(Hardback)

The biography of fighter pilot, Photographic Officer, Flight Commander and latterly Air Commodore Henry Crowe. Henry served during both World Wars and photographed his experiences extensively.

(Paperback)

In 1928, as a 10-day-old baby she was left at a children's home with a note: "Her name is Ruth." For more than a decade, this was the only information Ruth had about her family. An Improper Daughter - the result of 70 years of sleuthing - has so many extraordinary twists and turns that it could almost pass as a detective story. But it is true.

(Paperback)

Part investigative tale, part time capsule,And a Bang on the Earsees Philip painstakingly piece together the events that led up to, and followed, the accidental clash of heads that left him in a coma before waking up to 30 years of pain and paralysis.

Full of hope and humour, rage and rehabilitation, this is an autobiography unlike any other.

(Hardback)

Graphic biography of one of the most extraordinary soldiers of the Second World War

(Paperback)

A revealing insight into the work of a practically unknown aeronautic engineer who created the revolutionary front-wheel drive Traction Avant, the minimalist 2CV and the Citron DS, a sensation in the automotive world in 1955, and still an icon of original automobile engineering and avant-garde design.

(Paperback)

"Anything That Burns You is the first full-length biography of Lola Ridge, a trailblazer for women, poetry and human rights and a portrait of her and her times in the early to mid-twentieth century"--

(Paperback)

A dynamic day-to-day chronicle of the band. Organised by year, each chapter of the book gives an overview of the band's fortunes and presents in diary fashion exactly what the boys were doing including detailed information about concert tours, radio and television gigs, recording sessions, record releases and solo activities.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback, 3rd New edition)

This is the story of a pioneering folk hero, Arawata Bill - William James O'Leary. It is a colourful tale of adventure, discovery and survival in the remotest areas of New Zealands Southern Alps. In this biography, Ian Dougherty has separated the man from the myth, with a warmly human portrait of an ordinary man who lived an extraordinary life

(Paperback)

The businessman whose ruthless political skills saw Arsenal leapfrog Tottenham Hotspur into the First Division. The manager who took Arsenal to a hat-trick of First Division titles after successfully appealing against a life ban imposed by the Football Association.

(Hardback)

From a revered scholar of the ancient world, an intimate portrait of the young Saint Augustine, the pagan-born theologian and philosopher whose Confessions transformed Christianity and the Western world

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE ADVENTURES OF FIRST-RATE STORYTELLER, GUITARIST, AND RELENTLESS ROAD WARRIOR JESSE DAYTON

(Paperback)

(Paperback, New edition)

*Revised and updated for the anniversary year*; John Suchet's acclaimed biography of the greatest composer the world has ever known.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

A guide to Dicken's life, work and legacy, featuring irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the writer behind the words.

(Hardback)

Many people know that Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionism, a master of landscape painting whose works include Sunrise and Water Lilies. Biographic: Monet presents an instant impression of his life, work and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures convered into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Tells the story of the Falklands War as experienced by a below-decks seaman on one of the most important ships to be despatched to the South Atlantic. This book presents an account from a Royal Navy matelot who shared the terror of the first encounter with Argentinean forces when South Georgia was retaken from the invaders in Operation Paraquat.