A collection of early prose stories, journalism and journal pieces exploring the themes of mental illness, creativity and…

• Rok vydání 2014

The cat himself knows and will never confess...To celebrate Old Possum's 75th anniversary we have commissioned lively new…

• Rok vydání 2022

THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BOOK OF THE YEARROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, ROLLING STONE, CLASH, MOJO, UNCUTThe memoir of…

• Rok vydání 2010

Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. You can meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old…

In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and…

Following his hugely acclaimed TV come-back Comedy Vehicle, Lee finds himself in search of ideas for a new Edinburgh show.…

\nA radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century\'s most vital vocalists.\n…

• Rok vydání 2020

I\'ve rounded up a rowdy assemblyOf my own Consequential DogsAs counterparts to Eliot\'s mogs. Mine are a rough and ready…

Uncle Petros is a family joke - an ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon…

One man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies,…

• Rok vydání 2022

A ROUGH TRADE and PITCHORK BOOK OF THE YEAR'A guide to rediscovering the joys of creating that we all felt as children.'NEW…

This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively…

Smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed…

'The sharpest memoir written by one of the Beatles' inner circle.' ObserverDerek Taylor's iconic memoir is a rare…

At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth…

• Rok vydání 2015

Join QI's expedition into the animal kingdom to encounter 100 of its most remarkable subjects. Marvel at the elephants that…

Presents inspirational biographical dictionary, with motivational stories about the famous and the obscure. It includes six…

Dad suggests a sherry 'To keep us both going', in the cosy front room with the firelight glowing ... Then out comes the…

Features a selection of 1,342 facts such as: trees sleep at night; Google searches for 'How to put on a condom' peak at…

Presents a selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over. This title includes facts such as: Bees can play football; cholesterol…

Following the sensational success of 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off, this title returns with a fresh stack of facts…

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club and British pop music in the 1980s. NEW…

\nA remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist.\n…

where have you been?In this painfully funny collection, Samantha Irby captures powerful emotional truths while chronicling…

An indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show,…

Thomas Ad s: Full of Noises: Conversations with Tom Service is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative mind and…

He got in touch with people he admires, and asked them to suggest an album for him to track down on his travels, giving an…

• Čeština

A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. This book corrects this disgraceful oversight by…

A pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both…

Richard Wagner remains, almost 130 years after his death, the most controversial composer in the history of music. The…

A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824…

'They are not for you but for a later age!' Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartetsBeethoven's sixteen string quartets…

• Rok vydání 1978

\nFrom the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock \'n\' roll lifestyle,…

\nA story about the legacy of Black classical music in Britain and the life of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, heartbreaking and…

• Rok vydání 2019

Penned with a dexterous wit and a steady nerve, The Noise of a Fly is a mesmeric imagining of our later years by one of this…

There are the lies we tell others, the lies people tell us and the lies we tell ourselves. Each entry in the book is…

\n\'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic…

• Čeština

\nA unique Companion to J S Bach\'s iconic Cello Suites from internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis. \'Isserlis is…

• Rok vydání 2024

\n\'Alice Farnham\'s insightful book is an inspirational tool, even for those of different disciplines.\' CATE BLANCHETT\n…

\nThe definitive biography of guitar icon and GrammyAward-winning artist, Bill Frisell, featuring exclusiveinterviews with…

Mesmerizing on stage but introverted and prone to desperate mood swings in his private life, Curtis died by his own hand on…

A century after his death, Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. In this highly original account of…

Meeting the British is Paul Muldoon's fifth collection of poems. They range from an account of the first recorded case of…

A wonderful meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa…

I can confirm that should you ever find yourself on stage playing the bass guitar with three left hands, it is usually the…

Part memoir and part description of the creative process, this is an absorbing journey through the musical landscape of John…

Listening to Van Morrison represents Greil Marcus's quest to trace Morrison's particular genius through seminal moments in…

• Rok vydání 2016

The long-awaited memoir by 'the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers' (New York Times). Rapturous in its…