Biography, Literature and Literary studies

Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder: Alan Partridge.

Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British music hall.

A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass.

An iconic event in modern Irish history is, for the first time, narrated in directly human terms.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Daily Mail Book of the Year.

In this remarkable and candid memoir the former Archbishop of Canterbury recalls his life and his spiritual quest; this is the first time in history that an Archbishop of Canterbury has written his autobiography.

Collected in one volume, here are the true life stories of London ambulance driver, Tom Reynolds.

SPECIAL PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIMEOne woman's journal of single life on the margins.

The fourth title from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011'Profound, eloquent and searching' SUNDAY TIMES'Essential reading' INDEPENDENT'Masterly' GUARDIAN'Extraordinary' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FARRiveting, audacious and now more urgent than ever in this vast update, The Emperor of All Maladies is a masterpiece.

A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan.

HarperCollins is proud to present one of Hardy's most popular novels, and now a major film, from our range of timeless literary classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.

What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby is her only option?

This edition does not include illustrations.

Epic history of the first Virginia Colony and the true story of Pocahontas, to coincide with the colony's 400th anniversary in 2007.

In the 1600s, European travellers discovered Indian vegetarianism.

In 1942 at the centre point of World War II an extraordinary event took place not on the battlefield but in a municipal stadium in Kiev.

Subtitle: Faith, Doubt and Everyday Life.

A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest.

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Winston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama of his last ten years of public life.

An illustrated ebook documenting the hugely varied and always entertaining career of one of Britain's best-loved travel writers.

A newly edited, single-volume commemorative edition of The Path to Power and The Downing Street Years; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words.

'The best memoir by a senior politician for years.

Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.

The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic.

For the first time since the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, the Astors' own version of the events at Cliveden is told.

Benjamin Daniels is angry.

The acclaimed first novel by one of Harper Perennial's most gifted young writers, author of 'The Bronski House' and 'The Spirit Wrestlers'.

A remarkable, multifaceted story made up of journal accounts, memories, conversations and personal experience, The Bronski House is a paean to Poland, a landmark in travel writing, and a family history - tied together by the unique experience of returning from exile.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SHOCKING NEW BOOK SHAKING US POLITICS: FIRE AND FURY, INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITEHOUSEA riveting, barnstorming, thrilling ride through the loud, lively and all-embracing world of the modern media conglomerates - its key deals, dealmakers, divas and delusions.

A long-overdue reissue of this debut novel from a comedy legend.

Much beloved broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray recounts her great love affair with Butch the Chihuahua.

'A wonderfully warm tale of weddings, funerals, marathon sauna contests - and the incomparable thrill of your first kiss, from "e;the Nick Hornby of the Arctic"e;.

This edition does not include illustrations.

A cracking collection of short stories from the author of the stupendous 'Swimmer'.

The history of Renaissance France is rich and varied.

'Absorbing.

A searingly page-turning, totally gripping, rollercoaster of a read that will appeal to readers of PJ Tracy and Harlan Coben (and anyone who loves '24' and the 'CSI' series).

One hundred colourful portraits of the cricketing characters whom Ian Botham has come across in his eventful career and who have influenced the game for good in his time: from top players, umpires and coaches to pop stars, writers and philanthropists.

First published in 2004 and updated in 2006 to include his first full season with Real Madrid.

The story of a remarkable time and place: Los Angeles from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era in the mid-Sixties to the peak of The Eagles' success in the late Seventies.

The true story of forbidden love in eighteenth-century Venice between an Italian noble and the brilliant, illegitimate daughter of an English baronet.