One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617.
Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope.
For the first time, go behind the scenes of the beloved TV show Gavin and Stacey with this must-read memoir from the BAFTA award-winning writers Ruth Jones and James Corden.
This is a comprehensive volume capturing the Lardner style and offering a considerable insight into Americas favorite sportswriter Ron Rapoport has done a superb job in his selectionThe New York Journal of Books Frank Chance's Diamond is a time machine.
A remarkable true story about saving life in wartime, not taking it'War is often described in terms of blood and treasure The Lifesavers tells the story of the people who saw blood as treasure.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the UK s leading forensic scientist and Sunday Times bestselling author of All That Remains and Written in Bone: a gripping exploration of forensic science, told through often shocking real cases to assess its triumphs, failures, and future.
The acclaimed true story—originally published in Mountain Gazette and a finalist for the Livingston Award in International Reporting One night in September 1943, a Jewish mother took her nine-year-old son in one arm and five-year-old daughter in the other and jumped off a moving train to save their lives.
The first-ever biography of the most pivotal Justice on the Supreme Court whose decisions, like the overturning of Roe, will drive the reshaping of America, by prize-winning journalist Peter Canellos.
In a world where lawyers are often seen only through the lens of courtrooms and verdicts, The Daily Pen of the Lawyer opens a different door—into the quiet, reflective world of an Indonesian lawyer who finds clarity not only in legal arguments, but in solitude, song, and the written word.
From Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body and a writer who has brilliantly illuminated the Black experience in America for decades (Bryan Stevenson), comes a spirited and riveting memoir of growing up in an interracial family in 1960s Chicago and a daughters journey to understand her parents marriageand her own identity.
At the heart of this work is the inner sacred journey through past life regression with QHHT to Ancient Egypt and its Lost Enigmatic Labyrinth of Hawara.
An emotionally wounded family leaves behind the familiar life they built in Los Angeles and sets out across America in an RV, searching not only for freedom, but for healing.
The best in short fiction from around the world, from celebrated anthologist and author John Freeman and award-winning novelist Rabih AlameddineIn The Penguin Book of the International Short Story, writers from different nations, languages and sensibilities come together in a globe-spanning and long overdue tour of modern fiction.
National Bestseller Nominated for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing A powerful memoir revealing the pressures, joys, and traumas of witnessing history up close and personal, from one of Canadas most prominent and decorated foreign correspondents.
New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murderthe most famous unsolved true crime case in American history.
WILFRED C-R – By Ross Pickford – short synopsisWilfred Clunies-Ross (1874–1927) is a fifth-generation member of the Scottish-Malay family that ruled the remote Cocos-Keeling atoll in the Indian Ocean for over a century.
One of the Sunday Times Best Non-Fiction Books to Read in Summer 2026'In this remarkable book, utterly gripping over 400 pages, high-end novelised non-fiction takes a big leap forward' MAIL ON SUNDAY'This is a stylish, intelligent page-turner, as gripping as a thriller film script' THE TIMES'A gripping true crime story, full of sixties glamour and political murk' THE SUNDAY TIMES'It's a hell of a story.
