James Quinn McDonagh – clan head and champion...
Melanie  McGrath. Hopping

Hopping

Melanie McGrath

The sequel to the bestselling Silvertown, which tells the story of Aunt Daisy, and all the other Aunt Daisys – the locals of the old East End.For more than a century, hopping was the main event in the East End calendar – an annual expedition of...
Richard  Holmes. Footsteps

Footsteps

Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes’s great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume ‘Sidetracks’.In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small book of essays called ‘Footsteps’ and the writing of biography was changed forever. A daring...
Ed  Macy. Hellfire

Hellfire

Ed Macy

May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of the Apache AH Mk1. It’s the first operational tour for the deadly machines and confidence in the cripplingly expensive attack helicopter is low. It doesn’t help that for their...
Филип Норман. Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger

Филип Норман

A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. Mick Jagger is a testament at...
John  Howard. Lazarus Rising

Lazarus Rising

John Howard

Ex-prime minister of Australia John Howard’s compelling autobiography.He has been one of Australia’s most controversial prime ministers, leading the Liberal Party to victory over four elections and becoming the second-longest-serving PM in the...
Sean  Smith. Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian

Sean Smith

Bestselling biographer Sean Smith takes on the world’s number one reality star, Kim Kardashian West. This is the ultimate insight into the reality behind the woman who has defined fame in our modern culture – her childhood, her family, her...

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