Simone Veil A Life
£11.99The first paperback edition of the long-awaited memoir of Simone Veil, the former French politician who became first President of the European Union.
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Prince Charles: `The Misunderstood Prince’
£7.99Drawing on extensive access to the Royal Family’s inner circle, Sally Bedell Smith delivers unprecedented insights into Prince Charles, a man who possesses a fiercely independent spirit, and yet has spent his life in waiting for the ultimate role.
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Hero: David Bowie
£9.99His music thrilled the generation it was written for, and has entertained and inspired every generation since. This book is an intelligent exploration of the man behind the myths and the makeup told from the very beginning. Respected music journalist and biographer Lesley-Ann Jones knew David Jones from the days before fame, when he was a young musician starting out, frustrated by an industry that wouldn’t give him a break and determined to succeed. Here she traces the epic journey of the boy from Bromley born into a troubled background, to his place as one of the greatest stars in rock history.
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George Lucas
£9.99This work by Brian Jay Jones is the first comprehensive telling of the story of the iconic filmmaker Geroge Lucas and the building of his film empire, as well as of his enormous impact on cinema.
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This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer
£9.99‘A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation’ Oldie
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Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking
£10.99Why is it that some of the greatest works of literature have been produced by writers in the grip of alcoholism, an addiction that cost them personal happiness and caused harm to those who loved them? In ‘The Trip to Echo Spring’, Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever and Raymond Carver.
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MaâAm Darling 99 Glimp Princess Margaret
£16.99The funny and tragic, bestselling biography of The Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, perfect for fans of Netflix’s The Crown.
A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich’ Observer
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The Glass Castle
£8.99This is a memoir of a successful journalist’s journey from the deserted and dusty mining towns of the American Southwest to an antique filled apartment on Park Avenue. Jeannette Walls narrates her nomadic and adventurous childhood with her dreaming, ‘brilliant’ but alcoholic parents.
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Lucky Lupin
£8.99Based on Charlie Mortimer’s life with HIV/Aids during the early years (1984-1996), when there was neither treatment nor cure, this is a poignant yet light-hearted memoir from the bestselling author of ‘Dear Lupin’. Using a combination of good luck, gallows humour, Fray Bentos pies and copious quantities of Solpadeine, Charlie survived not only the illness but also the hysteria that accompanied the so-called ‘gay plague’.
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Eyes On The Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
£15.99The first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day.
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Jane Austen: A Brief Life
£8.99Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of her extraordinary achievements? At a time when most women received so little formal education and none could obtain a place at university, how did Austen come to write novels that have commanded the attention of some of the most brilliant minds ever since? Why were hers the books that Darwin knew by heart and Churchill read during the Blitz? In this graceful introduction to the author’s life and works, Fiona Stafford offers a fresh and accessible perspective, discussing Austen’s six astonishing novels in the context of their time.
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I Fought At Dunkirk
£8.99This title tells the story of a handful of men who remember the time, more than 70 years ago when Germany swept through Europe. The veterans in this book saw action in the first battles on the front line, and fought in the last ditch defence of Dunkirk.