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D.J. Taylor
Orwell : The New LifeOver seventy years since his premature death, G...Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Ni... -
Catherine Coldstream
Cloistered : My Years as a NunDiscover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative accou...Discover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK After the shock o... -
David Baddiel
My Family : The MemoirA searingly honest, funny and moving family mem...A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny. On the surface, ... -
Ariane Bankes
The Quality of Love : Twin Sisters at the Heart of the CenturyWhen her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes...When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives... -
Billy Sloan
One Love, One Life : Stories from the StarsWHEN legendary music journalist Billy Sloan was...WHEN legendary music journalist Billy Sloan was fifteen years old he saw The Who play an incendiary live show at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow. It was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with mu... -
Andrew Ziminski
The Stonemason : A History of Building BritainA stonemason's story of the building of Britain...A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on... -
Helena Kelly
The Life and Lies of Charles DickensThink you already know the story of Charles Dic...Think you already know the story of Charles Dickens' life? Think again. Almost everything you're familiar with was first mentioned in an authorised biography written by Dickens' close friend John F... -
Alan Johnson
Harold WilsonHarold Wilson was one of the most successful po...Harold Wilson was one of the most successful politicians of the twentieth century. Prime Minister from 1964-70, and again from 1974-76, he won four elections as well as a referendum on UK membershi... -
Kathryn Hughes
Catland : Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern WorldSome called it a craze. To others it was a cult...Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era. ‘He invented a whole cat world’... -
Leslie Hills
10 Scotland Street10 Scotland Street – the story of an Edinburgh ...10 Scotland Street – the story of an Edinburgh home and its cast of booksellers, silk merchants, sailors, preachers, politicians, cholera and coincidence and its widespread connections over two cen... -
Christian Lewis
Hildasay to HomeThe No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. Walking save...The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. Walking saved his life. Now it will help find him a family. In the follow-up to his Sunday Times bestselling Finding Hildasay, Christian Lewis takes his next step... -
Daniel Tammet
Born on a Blue Day'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I...'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing...
