Collected Biographies

Robert Johnson. Brian Jones. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Kurt Cobain. Amy Winehouse. They were inspirational, controversial, talisman...

Pat Stanton is a Hibs legend. With his silky skills and natural leadership, Pat captained Hibs to three trophies and later went on to manage the te...

Beacon Lights of History is a 14-volume set first published in 1902. This collection of John Lords lectures spans 6,000 years of European and Ameri...

Beacon Lights of History is a 14-volume set first published in 1902. This collection of John Lords lectures spans 6,000 years of European and Ameri...

Tom Brady's father is an estate planner. Aaron Rodgers' father is a chiropractor. Cam Newton's father tried to sell his son to Mississippi State wh...

The alumni of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) have made remarkable strides in medicine, academia, public ...

England holds the unique position as the cradle of modern democratic parliamentary government while simultaneously retaining one of the world's lon...

A vibrantly illustrated chain of entanglements (romantic and otherwise) between some of our best-loved writers and artists of the twentieth century...

Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential leaders with this innovative, and boldly graph...

Named a Gift Book for the Discerning New Yorker by The New York Times In a metropolis like New York, homelessness can blend into the urban landscap...

2018 marks the centenary of the year when (some) women in Britain were allowed to vote for the first time. It is also the year of the `Great Exhib...

WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY?   Or, rather, what do you imagine to be your earliest memory?   Perhaps, alternatively, there was a moment during childh...

A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first ce...

A Financial Times 'Best Thing I Read This Year' 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDGoogle. Amazon. Facebook. T...

This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with regards to the work of six women composers: Sofia Gubaidul...

The Who: In The City is an exciting new book that has never been attempted before. The book tells the unique story of one of rock and rolls greates...

In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot traject...

'Long Live Freedom!' Hans Scholl's last words before his execution The White Rose (die Weiße Rose) resistance circle was a group of students and...

The inspiring story of five women who set out to explore the furthest reaches of the globe and redefine scholarship At the dawn of the twentieth c...

Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s. This paperback edition features ne...

Biteback Publishing is delighted to announce a major new project, a two volume series of biographies of every female MP ever to be elected to the H...

What goes through a mans head aft er sitting innocently on death row for twenty-three years and who has been dubbed a monster for over half his lif...

Showcasing over 30 inspirational women, including Florence Nightingale (the founder of modern nursing), Georgia O'Keeffe (the artist and mother of ...

In this tribute to todays vibrant quilting community, prize-winning quilter and teacher Thomas Knauer showcases a stunning collection of quilts fro...

A treasure trove of carefully selected letters written by great artists, providing unique insight into their characters and a glimpse into their li...

From historical figures such as Marie Curie to contemporaries such as Steve Jobs, a handful of innovators have changed the world. What made them so...

Fifty years ago this spring, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash released their first album as a group; Crosby, Stills & Nash became ...

'I loved every word' - Sarra Manning, Red'[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med' - Rachel Johnson, Mail on SundayThe Riviera Set is...

The attractive, elegant design makes this title an ideal gift for all those fascinated by science history.

Beautifully illustrated, The Kings & Queens of Britain also contains family trees, timelines and information boxes on key topics and events to ...

Knowledgeable, probing, and thoughtful. Foreword Reviews Smokey Robinson Barbara Kingsolver Francis Ford Coppola David Sedaris Jane Goodall a...

This six-volume Voices of Liberation series book set is a celebration of lives and writings of South African and African liberation activists and h...