Biography & True Stories
Discover the lives behind the headlines and the moments that shaped history. Our Biography & True Stories collection features remarkable individuals, untold personal journeys, and gripping real-life accounts — from cultural icons and political leaders to everyday heroes and extraordinary events. Honest, inspiring, and often unforgettable.
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The Man Who Never Was
The History Press LtdNow the subject of a major new film starring Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu in Operation Mincemeat.In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse weari...
View full detailsThe Comfort Book
Canongate Books*MATT HAIG''S NEW NOVEL THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW * THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Profound, witty and upl...
View full detailsAutobiography of Malcolm X
Penguin Books LtdThey called him the ''angriest black man in America'' . . . Celebrated and vilified the world over for his courageous but bitter fight to gain for ...
View full detailsPlaying Under the Piano: 'Comedy gold' Sunday Times
Little, Brown Book GroupA Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year''Delicious and endearing'' Observer''Comedy gold'' Sunday Times ''A riveting account of what it takes to ...
View full detailsThe Invention of Nature
John Murray PressWINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016''A thrilling adventure story'' Bill Bryson''Dazzling'' ...
View full detailsThe Mechanic
Vintage PublishingThe ultimate gift for Formula One fans – meet Marc ''Elvis'' Priestley: the former number-one McLaren mechanic, and the brains behind some of F1''s...
View full detailsUndercover War by Harry McCallion
John Blake Publishing LtdWhen British troops first deployed to Northern Ireland in 1969 to keep apart rioting factions of loyalists and nationalists, they could not have kn...
View full detailsHow to Come Alive Again by Beth McColl
UnboundHow to Come Alive Again by Beth McColl 'Essential reading, not just for anyone struggling with mental illness, but for anyone...
View full detailsThis Much is True
John Murray Press''There is no one on earth quite so wonderful'' STEPHEN FRY''As outrageously entertaining as you''d expect'' Daily ExpressBAFTA-winning actor, voic...
View full detailsWe Can Do Better Than This: An urgent manifesto for how we can shape a better world for LGBTQ+ people by Amelia Abraham
Vintage PublishingWe Can Do Better Than This: An urgent manifesto for how we can shape a better world for LGBTQ+ people by Amelia Abraham How do we shape a better wo...
View full detailsThe Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism
Hodder & StoughtonThe No. 1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as a child with autism, now an award-winning documentary film. ''It will str...
View full detailsRecord Play Pause
Little, Brown Book GroupTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''A unique and thoughtful musical memoir'' Observer''Gritty coming-of-age story . . . plenty of anecdotes to keep us hoo...
View full detailsThe Madness of Grief
Orion Publishing CoThe No. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the author of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Canon Clement Series''Immensely moving and disarmingly wit...
View full detailsEnemy Coast Ahead - Uncensored
Crecy PublishingFirst published in 1944, Enemy Coast Ahead combines Guy Gibson''s RAF career, including the famous Dambuster raid which he himself led, with the in...
View full detailsThe Electricity of Every Living Thing
Orion Publishing CoFrom the bestselling author of Wintering, Katherine May, The Electricity of Every Living Thing is a life-affirming and poignant exploration of natu...
View full detailsIn the Thick of It
HarperCollins Publishers‘Sensational … One of the most explosive political diaries ever to be published … As candid, caustic and colourful as the sensational Alan Clark Di...
View full detailsGirl, Interrupted
Little, Brown Book GroupThe bestselling book that inspired the cult classic film, Girl, Interrupted, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie."Not since Sylvia Plath''s Th...
View full detailsRed Notice
Transworld Publishers Ltd''An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time ... electrifying.'' The TimesI have to assume that there is a very real c...
View full detailsBe Good, Love Brian
HarperCollins PublishersShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022Craig Bromfield was just 13 years old when Brian Clough, on a whim, took him and...
View full detailsThe Complete MAUS
Penguin Books LtdThe first and only graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize, MAUS is a brutally moving work of art about a Holocaust survivor -- and the son who sur...
View full detailsLittle People Big Dreams Inspiring Artists and Writers Gift 5 Books Box Collection Set by Lisbeth Kaiser - Ages 7-9 - Hardback
Frances Lincoln Publishers LtdLittle People Big Dreams Inspiring Artists and Writers Gift 5 Books Box Collection Set by Lisbeth Kaiser Ages: 7-9 Format: Hardback Titles In This...
View full detailsThe Shepherd's Life
Penguin Books LtdTHE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER''Affectionate, evocative, illuminating. A story of survival - of a flock, a landscape and a disappearing w...
View full detailsMy Name Is Why
Canongate BooksTHE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERINDIE BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION WINNER''EXTRAORDINARY'' The Times, ''BEAUTIFUL'' Dolly Alderton, ''SHATTERING''...
View full detailsLittle People Big Dreams Groundbreaking Women & Trailblazing Women 10 Books Gift Set - Ages 5+ - Hardback
Frances Lincoln Publishers LtdLittle People Big Dreams Groundbreaking Women & Trailblazing Women 10 Books Gift Set Ages: 5+ Format: Hardback Titles In This Set: Little...
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