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My sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to...

In 1998 John Wood worked for Microsoft in Australia. He was a busy, successful man. Then he went on vacation to Nepal and visited...

When Tamsin Calidas first arrives on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides, it feels like coming home. Disenchanted by London,...

An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this book explores the fascinating stories of...

As divisive as he is beguiling, as misunderstood as he is scrutinised, Boris Johnson is a singular figure.
Many of us think we...

In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is -...

George Orwell's 1984 has become a defining narrative of the modern world. Its cultural influence can be observed in some of the...

Jesse Owens, Katherine Johnson, Sir David Attenborough, Dame Zaha Hadid, Stephen Hawking, Meryl Streep, Bill Gates, J.K....

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?"
Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown,...

In 2011, Tim Cook took on an impossible task - following in the footsteps of one of history's greatest business visionaries,...

In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life - both as a doctor engaged with the central...

Elizabeth Taylor was one of the major film stars of the twentieth century, embodying all the glamour and allure of Hollywood...

It is 1941. There may be a 'war of chaos' in the skies over London, but 'the perpetual war against the underworld of crime' must...

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of...

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Born into slavery during the early...

Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple and he was all of these things.
Steve Jobs...

On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why did the Titanic sink so quickly?...

Some people choose adventure. Others suddenly find themselves in danger in their ordinary lives. This book tells the true stories...

Leonardo da Vinci is known world-wide as the painter of the Mona Lisa, for designs of flying machines and for his studies of the...

Kylie Minogue was a star - a famous singer with a lot of money and beautiful clothes. And then, in 2005, the music stopped. Kylie...

It is 1942 in Holland and the Germans have invaded. All Jewish people are frightened for their lives, so the Frank family hide....

We all know Daniel Radcliffe's face from the Harry Potter films. But how did he get the job? Did he always want to be an actor?...

'Dazzling, poignant and full of delicious surprises; the true story of how Elizabeth II took on the world - and won. The Crown is...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD.
This is the secret history of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Wonderland is...

Mary and Elizabeth: cousins, rivals, queens. They allied and fought and plotted - but could never escape their bond... A story...

'This brave and moving memoir challenges all the cliches about mental illness ... All who know the pain of depression will find...

Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize
Nearly a century after his murder, Rasputin remains as divisive a figure as ever. Was...

Elizabeth Taylor is known internationally as one of the most beautiful and talented women ever to grace the silver screen. She...

As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the...

Resistance in the GULAG
Memoirs. Letters. Documents.