Books

William Roache has been an actor on Britain's best-loved soap opera, Coronation Street, for over 48 years - making him the world's longest- serving...

At six feet, seven inches tall, Peter Crouch stands out in a crowd. But England's hugely popular striker is famous for more than just being the nat...

'The Admiral was quite certain that they were near land ... He promised to give a silk doublet to the first sailor who should report it' No gamble ...

Even when she was at the top of her fame as a star of East Enders, behind the scenes Danniella was tearing her life apart. For a while she was the ...

A fascinating account of Winston Churchill's early military career fighting in the 1890 Afghan campaign, offering fresh and revealing parallels int...

Mum and Dad - Squibs and Bert - were a complete mystery to Brian Thompson as he grew up in Cambridge and London during the 1940s. His mother danced...

A wonderful new book - part travelogue, part memoir - from author of the bestselling BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON and CHASING THE MONSOON. Part memoir, ...

Born and bred in the tough inner city slums of Summerhill in Dublin, Bill Cullen was one of 14 children. A street seller from the age of six, Bill ...

The long awaited story of one of Britain's greatest comic legends. 'Some people walk on stage and the audience warms to them. You can't explain it,...

Dave Pelzer's remarkable journey from a child who lived in terror of his unstable, violently unpredictable mother's every move, to his emergence as...

As Indians got their first taste of satellite television during the first Gulf War, Raghav Bahl saw his future in the signals flickering across the...

In A Farmer and His Dog, Adam Henson explores the unique relationship between a farmer and his most loyal friend. Sheepdogs come in a variety of sh...

Famous as the lovable couch potato Jim Royle of The Royle Family, Ricky Tomlinson has entertained millions without ever leaving his armchair. Now, ...

An inspirational memoir from Jay Blades, host of the hit show The Repair Shop Making It is an inspirational memoir about beating the odds and turni...

The inspirational true story of one man overcoming enormous odds - including sexual abuse from his alcoholic mother - to choose his own path in lif...

Part history, part fiction, part memoir, Levels of Life is a powerfully personal and unforgettable book, and an immediate classic on the subject of...

The groundbreaking book which revealed Dickens's relationship with Nelly Ternan. This is the story of someone who - almost - wasn't there; who vani...

'Flight, like any great love, is both a liberation and a return': an airline pilot captures the wonder of flight for the modern traveller. ** Sunda...

After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it wa...

Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh were two of the twentieth century's most amusing and gifted writers, who matched wits and traded literary advice in ...

This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold and a tortured soul.' From the day he was born, Nick Traina was hi...

A top forensic pathologist brings unparalleled honesty and insight to a new book about life and death Through 24 intriguing, never-before-told case...

Margot Fonteyn began life on the 18th of May, 1919 in Reigate, Surrey, as plain Peggy Hookham. She ended it on the 21st of February, 1991, as Prima...

Maybe it was a grandparent, a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood when you were young and impassioned, helped y...