Memoirs

The library saved her.

'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how.

This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience.

100 spell-binding, crowd-pleasing cocktails.

'A frank, funny and long overdue ode to teachers and teaching' ADAM KAYThe malodorous horrors of Sports Day.

'A beautifully told story of courage, determination and, above all, magnificent defiance' Alan Johnson'Bracing and inspirational' Nigella Lawson'A wonderful writer.

The Heartbreaking French BestsellerWhen Antoine lost his wife, H l ne, he was left to care for their baby alone.

______________________________________'Engaging, entertaining, brilliantly recounted' Mirror 'Captivating .

UPDATED WITH A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON SOBER CURIOSITY*Voted an Independent best self-care book for 2021**Voted one of Heat's best self-help books to help you reach your full potential*If you've ever woken up feeling anxious, or cringing with embarrassment, about something you did or said whilst drunk the night before, this book may just change your life.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I just howled.

Discover a powerful collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.

Based on the powerful true story of Auschwitz prisoner number 3444 Wilhelm Brasse, whose photographs helped to expose the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Sunday Times bestseller'When I see something old, that I think is beautiful, special, valuable, it's not about the money.

12 inspiring lessons on life to help you release your self-limiting beliefs and embrace your potential - from the celebrated therapist, Holocaust survivor and author of the award-winning international bestseller, The Choice.

A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.

'As informative as it is poetic' Dolly Alderton'Compassionate, funny and beautifully written' Daisy Buchanan------------------------------Every woman will experience the panic years in some way between her mid-twenties and early-forties.

'This is an utter tonic.

'[A] vivid, inquiring memoir.

WINNER of the Polari First Book Prize 2021WINNER of the LAMBDA 2021 Literary Award for Best Gay Memoir/BiographyA Dutiful Boy is Mohsin's personal journey from denial to acceptance: a revelatory memoir about the power of love, belonging, and living every part of your identity.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhether he likes it or not, John is getting older.

**Featured on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read** 'A profound meditation on language and loss and time, and on how we construct ourselves through stories.

An awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth, from the author of international bestseller The Eight MountainsPaolo Cognetti marked his 40th birthday with a journey he had always wanted to make: to Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region where Nepal meets Tibet.

'Anti-Social is brutally honest, exceptionally funny and terribly sad - a scything indictment of broken 21st century Britain.

Mans here to help you help yourself.

'Deeply moving, darkly funny and hugely powerful' Robert Macfarlane'A brave, lit-up account of going mad and getting better' Jeanette WintersonAfter a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act.

"e;An electric, warm, comforting and funny handbook on panic and how to cope and live alongside it.

The powerful, heart-breaking memoir of Dita Kraus, the real-life Librarian of AuschwitzBorn in Prague to a Jewish family in 1929, Dita Kraus has lived through the most turbulent decades of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire.

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2021* 'A wholly original, semi-autobiographical book on how to live, how to be calm and content with only a little, in a quietly humming garden' Daily MailBeautifully illustrated, Seed to Dust is a reflective and restorative account of a life lived in harmony with nature.

'Such a raw, honest and important book' Giovanna FletcherLike any new mum, Laura Dockrill felt rather overwhelmed after the birth of her son.

An exhilarating journey into the unfathomable depths of the human mind, from the acclaimed author of Let Me Not Be Mad.

An elegantly jubilant and personal new collection celebrating love, life and creativity from award-winning poet and Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist, John FullerIn this personal and characteristically brilliant new collection from John Fuller, an abundance of memories abound.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.

'Searingly honest and important' RACHEL CLARKEHonest, intelligent and unsentimental, Patient 1 is a startling self-portrait written with wit and vulnerability, and a unique testament to the power of hope in the face of illness.

Shortlisted for the Sports Entertainment Book of the Year at the British Sports Book AwardsThe funniest man in British sport - MetroPeter Crouch is a comedy genius - Daily MailOften recruited before they've worn long trousers, today's footballers become superstars who earn huge amounts without ever learning much about the world beyond the training ground.

Where can the human animal seek its energy in this era of lockdowns and social distancing?

Mark Doty has always felt haunted by Walt Whitman s bold, new American voice, and by his equally radical claims about body and soul and what it means to be a self.

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'During open-chest resuscitations, I've held a non-beating, recently stilled human heart in my hands.

The outsider who transformed our justice systemNazir Afzal knows a thing or two about justice.

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The key to rising to the top of your company lies in a simple message and philosophy.

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'One of our greatest nature writers' GuardianFor over fifty years, Richard Mabey has been a pioneering voice in modern nature writing.

'Painfully honest on what it means to be a woman who puts art first, no matter what' Olivia LaingI'm not a portrait painter.

'A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances' Jojo MoyesWhat does it mean to be a woman?

A deeply moving and personal portrait of the extraordinary life of Sir Terry Pratchett, written with unparalleled insight and filled with funny anecdotes, this is the only official biography of one of our finest authors.

Read this an expansive meditation on death, grief and the limtless reach of the human spirit from the bestselling author of The Adversary Compelling Carr re has the gift of speaking simply and directly of the essentials Evening Standard Beset by arguments and the fear that things between them may be falling apart, writer Emmanuel Carr re and his partner, H l ne, journey to Sri Lanka to spend Christmas along the coast.

What happens when life doesn t turn out as you expect?

The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life.