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Poor boy. Dark star. Spy. Transgressor. Genius. This is the thrilling and subversive life story of Christopher Marlowe – Shakespeare’s inspiration and rival, who helped to bring England out of the cultural darkness and into the light.’Sparkling, addictive reading'...
‘A book that everyone should read’ The TimesA harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of the bombing of Nagasaki – and the acts of human kindness left in its wake.On 9th August 1945, the Japanese city of Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb. Forty thousand people are...
We all want more free time. But do we know how to use it?'Illuminating and thought-provoking' Darian Leader'I feel renewed and accompanied by Singh’s tender self-explorations and insights’ Amy KeyThe celebrated psychoanalyst Marion Milner lived for the entirety of the...
The New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance delivers her most intimate and powerful work: a piercing, life-affirming memoir about marriage and memory, sorrow and love.Hourglass is an inquiry into how marriage is transformed by time - abraded, strengthened,...
'A bookworm's delight' Sara Collins |'A gorgeous hug of a book – funny, warm and charming' Marian Keyes | 'Comforting, funny and moving' Sali Hughes | 'Lucy Mangan on books is like butter on toast: perfect' Caitlin Moran | [Mangan] makes for a wonderfully incisive...
'A pleasure and an invigoration' Guardian'A moving, witty and seductive anthology' Financial Times'Every piece feels beautifully sewn together and complete’ BERNARDINE EVARISTOCrafted over twenty-five years, I Want to Talk to You invites you into a conversation about...
AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'A masterclass in masterpieces' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Epic, personal, smart, wise, witty' JOSHUA COHEN'Sizzles with passion' TOM McCARTHYFor more than two decades, Edwin Frank has introduced readers to forgotten or overlooked texts as...
**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR**Patriot is the unforgettable life story of one of the most fearless and inspiring figures of our time.'Mind-blowing ... one extraordinary read' EMILY MAITLIS‘Charisma and...
**Winner of the Goodreads Readers’ Choice Memoir Award 2024**'Remarkably candid' Guardian | 'A remarkable person with remarkable stories to tell' Lauren Graham | 'Bold, unapologetic and inspiring' Sutton FosterDiscover Kelly Bishop’s captivating story of six decades in...
'An excellent anthology' Times Literary Supplement'Remarkable: combines her exceptional experience as a war correspondent with selected poetry in an act of witness' ANDREW MOTIONI was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words...
**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A humane, hilarious and heart-breaking window into the world of psychiatry from ‘the Adam Kay of mental healthcare’ (THE TIMES)‘This is honestly my dream book… Fascinating’ FERN BRADY‘Fearlessly honest, funny and uplifting’ JO...
**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** A gripping account of survival and recovery from internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie‘A masterpiece… Extraordinary’ Daily Telegraph‘A story of hatred defeated by love’ Guardian On the...
An intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a brilliant new voice in narrative non-fiction**LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE**'An eye-opening tour de force' ALEX ESPINOZA'Exhilarating' SUSAN...
From butcher's daughter in communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives.'Riveting. A true story of a brilliant biochemist who never...
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers. *WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION*Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous...
The acclaimed biographer and obituarist forThe Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page'Lifescapes is the universe in miniature'DAILY TELEGRAPHIt is soul that I go looking for. Or, to put it another way, real life.'She's a genius,...
‘Refreshingly forthright’ New York Times | ‘Extraordinary’ Laura Lynne Jackson | ‘Beautifully written’ Katy Butler | ‘Tender and transformative’ Christie Tate | ‘Meaningful and sublime’ Theresa BrownWhat can life’s final moments teach us about living well today?In this...
A darkly comic and moving memoir on what it means to be human in a world where nothing is certain, from the award-winning Oxford professor.‘A book that will stay with you for life’NATALIE HAYNES‘The best book about multiple sclerosis’THE TIMESWe all have trapdoors in...
** The Sunday Times Best Literary Book of 2023**** A Waterstones Best Book of 2023**'All Sorts of Lives is a beautiful, fastidiously researched and fascinating exploration of Mansfield's life and work' A.L. KENNEDYRestless outsider, masher-up of form and convention,...
The third volume of Alison Weir’s magisterial history of the queens of medieval England.‘Weir’s history books are as gripping as novels’The TimesMedieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies – yet, as Alison Weir shows in this group biography, many of the...
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