Biography

The Spirituality of Jane Austen: Her Faith Through Her Life, Letters and Literature [9780745968605]

2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, whose six completed novels have never been out of print. Best known for her novels, 'Sen…

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Impossible is a Dare [9780281078844]

Ben Cooley was just 26 years old when he booked Birmingham's NEC Arena. He didn't have the first idea about putting on a major event. He didn't have a…

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In God's Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of Pope St John Paul II [9780008101053]

The spiritual diaries of Pope St John Paul II - published for the first time ever in English. The most intimate insight into the longest-serving ponti…

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God Knows What I'm Doing Here [9781780784526]

The inspiring story of how God took a rebellious and lost young woman, gave her purpose and a passion to live for Him, and led her to serve as a missi…

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Standing on My Brother's Shoulders [9781780289021]

Tara Lal's childhood was battered by her father's mental illness and by her mother's death when she was thirteen. Caught up in grief and despair, she …

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Becoming [9780241334140]

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle O…

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Brief Encounters: Notes from a Philosopher's Diary [9780281079193]

Cardinals, directors, dissidents, dons, judges, novelists, philosophers, prime ministers, scientists, world statesmen. . . Throughout his long and dis…

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Locked In [9781788930673]

Paralympics champion and Dancing with the Stars contestant Victoria Arlen shares her courageous and miraculous story of recovery after falling into a …

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Four Mums in a Boat: Friends Who Rowed 3000 Miles, Broke a World Record and Learnt a Lot About Life Along the Way [9780008214807]

A Sunday Times Bestseller The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a wo…

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Martin Luther [9781847920041]

Selected as a Book of the Year by the New Statesman, Spectator, History Today, Guardian and Sunday Times. When Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper t…

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Brief Encounters: Notes from a Philosopher's Diary [9780281079209]

Cardinals, directors, dissidents, dons, judges, novelists, philosophers, prime ministers, scientists, world statesmen. . . Throughout his long and dis…

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Dickens and Women: 'My Father Did Not Understand Women' Katey Dickens [9781441107206]

This is a short book on a key and most controversial aspect of Dickens' personality published for his bi-centennial year. This is a short and colourfu…

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Leonardo Da Vinci [9781471166785]

The #1 New York Times Bestseller `Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, he's simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy o…

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Listening to the Animals: Becoming The Supervet [9781409183761]

THE MASSIVE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. A powerful, heart-warming and inspiring memoir from the UK's most famous and beloved vet, Professor Noel F…

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Little Richard: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll [9781441194060]

This book is a concise, evocative, and thoroughly researched study of one of the great rock'n'roll pioneers. After Tutti Frutti, Little Richard bega…

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My Life in Football: The Autobiography [9781509877201]

Kevin Keegan is one of the greatest players in English football history, famed for his style on the pitch, his relentless ambition and passion for the…

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On a Similar Note: Mayhem, mishaps and musings from the singer and raconteur [9780857215765]

Jonathan Veira is a larger-than-life entertainer, whose career in opera has been matched by his many years as a one-man entertainer, filling some of t…

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Oscar Wilde [9780826498526]

This is a short, readable introduction to Oscar Wilde's life, work and afterlife. Oscar Wilde's reputation has shifted dramatically during the twentie…

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Right-wing Spain in the Civil War Era: Soldiers of God and Apostles of the Fatherland, 1914-1945 [9781441181763]

Right-Wing Spain in the Civil War Era explores the lives of the leading Spanish conservatives in the turbulent period 1914-1945. The volume is a colle…

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Sir Walter Raleigh: in Life and Legend [9781441112095]

New biography of one of the key figures in British history focusing on both his writing and legacy. Sir Walter Raleigh is a figure writ large in popul…

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