Biographies, Diaries & True Accounts

Who is a scientist? Is there any need to explain the terms? No, not at all! Everyone knows that scientists are those remarkable human beings who by...

Fans of Amy Winehouse find her wild romance with Blake Fielder-Civil absolutely gripping. It was a dramatic relationship from the start: the turbul...

In the 1920s in Memphis, Tennessee, Ernestine Hunt seemed to have a bright future. Yet she was to spend over 50 years in mental institutions before...

A gifted medium describes her ten experiences with the afterlife and introduces her spirit familiar, a Native American ghost who taught her how to ...

The son of a dustman, Shane Richie has come a long way from the rough streets of London's Harlesden. As Eastenders' loveable rogue Alfie Moon he is...

From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost litt...

In Supergods, Morrison goes through the history of superheroes, from Superman's first appearance in Action Comics in 1938 to his own relaunch of th...

For Eve, Irene, Betty and Rosemary, working at the exclusive Heyworth's department store in Cambridge is a dream come true. Once the girls step ins...

From shark attacks and blazing airships to exploding spacecraft and sinking submarines, these are real stories of people who have stared death in t...

Carol McGiffin has been on Loose Women for nearly a decade, and she is one of the most-loved presenters on the show. She's brimming with brilliantl...

New York, 1961: the dawn of a folder era of air travel.Betty Riegel spent her early childhood hiding in air-raid shelters as bombs dropped all arou...

Welcome to the glam and fab world of Sam Faiers - star of the hit TV programme The Only Way is Essex. Read on to find out what it takes to be a REA...

When Jennifer Worth became a midwife in the 1950s, she joined an East End where many lives were touched by the shadow of the workhouse. For, althou...

Bread, Jam And A Borrowed Pram is the compelling and heartwarming story of a young nurse's life and work in 1950s England.The war's long shadow is ...

A take no prisoners' approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in...

'Urgent and vivid A serious, writerly, self-critical account of what it means to feel that, despite love and hope and good intentions, you have fai...

Nanny Pat has always been the heart of her family, and her children and grandchildren regularly pitch up at her house for a cup of tea, a slice of ...

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was born in Agra in the closing years of the eighteenth century. A precocious child, he began composing verses at an ea...

During the course of Annie Hawes' new book, local culinary superstar, Ciccio, gradually takes over as Annie's constant companion. How irresistible ...

Previously published in 1990 as The Cat and the Curmudgeon.Once upon a time, on a cold and frosty Christmas Eve night, a bedraggled white cat calle...

In this hilariously frank account of his life, Jack Dee finally reveals what turned a once optimistic young man into this grumpy middle-aged git.It...