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How Does It Feel?: A Life of Musical Misadventures
Author: Mark Kermode Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was...
Smoke and Mirrors: From the Soviet Union to Russia, the Pipedream Meets Reality
Author: Leonid Sinelnikov Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Smoke and Mirrors is about a world which is no more. There is already no such country on the map -...
The Astrologer: How British Intelligence Plotted to Read Hitler's Mind
Author: James Parris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Were British Intelligence chiefs gullible or sensible to recruit an astrologer to assist in the war effort against Nazi Germany? And...
The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-43
Author: Charles Allen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The Prisoner of Kathmandu is the story of Brian Hodgson, Britain's "father of Himalayan studies." Born in 1801, Hodgson joined the...
Beautiful Trauma: A Journey of Discovery in Science and Healing
Author: Rebecca Fogg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Late one night, Rebecca Fogg's hand is partially amputated in an explosion in her flat. Quick thinking saves her life, but...
A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again
Author: Joanna Biggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 I took off my wedding ring - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched...
As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy
Author: Alice Sedgwick Wohl Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We think we know Edie Sedgwick, Warhol muse, Factory superstar, icon of the 1960s, a comet who flamed out too...
The Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir
Author: Victoria Belim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Wild Swans for Ukraine ... rich and magnificent' Bookseller 'A paean to hope and...
Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, photographer, and her brilliant Bohemian friends
Author: Sarah Knights Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer 'Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period' The Times 'A picturesque portrayal of...
Happy Trails: Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business
Author: Andrew Lauder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Andrew Lauder is one of British record business's most significant and highly influential figures but outside the music industry few people...
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground
Author: Dylan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s,...
Stalin's Architect: Power and Survival in Moscow
Author: Deyan Sudjic Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The first biography to trace the remarkable life and career of Ukrainian-born Boris Iofan, beautifully illustrated with many of Iofan's previously...
In The Shadow of the Mountain
Author: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 WINNER OF THE 2023 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is a warrior. I'm in awe of her...
Up In Smoke - Stories From a Life on Fire: 'Fascinating, funny, moving' Richard Herring
Author: Leigh Hosy-Pickett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'Hilarious' Russell Brand 'Fascinating, funny, moving' Richard Herring 'Totally engaging, highly inspiring and impossible to put down' Nazir Afzal OBE Leigh...
Echoes: A memoir continued . . .
Author: Will Sergeant Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Scenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but when Echo &...
Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister's Testimony of God's Faithfulness
Author: Scott Morrison Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Scott Morrison, Australia's 30th Prime Minister (2018-2022), offers a unique insider's account of a Christian who was open about his faith...
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music
Author: Philip Watson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin...
The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire
Author: Michael Wolff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 THE BOOK THAT BROUGHT DOWN RUPERT MURDOCH - AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional...
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
Author: Nigel Slater Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Now with an updated foreword by Elizabeth Day and afterword by Nigel Slater, twenty years later Toast has become a classic...
XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness
Author: Cody Rigsby Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The beloved Peloton instructor chronicles his journey from small-town North Carolina to New York City stardom in an empowering story that...
Power of Balance: A Life of Changemaking
Author: Kerryn Phelps Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Power of Balance is the landmark memoir from Dr Kerryn Phelps AM that explores the events and ideas that have inspired...
Eagles - Dark Desert Highway: How America's Dream Band Turned into a Nightmare
Author: Mick Wall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it...
Hey Hi Hello: Five Decades of Pop Culture from Britain's First Female DJ
Author: Annie Nightingale Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'I loved this book. Annie Nightingale is my heroine. The woman is a legend' Irvine Welsh 'A joy to read' Guardian...
When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy
Author: Christine Toomey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began...
Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion - A Financial Times Book of the Year
Author: Alfons Kaiser Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A revelatory biography of Karl Lagerfeld, introducing readers to the public and private life of the charismatic designer Karl Lagerfeld lived...
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy
Author: Leslie Brody Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 The protagonist and anti-heroine of Louise Fitzhugh's masterpiece Harriet the Spy, first published first in 1964, continues to mesmerize generation after...
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Author: Mike Duncan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of...
The Magic
Author: Dan Rhodes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Dan Rhodes is one of the most successful and beloved YouTuber and TikTok influencers in the world with more than 5...
Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene
Author: Kim Reed Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 By day, Kim Reed was a social worker to the homebound elderly in Brooklyn Heights. By night, she scrambled into Manhattan...
Great Rides According to G
Author: Geraint Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From...
The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial
Author: John Densmore Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In The Doors Unhinged, New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the...
The Raven's Nest
Author: Sarah Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In 2008, on a week-long trip to a film festival in Iceland, Sarah Thomas was spellbound by the strange landscape she...
One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper
Author: Sarah Bax Horton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 This highly revelatory book, based on original research and completely new analysis, presents a compelling new suspect as the most...
Soul Survivor: The Autobiography: The extraordinary memoir of a music icon
Author: P.P. Arnold Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 P.P. Arnold's story is that of a rich and varied life. From her early musical origins in powerhouse church gospel, the...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir
Author: Sarah Beeny Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 An instant Sunday Times bestseller Join Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home... Throughout...
Strange Things Are Happening
Author: Richard Norris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'The rainbow reaches right across the sky, for miles and miles, and has landed right in the middle of our field....
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): The Sunday Times Music Book of the Year
Author: Sly Stone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 MOJO BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR...
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon: The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster
Author: Alan Partridge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs...
Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature
Author: Julia Bradbury Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'It's hard not to be persuaded by Bradbury's enthusiasm and positivity' THE TIMES Join Julia Bradbury as...
Facing the Music: A searingly candid memoir from S Club 7 star, Hannah Spearritt
Author: Hannah Spearritt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'There has been a lot of fun and adventure in my five decades on earth. There are also things from my...
Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds
Author: Simon Ings Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow...
One Hundred Saturdays: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 2024: Stella Levi and the Vanished World of Jewish Rhodes
Author: Michael Frank Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'Having the last word can be very lonely.' Nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never shared the...
Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them
Author: Mark Watson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I...
Elton John at 75
Author: Gillian G. Gaar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Elton John at 75 examines Sir Elton's...
Advocate: A voice from the margins
Author: Lennina Ofori Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Lennina Ofori is a force of nature. A teen mother, a supportive older sister, a PhD student, a support system, a...
Clouds over Paris: The Wartime Notebooks of Felix Hartlaub
Author: Felix Hartlaub Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The writer Felix Hartlaub died in obscurity at just 31, vanishing from Berlin in 1945. He left behind a small oeuvre...
Things Joe Biden's Father Told Him: A Treasury of Bidenisms (and Other Malarkey)
Author: John Guinness Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 48 Joseph R. Biden Sr. never held political office, but that didn't stop him from imparting a lifetime's worth of guidance to...
Mina Loy: Apology of Genius
Author: Mary Ann Caws Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Mina Loy was born in London in 1882, became American, and lived variously in New York, Europe, and finally, Aspen,...