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But Seriously: An Autobiography

But Seriously: An Autobiography

He is one of the most controversial sportsmen in history and a legend of Open Era tennis. But after reaching the top of his game - what came next? A decade after his international number-one bestseller Serious... Zobraziť viac

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Mario Testino. Ciao. Omaggio all’Italia

Mario Testino. Ciao. Omaggio all’Italia

Venezia, Roma, Napoli, Firenze. This is Italy through the eyes of Testino and this is Testino as we’ve never seen before. Gathering personal, previously unpublished photographs, this is an ode to Italy’s people, art, food, and fashion... Zobraziť viac

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Today We Die a Little

Today We Die a Little

Richard Askwith, Vintage (2016)
The Rise and Fall of Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend

Yellow Jersey: On the track, his running made him a legend; off it, his charisma and humanity made him a hero. No runner has... Zobraziť viac

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Pageboy: A Memoir

Pageboy: A Memoir

'The emergence of our true selves is all of our life's work. Pageboy helps chart the course.' -Jamie Lee Curtis'Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This isn't simply a book on what it means to be trans, it's about what it means to be... Zobraziť viac

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Gomorrah

Gomorrah

With an introduction by Misha Glenny... Zobraziť viac

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The Innovators

The Innovators

Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster (2014)
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's story of the people who created the computer and the Internet.... Zobraziť viac

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Gone

Gone

Min Kym, Viking (2017)
A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung

<i>'All my life my Stradivarius had been waiting for me, as I had been waiting for her . . .'</i> At 7 years old Min Kym was a prodigy, the youngest ever pupil at the Purcell School of Music. At 11 she won her first international prize... Zobraziť viac

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12 Birds to Save Your Life

12 Birds to Save Your Life

Charlie Corbett, Michael Joseph (2021)
Nature's Lessons in Happiness

This book is about coping with being human. It's about how unexpected events smash and bash their way into our lives without permission. And how a love of the natural world - in particular birds- will help to raise you from these periodic depths... Zobraziť viac

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Homo Irrealis

Homo Irrealis

Andre Aciman, Faber and Faber (2021)
Essays

The bestselling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name returns to the essay form with this collection of thoughts on time, the creative mind, and great lives and works... Zobraziť viac

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Begin Again

Begin Again

Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Vintage (2021)
James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin - to help us understand the present moment, and imagine a new future into being 'Not everything is lost... Zobraziť viac

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Just Kids

Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco (2018)

Patti Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir, now richly illustrated with new material and never-before-seen photographs. Patti's Smith's exquisite prose is generously illustrated in this full-color edition of her classic coming-of-age memoir, ... Zobraziť viac

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Taste : My Life Through Food

Taste : My Life Through Food

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Before Stanley Tucci became a household name with The Devil Wears Prada, The Hunger Games, and the perfect Negroni... Zobraziť viac

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Fatherland

Fatherland

Burkhard Bilger, HarperCollins Publishers (2023)
A Memoir of World War Two, Conscience and Family Secrets

What do we owe the past? How to make peace with a dark family history? Burkhard Bilger hardly knew his grandfather growing up... Zobraziť viac

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Wired For Love

Wired For Love

Stephanie Cacioppo, Little, Brown (2022)
A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss and the Essence of Human Connection

From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all... Zobraziť viac

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Tell Me the Truth About Love

Tell Me the Truth About Love

Susanna Abse, Ebury (2022)
13 Tales from the Therapist's Couch

'A must-read for everyone wanting to understand more about what makes us fall in - and out - of love' Philippa Perry'A charming, useful, kind book about the pains and hopes of relationships' Alain de Botton'Wonderfully wise... Zobraziť viac

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Origins of The Wheel of Time

Origins of The Wheel of Time

Michael Livingston, Pan Macmillan (2022)
The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan

Explore never-before-seen insights into The Wheel of Time, including... Zobraziť viac

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A Journey

A Journey

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers... Zobraziť viac

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The Beatles Book

The Beatles Book

The Beatles Book is the ultimate authority on the fab four. Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, brings together three eminent Beatles experts to compile an invaluable and essential guide. Divided into four sections ... Zobraziť viac

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Wonders Beyond Numbers

Wonders Beyond Numbers

Johnny Ball, A & C Black (2017)
A History of All Things Mathematical

Johnny Ball is by some margin Britain's most famous mathematician. Wonders Beyond Numbers is his magnum opus, and his first book for more than ten years. It is nothing less than the history of mathematics; he describes it as 'a summation of my career as a Zobraziť viac

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Milk

Milk

Alice Kinsella, Picador (2023)
On Motherhood and Madness

'Sublime' - Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers'A book about the raw, riotous, brutally beautiful act of being alive.' - Kerri ni Dochartaigh, author of Thin PlacesAlice Kinsella wAlice Kinsella was in her mid-twenties... Zobraziť viac

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