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(Paperback)
By: Nancy Mitford
ISBN: 9780099528883
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2011
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2011
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control.
(Hardback)
By: Carrot Quinn
ISBN: 9780593133286
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
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(Paperback, Unabridged edition)
By: Sue Shephard
ISBN: 9780330544221
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2011
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school
(Paperback)
By: Joanna Moorhead
ISBN: 9780349008790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 31st July 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A personal biography of Leonora Carrington, the debutante who ran away to Mexico and became one of the world's most significant surrealist artists.
(Hardback)
By: Peniel Joseph
ISBN: 9781541617865
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2020
Publisher: Basic Books
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A dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders
(Paperback)
By: John Stevens
ISBN: 9781570620508
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1994
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
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Yamakoa Tesshu, the founder of the No-sword school of Kendo, was a master swordsman, calligrapher, Zen practitioner, and embodied the samurai ideal of the peaceful warrior. This biography recounts his life-story, revealing his feats of endurance and skillful handling of military affairs.
(Hardback)
By: Elizabeth Norton
ISBN: 9781784081720
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth I.
(Paperback)
By: Elizabeth Norton
ISBN: 9781784081737
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
UK Publication Date: 14th July 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth I.
(Paperback)
By: Christopher Robbins
ISBN: 9780340812457
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2003
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The fascinating and thrilling biography of Michel Thomas, who survived torture and concentration camps to teach langauges to the stars.
(Paperback)
By: Brian O'Driscoll
ISBN: 9780241962688
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2015
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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An autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time, Brian O'Driscoll. It is about his family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination.
(Paperback)
By: Bonnie Friedman
ISBN: 9780807072479
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
Publisher: Beacon Press
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(Paperback)
By: Leo Moynihan
ISBN: 9781787475663
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Three of the greatest football clubs: Celtic, Liverpool and Manchester United. Their three greatest managers: Jock Stein, Bill Shankly and Matt Busby.
(Paperback)
By: Leo Moynihan
ISBN: 9781787475694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 20th August 2020
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Three of the greatest football clubs: Celtic, Liverpool and Manchester United. Their three greatest managers: Jock Stein, Bill Shankly and Matt Busby.
(Hardback)
By: Uli Hesse
ISBN: 9781471189104
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 11th May 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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The first English language biography of German footballing superstar Franz Beckenbauer.
(Paperback)
By: Uli Hesse
ISBN: 9781471189128
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 9th May 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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A celebration of the centenary of the world's most famous race, the Le Mans 24 Hours
The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of the Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
(Paperback)
By: Julie Checkoway
ISBN: 9780349141916
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 21st June 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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New York Times bestseller. For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken and Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat. The inspirational story of a group of impoverished children who were transformed into champion swimmers.
(Paperback)
By: Emma Bolden
ISBN: 9781593767235
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 20th October 2022
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
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(Paperback)
By: Elias Canetti
ISBN: 9781847083562
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2011
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2011
Publisher: Granta Books
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The first part of the Nobel Prize winner's classic autobiography, reissued by Granta in a stunning new paperback edition.
(Paperback)
By: Elias Canetti
ISBN: 9781847083579
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2011
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2011
Publisher: Granta Books
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The second part of the Nobel Prize winner's classic autobiography, reissued by Granta in a stunning new paperback edition.
(Hardback)
By: Roxana Spicer
ISBN: 9780735246539
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Paperback, Main)
By: Louis Barfe
ISBN: 9781848872516
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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The first ever narrative biography of a towering figure in British comedy: Les Dawson.
(Paperback)
By: Diana Souhami
ISBN: 9781780878782
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2013
UK Publication Date: 28th March 2013
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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The scandalous life of one of England's great eccentrics.
(Paperback)
By: Tony Rushmer
ISBN: 9781472128461
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
UK Publication Date: 27th February 2020
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The inside story of how master trainer Henry Cecil achieved the greatest comeback ever seen in the sport of horseracing.
(Hardback)
By: Mark L. Clifford
ISBN: 9781668027691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2025
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Jimmy Lai chose to stay and fight for the city he lovedto die in jail for freedom and democracy.
