True stories: general

Murder is a deliberate act which exposes the worst of human traits.

'I stood in the dock looking at the judge's expressionless face.

Ripper Murders From Old Photographs is not a standard retelling of the story of the Whitechapel Murders but the tale of historically important photographs connected to the case, discovered by the author in 2007.

No visitor to Edinburgh will miss the monument to Scotland's most famous dog, the little Skye terrier Greyfriars Bobby.

British Commando George Thomsen's action-filled account of combat during the Falklands War.

Created in the late 1960s, fashionable in the early 1970s and hated in the 1980s, Progressive Rock has a colourful and eventful story.

My life as an Explorer is a classic of Polar literature, written by the one man to do more to further the exploration of both Polar regions than any other person.

The murders in London between 1888 and 1891 attributed to jack the Ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved criminal cases.

In 1888 the unknown brought death and terror to the streets of Victorian London's East End.

221B Baker Street was the fictional home of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle's 'consulting detective'.

In that stately Fitzrovia house, the butler was murdered by a disgruntled pantry-boy; in that one, a king's housekeeper lost her life.

On 20 January 1931, Mrs Julia Wallace was brutally battered to death in the parlour of her home in Anfield, Liverpool.

A smuggler .

Finally solves the mystery of the Victorian serial killer who murdered and mutilated up to 11 women in London in 1888.

The starting point for any investigation is a curiosity, and that curiosity will lead to questions.

From best friends James Bowen and street cat Bob, stars of the number one bestselling A Street Cat Named Bob, comes a special edition of The World According to Bob for children aged 11 and above.

He was Mummy's favourite.

Meet Golden.

In October 1956, Britain, France and Israel launched an attack on Egypt.

This is the incredible true story of Ferzanna Riley, a Pakistani Muslim who could not be broken, despite an abusive family and their brutal efforts to enslave her.

Halima Bashir was born into the remote western deserts of Sudan.

What happens when a professional dominatrix falls in love with a real-life Christian Grey?

1942 - British troops are stranded in the desert, struggling to hold back Rommel's Afrika Corps.

An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy.

An extraordinary true story of survival against all odds - and a fascinating eyewitness account of one of the darkest periods in human history.

THE SECRET HUNTERS is another absorbing thriller by Ranulph Fiennes, the man the Guinness Book of Records called the 'world's greatest living explorer'.

The story behind the hit Netflix documentary: The bestselling account of the bond between brothers and the shocking legacy of a dangerous mother.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIETTE BINOCHE AND ANTONIO BANDERASTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST'Riveting .

One Million Lovely Letters is one woman's inspirational journey to recovery.

Starting in the Gobi desert in winter, adventurer Rob Lilwall sets out on an extraordinary six-month journey, walking almost 5000 kilometres across China.

In January 2007, within the space of only six days, three large fishing boats - the Pere Charles, the Honey Dew II and the Renegade - capsized and sank off the south east coast of Ireland.

A book that everyone should read The TimesA harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki and the acts of human kindness left in its wake.

Abandoned by her parents, Sameem Ali spent six and a half years growing up in a children's home.

'The most chilling witch-hunt in English history .

In MAFIA REPUBLIC, John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at University College, London and author of the international bestsellers COSA NOSTRA and MAFIA BROTHERHOODS, shows how the Italian mafias have grown in power and become more and more interconnected, with terrifying consequences.

On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France.

This is the story of an international group of drug smugglers, their criminal success and the hunt to bring them to justice.

From Tony Thompson, bestselling author of Gang Land and Outlaws, GANGLAND BRITAIN is a picture of crime from within the ranks of the Hell's Angels, the Yardies, the Triads and the Yakuza, as well as the more traditional old-style East End gangs.

The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior doctor, based on his columns written anonymously for the Telegraph.

NABEEL'S SONG is an epic true story of one family's experience of life before, during and after the regime of Saddam Hussein.

On 23 May 1992 the Mafia assassinated its 'Number One Enemy', the legendary prosecutor Judge Falcone, with a motorway bomb that also killed his wife Francesca and three bodyguards.

An outlaw motorcycle club is a band of brothers like no other.

In Flesh and Blood, Sunday World Investigations Editor, Nicola Tallant looks at the rising phenomenon of murder-suicide in Ireland, at events which, while shocking in the extreme, happen in tight-knit communities, behind the closed doors of apparently loving homes.

With bullets flying, wounded soldiers scream out in pain as the Chinook comes in to land in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan.

An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience provides fundamental training in geoscience as developed through the lens of its forensic applications.

An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience provides fundamental training in geoscience as developed through the lens of its forensic applications.

Am 9.

From the bestselling author of The Hard Way Out and for fans of Sons of Anarchy comes a new book that reveals the cold, dark and dirty secrets of the biker underworldHells Angels.

Two men photographed each other stealing thousands of dollars from gambling machines.

Praise for Canadas Most Overrated Bank RobberStanding at the foot of the scantling .