Autobiography: general

In an era when even the finest rugby coaches have a drastically short shelf-life, Ian McGeechan's longevity and adaptability is staggering.

Leila understands from early on that she is not part of normal Sudanese society.

One of Britain's best-loved comic actors, Peter Bowles is perhaps most famous for his role as nouveau riche lord of the manor, Richard de Vere, in the hit television comedy To the Manor Born.

The never-before-published narrative of Evander Holyfield's life reveals a man of character behind the larger-than-life public image.

Approaching 50, Mark Radcliffe decided to write about his life, most importantly, his time in music.

After an idyllic early childhood in Surrey, Linda's life descended into poverty and chaos when her parents' marriage crumbled and her unstable mother's sanity declined.

It was love at first sight: the huge pale-green eyes, the ruffled tawny hair and the cute way he held his head to one side.

In his last book, The Real Gorbals Story, Colin MacFarlane detailed how he witnessed a once great area, home to wonderful characters and grand old buildings, disappear before his eyes.

At seventeen, Jacqueline Pascarl married a royal prince and embarked on what she believed would be a fairy-tale existence.

ESSEX BOYS is the brand new edition of the shocking bestseller known as SO THIS IS ECSTASY?

In 1993, Dominic Stevenson left a comfortable life with his girlfriend in Kyoto, Japan, to travel to China.

Two films and numerous books have attempted to tell the shocking story of two of Britain's most ruthless gangs.

Frustrated with her stalled career as a broadcast journalist and uninspired by dating naive and needy guys her own age, Helen Croydon joins a website to seek an older man.

Enid Blyton wrote about the Famous Five - wholesome kids who were always up to some adventure or other - but during the 1960s Glasgow boy Colin MacFarlane had his own gang: the Incredible Gorbals Diehards.

The Abode of Love is Kate Barlow's remarkable account of growing up within the remnants of a religious cult.

James Bailey's form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was as bizarre as it was unbearable.

'At the lowest moment in my life, I stood at the gates of hell.

The shocking but ultimately uplifting life story of an Irish woman who endured 13 years of cruelty and injustice in an orphanageMaureen Coppinger's earliest memory is of watching the woman she believed to be her mother walk away and abandon her to the care of the nuns at one of Ireland's notorious industrial schools.

'An extraordinary book .

Cake: the utterly distinctive memoirs of Shane Curran.

The Rocky Road is the autobiography of Eamon Dunphy - the man the Guardian called 'the most entertaining, blindingly brilliant pundit of all time'.

'The embodiment of the spirit of rural Ireland'Anna May McHugh's name is synonymous with 'the Ploughing' - the annual Championships of the National Ploughing Association.

Nathan Carter has become Ireland's biggest country music star.

'He's one of the best players I've ever played with.

A lot of professors give talks titled The Last Lecture .

This is the story of the real bodyguard, Lee Sansum, ex-Royal Military Policeman, martial arts champion, and expert in close protection.

Perfect for readers of Last Stop Auschwitz, The Volunteer and The Tattooist of Auschwitz'This is an extraordinary biography.

THE FASCINATING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAssaults.

Warm, charming and remarkably honest - GraziaThe highs, the lows, the hangovers, the relationships, the lucky breaks (and the breaks I worked my arse off for) that have got me to the here and now.

The story of how Abdel Sellou (a charismatic ex-con) came to be the caretaker of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo (a paralyzed French aristocrat) inspired the award-winning French movie Les Intouchables (2012), which became an international phenomenon and broke records as one of the most successful French movies of all time.

"e;The best book I've read this year"e; Rachael, Goodreads reviewer "e;Fantastic"e; Rachel, Goodreads reviewer "e;Funny, insightful, heart-breaking"e; NetGalley reviewer "e;A magnificent book"e; Jo, Goodreads reviewer Step inside one of Britain's most renowned prisons.

His work has long been recognised for its innovation and his reputation for clashes with the so-called gardening 'establishment' are famous.

CLAIR: We've been let loose on a book.

'A lifetime spend fighting the powers that be and turning personal pain into collective power.

'A hard-hitting beautiful memoir.

Charles Westover grew up in a midwestern town, learning to play guitar.

';This is the kind of book that haunts your dreams.

'THE BEAUTY MYTH' FOR THE INSTAGRAM GENERATIONWomen Don't Owe You Pretty is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy.

A tale of survival, love, hardship, family, heartbreak and triumph.

In the style of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings, filmmaker Jill Damatac blends memoir, food writing, and colonial history as she cooks her way through recipes from her native-born Philippines and shares stories of her undocumented family in America.

They called her the She-Wolf From Provence.

K2 is almost 800ft shorter than Everest, yet it's a far harder climb.

A Spectator Best Book of the Year ';This book is a wry, critical friend to both writer and reader.

An Observer book of the year HAUNTED!

Victoria Woodhull, Mary Wollstonecraft, Aimee Semple McPherson, Edwina Mountbatten, Margaret Argyll and Chanel were all women who dared.

As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden.