Biography: adventurers and explorers

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is Sophia Loren's definitive autobiography, revealing her personal journey from the hardship of her childhood in Naples to her life as a screen legend, sharing stories of work, love, and family.

Timed to coincide with the release of Walter Isaacson's latest biography on the famous painter and inventor, as well as the latest thriller in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code series, this book includes 101 in-depth facts about Leonardo Da Vinci.

The compassionate and compelling true story of a young nurse who left behind an idyllic rural life in post-war Britain to work in the worlds most turbulent war zones.

'Wonderful.

Join Hunter Davies on a celebratory stroll around London's greatest glories its parks.

Born in 1900 to a soon-to-be-widowed postmaster's wife in a small French village, Hlne Delangle's background offered no suggestion of the extraordinary life she was to lead.

Englands record-breaking fast bowler reveals the truth behind his remarkable career.

Lindbergh was the first solo pilot to cross the Atlantic non-stop from New York to Paris, in 1927.

When super-tough cop Sergeant Harry Keeble announced he was joining Hackney's ailing Child Protection Team in 2000, his colleagues were astounded.

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.

One tragic traffic accident.

An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.

Liz Smith, once called the nation's favourite fictional grandmother, is a familiar face to all TV and cinema viewers.

In 2011, Tina Renton finally saw the man who had abused her for years put behind bars.

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

'Dear Thrumpton, how I miss you tonight,' wrote George Seymour in 1944, when he was aged twenty-one.

Based on eight years of exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with more than 200 people-and published in coordination with the international theatrical release of a major documentary film from the Weinstein Company-The Private War of J.

Allison DuBois first realised her abilities at six years old when she saw her great-grandfather - after his funeral.

It is almost unprecedented for a head of state to publish a memoir while still in office.

Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud is a beautifully written account of Sun Shuyun's journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in Chinese history - the monk Xuanzang, who travelled to India searching for true Buddhism.

Not only is Al Pacino known as 'one of the greatest actors in all of film history', he is also considered 'one of Hollywood's most notorious bachelors' (imdb.

Socialite, fashion icon, television and movie star, recording artist and just plain celebrity: Twenty-two year old Paris Hilton is the great granddaughter of hotel magnate Conrad Hilton and is estimated to be worth $30 million.

'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'.

Norman Mailer was one of the most famous writers of his generation.

Samuel Goldwyn was the premier dream-maker of his era - a fierce independent force i a time when studios ruled, a producer of silver screen sagas who was, in all probability, the last Hollywood tycoon.

In this riveting inside account of his life in rock-and-roll band Aerosmith, Joe Perry opens up for the first time to tell the story of his wild, unbridled life as the band's lead guitarist.

NOW a NETFLIX series entitled Special from Executive Producer JIM PARSONS starring RYAN O';CONNELL as himself.

The golden moments of exploration and adventure - glorious, triumphant, perilous and dramatic.

The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race - the most dramatic in yacht racing historyThe waters between Sydney and Hobart are famously treacherous.

Pope John Paul II was one of the pivotal figures of the last century, the spiritual head of more than one billion believers and a world statesman of immense stature and influence.

In this inspiring and hilarious memoir, YouTube star Ricky Dillon gives you an exciting look into his personal life and reveals the ins and outs of being a young star online.

'For more than twenty years, Katharine Hepburn imparted many of the details of her life to me suggesting that I weave them into a book - one that would appear upon her death.

You first dug him on That '70s Show.

The first full biography of John Ogdon; a tortured genius and arguably the greatest British pianist of all time.

In Baby Xwe learned how super-tough cop Harry Keeble and his colleagues in Hackney's Child Protection Unit rescued dozens of kids, faced lynch mobs and undertook the impossible job of interviewing paedophiles.

Born into a fog-ridden south London slum in 1931, Eileen Killick quickly learned to look after herself.

A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other-but with certain differences.

A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star ofUp in the AirandPitch Perfect.

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMESBOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPHBOOK OF THE YEAR A VOGUEBOOK OF THE YEARA rollicking read.

The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.

Most people today think of Winston Churchill as simply the wartime British bulldog - a jowly, cigar-chomping old fighter demanding blood, sweat and tears from his nation.

Born in 1979, Roxy Freeman grew up travelling around Ireland and England in a traditional horse-drawn wagon with her mother and father and six siblings.

When Johnny Cash died in September 2003, the world mourned the loss of the greatest country music star of all time.

A Sunday Times Book of the YearShortlisted for The Pol Roger Duff Cooper PrizeThis magnificent, highly readable double biography.

Ken Loach might have turned all this into a powerful social film, but the avuncular Davies sprinkles in so many cheery anecdotes that the book bounces along enjoyably (Sunday Times) - Praise for VOLUME 1: THE CO-OPS GOT BANANAS!

The moving and heartwarming memoir of a British nurse who has spent her life working in the world's most remote and hostile environments In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse, eager to use her skills.

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** ';Excellent book skilful and meticulous' David Aaronovitch,The Times Hailed as ';authoritative' and ';essential', Trump Revealedis the indispensable andupdated biography of the 45th president of the United States.

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an ';amusing, perceptive anddeliciously evil' (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribeManhattan's Upper East Side mothers.

Imagine an author who has become a legend in his own lifetime - all because of the novel he wrote in the first flush of youth.

Adriana Trigiani's two remarkable grandmothers, Lucia and Viola, lived through the 20th century from beginning to end as working women who juggled careers and motherhood.