Biography: General

New Directions is delighted to announce beautiful new editions of these three classic Sebald novels, including his two greatest works, The Emigrant...

Fully updated to include Sir Chris Hoys incredible, record-breaking golds at London 2012 (making him his countrys greatest ever Olympian), this is ...

Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-...

***THE WORD OF MOUTH INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NOW UPDATED WITH 15 EXPLOSIVE NEW CHAPTERS***False economics. Threats, bribes, extortion. Debt, decep...

Commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, this exquisite coffee table book with a foreword by best-s...

________________'Like Eat, Pray, Love, her follow-up ... feels irresistibly confessional ... I found myself guzzling Committed, reading it in might...

'Lord Sugar is a self-made man and one of Britain's finest business brains. His story so far is inspirational to the end' The Sun'Sugar is unusual ...

A Telegraph Book of 2018 An Observer Pick of 2018 A New Statesman Book of 2018 A definitive history and anarchic celebration of the fight for wome...

Pope Francis has thoroughly re-engaged the Catholic Church with the modern world, by tackling the difficult and urgent questions that we face as a ...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama had an idea. A big, inspiring, and exciting idea! She would grow the largest kitchen garden ever at the White Hous...

A publishing phenomenon in hardback, Roy Keane's autobiography was the biggest selling sports book of the year.The book will include a new chapter ...

Charles Higham - rugby player, talented excavator and one of the great archaeologists of his generation - is an engaging raconteur. His fast-moving...

Kenton Cool is the finest alpine climber of this generation. His accomplishments are staggering. He has summited Everest twelve times. He is the fi...

From the author of the definitive biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky, never-before-published lectures that provide an accessible introduction to the Ru...

From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks writings that...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER____________Straight Outta Crawley is the hilarious and irreverent autobiography from comedian Romesh Ranganathan.At the...

The only autobiography by the great Roland Barthes, philosopher, literary theorist and semiotician.This is the autobiography of one of the greatest...

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the h...

Out now: the autobiography of the legendary sports promoter, Barry Hearn.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I am the largest sports promoter in the world...

To have a colour named after you is one of the highest accolades in fashion. Valentino Garavani is one such icon. Since the founding of the House o...

'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful...

Love Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical Hamilton? Discover the untold story of the brilliant Eliza Schuyler Hamilton!Coming of age in revolutionary N...

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco...

Now Brando looked at people with assurance, and with what can only be called a pitying expression, as though he dwelt in spheres of enlightenment w...

Strength, speed and dedication: Cristiano Ronaldo is known throughout the world as a colossus of the modern game.But did you know that he underwent...

Henry Tudor is probably the best known king in English history, most famous for having had six wives. Henry wanted immortality, not as a notorious ...

** Shortlisted for the NME Best Music Book Award 2018 **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARA HERALD BOOK...

George Michael is the single most played artist on UK radio for the last two decades. He has sold 100 million albums world-wide and had seven UK nu...

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A great, thrusting codpiece of a book. It is big, bombastic and richly brocaded... A jewel in its own right' The T...

Sunday Times bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. A world-renowned investigative criminologist, he has ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The definitive biog...

This fascinating new book looks in detail at Renoir's influences, life and works. The first part begins examines his style; it covers Renoir's tech...

Most of us can watch an old episode of the holiday programme Wish You Were Here without it having the life-changing effect that it had on postman E...

The story of a fanatical Marc Bolan fan who took his obsession to a completely different level! This is an amazing journey of one man's ambition an...

The definitive biography of one of the worlds most famous women.Madonna is the biggest-selling female recording artist in the world and one of our ...

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a ...

THE CAPTIVATING TRUE STORY OF THE MAN WHO INSPIRED HILARY MANTEL'S WOLF HALL TRILOGY, MASTERFULLY TOLD: NOW REVISED WITH A NEW CHAPTER Readers LOV...

Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance is among the most successful - and controversial - rock biographies ever published. Having denounced...

This is a unique collection of 250 photographs celebrating the life and long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. 2012 marks the Diamond Jubilee of Queen E...

Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. He gave rock and roll its devil's edge with hit records like 'Great Balls of Fire'. His incendiary...

*Featured in The Times' 'Best Books of the Year So Far'*What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still ...

A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis. Contains previously published ...