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Takes us behind the scenes of Britain's criminal justice system. In this title, the author introduces us to its characters…

The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir's childhood. From sharing a pull-out bed…

Gives us a portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria and inhabiting its 'middle ground', interrogating both the author's…

The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a beautiful story of rebellion and scienceChosen as a Book of the Year by The Times,…

I am Zlatan - is the explosive, critically-acclaimed memoir of Zlatan Ibrahimovich, one of the world's most gifted and…

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With the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, Jony Ive has become the most important person at Apple. Some would argue he always…

An account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from inside the US Navy Seal team who carried out the…

What is the yellow world? The yellow world is a world that's within everyone's reach, a world the colour of sun. It is the…

• Rok vydání 1998

A biography of Charlotte that recounts Charlotte Bronte's life from her isolated childhood, through her years as a writer…

For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin kept notebooks in which he wrote his daily thoughts, impressions, feelings…

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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character is a captivating collection of…

Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured…

Collects Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on numerous expeditions to different mountains of the…

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The book that inspired the major film Ferrari directed by Michael Mann, starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz.Ferrari means…

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• Rok vydání 1997

Penguin Classics relaunch A new selection of Vincent Van Gough's letters, based on an entirely new translation, revealing…

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HIS BEST STORIES ARE THE STORIES OF HIS LIFE · His father grew up in a New York poorhouse called the 'Pogie'. · He worked at…

Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours,…

For over a year everyone assumed missing Dublin woman Elaine O'Hara had ended her own life. But after her remains were found…

DW Winnicott's books, including The Piggle, Home Is Where We Start From and The Child, Family and the Outside World are…

From the moment she came into the world - two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray - the author has…

Little Jeff Pearce grew up in a post-war Liverpool slum. His father lived the life of an affluent gentleman whilst his…

Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She…

A story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death, ignored…

Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in the East End, to skiving off school and…

A small stone house deep among the olive groves of Liguria, going for the price of a dodgy second-hand car. Annie Hawes and…

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• Rok vydání 2024

The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries. Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled…

• Rok vydání 2015

The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time§§In Herbie Hancock:…

Maliodoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however he was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, being harshly…

\nThe inspiring true story of Fauja Singh, who broke world records to become the first one hundred-year-old to run a…

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A faux memoir by Cleo Birdwell, the fictional first woman ever to play in the National Hockey League – but it’s long been an…

Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a…

Ryan Giggs first played for Manchester United in the season before the Premiership began; back when Bryan Robson was still…

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One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense…

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The inspiring and deeply personal memoir from highly acclaimed chef Dominique Crenn When Dominique Crenn decided to become a…

A phenomenonally precocious schoolboy, Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became notorious as Europe's most shocking and…

At 18 months he went on his first hike. At 3, he climbed his first mountain. At 26, he plans to run up Everest - without an…

Sergio Vieira de Mello - a humanitarian, peacemaker and state builder - was at centre of the most significant geopolitical…

The singer, actress, and activist examines her life and career.…

\nAquinas (1224-74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical…

A book that chronicles bestselling author's long friendship with writer from its beginning to untimely end with both funny…

This is the sprawling biography of Arnold Rothstein, a mythical New Yorker who was the inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in…

Like many entrepreneurs, the author had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and,…

A memoir of Ronnie Drew, the late great Dubliner. It features interviews with Cliodhna and Phelim (daughter and son of…

Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities,…