True stories: general

Shakespeare had extraordinary intelligence, unheard-of powers of observation and interpretation, a soaring imagination, a way with words that defies description, and a defining interest in the theater.

Twenty-three-year-old Brooke Taylor is still trying to come up with her own definition of normal.

This is not fiction.

If youve ever wanted to get inside the mind of a police officer, then this candid book written by a former Chicago cop will take you there.

Three days before Christmas in 1831, Frankie Silver killed her husband, Charles Silver, with an axe and burned his body in the fireplace.

On May 5, 1993, second-graders Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore disappeared from their West Memphis, Arkansas, homes.

On 3 August 2012, as London was gripped by the Olympics, Tia Sharp, a 12-year old schoolgirl, was reported missing from her grandmother's home in New Addington, south London.

The first of John Master's evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWIIJohn Masters was a soldier before he became a bestselling novelist.

The second part of the bestselling novelist's dramatic autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world warThis is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one of the Chindit columns behind enemy lines in Burma.

'THRILLING' Paula Hawkins'COMPULSIVE' The Times'SEARING' Brit Bennett'DEVASTATING' Observer'UNFORGETTABLE' Ashley Audrain'BRILLIANT' Chris WhitakerAnsel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours.

'A book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changed'ELIZABETH DAYOne night in October 2015, twenty-year-old Morgan Hehir went out with friends and never came home.

The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR'Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Finely recorded.

'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAYBenjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles.

'In a later age he would have become a successful war correspondent .

Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflictThe most in-depth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - told from both sides.

AS SEEN ON BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERSMontgomery, Alabama.

Never heard before real stories of soldiers who fought in WW2 'Extraordinary .

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNDiamond thief, guerrilla fighter, spy, decorated hero, bohemian rogue and lover of several notorious women - all describe Major Harry Larkyns.

A Sunday Times top-five bestseller'This is a remarkable book .

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time.

Her Dirty Little Secret by JC HarrowayThe #1 rule for secret flings:All kissing, no telling!

"e;Price not only rises above the hurt and hate, she uses her hard-won insights to shine a light for others.

The Honey Bus: A Girl Raised by Bees is a memoir about a girl's journey into the heart of a beehive to find herself.

There is a deadly code of conduct that operates beyond the boundaries of the everyday.

'Just amazing and inspirational' Jeremy VineCan you imagine being trapped inside your own body?

Joaquín Ferrándiz era un buen hijo, un empleado sin tacha y un amigo en el que confiar.

“An engrossing read .

A female thief, with four husbands, a lover and, reportedly, over twelve children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her stepson in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in County Durham upside down.

'A wonderfully entertaining ride' - Mark Gatiss, co-creator of Sherlock'A brilliant book, engaging and filmic' - Reece Shearsmith, co-creator of Inside No.

Maiming, brutal murders, crimes of passion, suicides and executions; Chesterfield has all these and more in 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Chesterfield'.

Martin Baggoley was born in Eccles .

Being a copper at the yard was definitely an exciting time for the author, John Woodhouse, but it did take it's toll on social and family life.

Whilst the passage of time can and has uncovered many secrets, killers could get away with their crimes in 1596 when Shakespeare penned these words and this is certainly the case in more recent times as Unsolved Murders in South Yorkshire clearly demonstrate.

A Soviet infantryman offers a raw and candid look at life and death on the Eastern Front of WWII in this harrowing military memoir.

'Woodward's story is one of the most important of recent years.

Willem Holleeder is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history.

**DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019****SUNDAY TELEGRAPH CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2019**'So blissfully good that I'd give it to a reader of any age .

Every year, more than 40,000 people climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

'A grisly treat' Financial Times'These mysteries are all the creepier for being true' TatlerBASED ON THE 'WORLD'S SPOOKIEST PODCAST' OF THE SAME NAME COMES UNEXPLAINED: A BOOK OF TEN REAL-LIFE MYSTERIES WHICH MIGHT BE BEST LEFT UNEXPLAINED .

A touching and warm-hearted memoir of a young health visitor in postwar England, for fans of Call the Midwife and The Language of Kindness.

******* A TIMES 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' **********Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger for non-fiction***'A magnificent, meticulous and startling re-examination of a crime that haunts the world's imagination' Geoffrey Wansell, author of An Evil Love: The Life of Frederick West'Eatwell writes brilliantly .

'A shaggy dog story with a lovely happy ending' - BBC Breakfast on ArthurTHE SEQUEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ARTHURArthur and Friends is the continued adventures of Arthur, the plucky, scruffy stray dog from Ecuador who followed his owner Mikael through the jungle to find his forever home.

WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT?

'An incredibly personal story .

The Boy They Tried to Hide is the startling, true account about a troubled young boy who disappears into the woods by his house.