True stories: general

During some of the darkest days of the Royal Family, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, has quietly risen to become the respected and much-loved face of a family in turmoil.

A ground-breaking argument about children, racism and how to build the antiracist society of the future - from the author of the million-copy global bestseller How To Be an Antiracist*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race' OWEN JONESHow do kids think about race?

NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS'Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's bloody career.

You know how he died.

Powerful, fascinating and deeply moving - this book pushes aside our lazy images of human migration and refugees.

An epic true story of ambition, greed and hubris - the collapse of Greensill Capital is a billion pound scandal that shredded the reputation of a British Prime Minister.

'Enthralling' Daily MailIn 1998, Francoise Malby-Anthony founded a game reserve with her late husband, dedicating their lives to the protection of these beautiful, troubled animals.

A beautiful, hopeful account of the grief of heartbreak, Heartsick tells three true stories of love and loss.

The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, with a foreword by King Charles III, as Prince of Wales.

'Deserves to be an instant classic.

Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the 'happiest man on earth'.

A darkly funny, harrowing and heartbreaking look at the reality of prison life, with first-hand accounts from men who found themselves on the wrong side of the cell doors.

**Patrick Radden Keefe's new instant No.

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.

Making It is a memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless.

Moving, honest and inspiring - this is a nurse's true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.

'An extraordinary story that deals with the urgent issues of our era .

What goes through the mind of a killer when they commit murder?

'This is the inside story of how the City of London really operates and if it doesn't make you angry, you need to check your pulse' - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World From journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations - and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ever seen.

The most famous memoir of its kind and a key text in the anti-slavery movement, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass tells the striking and emotionally charged story of one man's journey from slavery to freedom.

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book.

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in high drama, daring adventure and political intrigue.

The moving story of a little dog with a huge heart and of the unbreakable bond between an animal and his owner.

Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War.

The Sunday Times top ten bestseller.

'Written with Burleigh's characteristic brio, with pithy summaries of historical moments (he is brilliant on the Americans in Vietnam, for example) and full of surprising vignettes' - The Times 'Book of the Week'In Day of the Assassins, acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh examines assassination as a special category of political violence and asks whether, like a contagious disease, it can be catching.

The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.

The Award-winning International Bestselling Story of One Man's Six Year Detention in Australia 'A powerfully vivid account of the experiences of a refugee: desperation, brutality, suffering, and all observed with an eye that seems to see everything and told in a voice that's equal to the task.

A gripping true crime story and an insight into the motivations of a truly evil man, Babes in the Wood by Graham Bartlett with Peter James is a fascinating account of what became a thirty-two year fight for justice.

How do you offer safety to a child consistently let down by others?

How do you provide stability to a child rejected by her own family?

From the challenges of travelling when blind to becoming a parent for the first time, Kika & Me is the moving, heart-warming and inspirational story of Dr Amit Patel's sight-loss journey and how one guide dog changed his world.

A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman's cells - taken without her knowledge - have saved countless lives.

Step into the nightmarish world of Naples' underworld with Gomorrah, a groundbreaking expose by Roberto Saviano.

'The Book Collectors of Daraya celebrates the political and therapeutic power of the written word .

Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A powerful polemic' Sunday Times'A compelling, eye-opening read' Daily Express- Did an illegal immigrant avoid deportation because he had a cat?

Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of a soldier's tour of Afghanistan, the brutal reality of war - every scary, exciting moment - and the bonds of friendship that can never be destroyed.

How do you begin to create a home for a runaway child?

'A memoir to shine a light in the darkest of nights .

The Skripal Files tells the full story behind the Salisbury Poisonings, one of the most shocking incidents to occur in Britain in recent memory.

"e;The Original Blue-Beard - The History of Gilles De Retz"e; is Thomas Wilson's 1899 biography of Gilles de Rais (1405-1440), a French knight and lord who led the French army and was one of Joan of Arc's companion-in-arms.

While it is generally agreed amongst criminologists that the world of crime is predominantly the domain of men, women played a much larger role than they do today before the twentieth century.

First published in 1908, "e;True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office"e; is a first-hand account of various case files from the New York City District Attorney's office during the late 1890s and early 1900s.

"e;The Story of Burke and Hare"e; is an 1861 work by Alexander Leighton that examines the Burke and Hare case, a series of 16 brutal murders perpetrated by William Burke and William Hare in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1828.

"e;The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan"e; contains a detailed account of the gruesome case of Pearl Bryan (c.

First published in 1894, "e;The Judicial Murder of Mary E.

"e;The Felon"e; is a fantastic collection of classic essays on the subject of crime by a variety of authors including criminologists, doctors, criminal psychologists, social workers, and more.