Collected Biographies

'Vital reading' STYLIST'Because 100 Nasty Women is so easy to read and witty, I didn't expect it to be the life changing, important book that I'm ...

With a foreword by Eddy Merckx The world of professional cycling is fraught with fierce competition, fervent dedi...

A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull ...

Meet the incredible women who rule the ring! The Fabulous Moolah was ahead of her time, Chyna showed us serious attitude, and now Becky Lynch is le...

In Letters of Note: Art, Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy...

Now available in trade paper!New York Times Bestseller!  Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel the authors of the New York Times best seller The...

Ive fallen in love with this fabulous foursome They are a phenomenon! Drew Barrymore From @theoldgays, the internets most b...

'He makes us see a subject we thought we knew so well from a completely different angle; in writing that is deeply researched, but inviting, warm, ...

A look into the tantalising secrets of Florence's Palazzo Rucellai. When Italian Renaissance professor Allison Levy takes up residency in the pala...

'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a...

Betty Comden and Adolph Green were the writers behind such classic stage musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Bells Are Ringing, and they p...

The relationship between my grandmother and her mother was very important and indeed crucial to her childhood and the very early days of her writin...

The Dams Raid is the RAFs most famous bombing operation of the Second World War, and Guy Gibson, who was in command, its most famous bomber pilot. ...

Did you know that Beethoven made every cup of coffee with exactly 60 beans?Or that Shirley Temple always had precisely 56 curls in her hair?Or that...

Did you know that Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka was the first woman in the world to become a democratically elected prime minister? That Tina ...

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

From William Shakespeare to Oprah Winfrey and Anne Frank to Julius Caesar, get the inside track on the incredible lives of history's biggest names ...

The history of the United States is peppered with extraordinary military leaders. Fate has enshrined an exceptional few in the publics collective c...

For the journey of Lent this year, Kevin OGorman SMA chose an unusual companion, the Popes Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate, Rejoice and Be Glad. F...

The spy novel has, over the past hundred years, become one of the most popular literary genres. The best exponents have become household names, as ...

This instant New York Times bestseller is an inspiring and useful (The Washington Post) guide to the art of leadership from David Gergenformer Whit...

From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in...

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