Biography

LOOK INSIDE fX✉ ISBN: 9781037410697 Format: Paperback Pub Date: 29/09/2026 Category: Memoirs, Political Structures: Democracy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Memoirs, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Refugees and political asylum Imprint: Picador Price:...

In 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo’s collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC. This is the...

One of Hollywood’s most accomplished, feared – and funny – dealmakers has some stuff he wants to get off his chest. A lifetime worth of stuff. And secrets. And stories. And it all makes for one hell of...

A unprecedented-access-all-areas look behind the scenes of F1 team Red Bull F1 Racing for one of the most dramatic seasons of racing ever. Step inside one of the most successful British sports stories in history as acclaimed sports...

From The Big Issue's popular section, this collection features 70 remarkable women writing letters to their younger selves. From The Big Issue's popular section, this collection features 70 remarkable women writing letters to their younger selves. Description If...

A gripping first-person account of Kilian Jornet's record-breaking Alpine Summits challenge, in which he summited 82 peaks in just 19 days.Beyond Endurance, by Kilian Jornet - the Catalan professional long-distance trail runner and ski mountaineer widely considered one...

Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles. ‘When asked, ‘What was it like, growing up with Diana?’, my first thought is always, But I don’t know what it was...

'There's no book like it, get it in your life' - Chris Evans'One of the most powerful things I've read in a long time' - Fearne CottonFathers from around the world and from all walks of life come...

'Smith's eye for life's everyday transcendence rarely fails her' Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year''A triumph' Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times, 'Books of the Year''Quietly sacred, utterly beautiful' Service95'Smith has already issued a handful of memoirs over the decades....

'When one is faced with the possibility of early death, it makes one realise that life is worth living.' Stephen Hawking An insatiable curiosity and appreciation for life powered Stephen Hawking to the furthest reaches of the universe...

The extraordinary story of a remarkable woman who has shaped New Zealand's history In 1988, Silvia Cartwright published what would become a landmark report, the Cervical Cancer Inquiry, into medical malpractice against cervical cancer patients. While many praised...

The Farm is a lyrical and entertaining journey to the heart of rural life in New Zealand from one of our greatest living writers. When Bruce Ansley visited a friend on a sheep farm on Banks Peninsula, they pointed...

Our naughtiest national treasure and Number 1 bestselling author takes on Britain and the British 'It starts with the title - the joy of a Full English is in the way a whole collection of wildly different things...

John Summers’ worst nightmare is getting lost in the bush. He has always carefully – myopically, even – followed the track. Death lurks at the edge of his fear, as well as cold, hunger, loneliness and even humiliation....

The fascinating story of an entrepreneur who has been growing plants for most of his adult life.In this memoir Peter Butler explores his relationship with plants, which have always been both a love anda refuge.In the mid 1970s...

A hilarious and heartwarming memoir of Monty Python legend Eric Idle's fifty-year quest to build the perfect home in Provence. 'Enchanting and hilarious' Stephen Fry In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy...

It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - and another book full of hilarious stories Clarkson’s farm is the gift that keeps on giving, and now our hero has decided to bring his misunderstood entrepreneurial flair...

An exploration of the transformative power of music from the acclaimed, world famous young musician Music is what makes us alive, mindful and connected to each other. Music is what makes us human. This is the power of...

An utterly riveting, moving and poignant memoir of grief and loss that will speak to anyone who's ever lost someone they love. 'Profoundly moving, both a tender love letter and a study of loss and hope, An Ocean and a...

It’s late 2020. Rikihana Wallace, a prolific shoplifter of no fixed abode, is back in prison with little chance of bail. Nathan Morley, unemployed, is facing burglary charges and hoping his other, as yet undetected, offences don’t catch...

This is the gripping, often surprising story of one of New Zealand’s toughest and most resilient fighters. Shane Cameron rose from humble beginnings to become a dominant force in the Australasian heavyweight division. Known for his explosive power...

Where better to follow your dreams than in beautiful Paris? Especially if you dream of food—Paris is the place where fine dining was born. It’s the city of the butteriest croissant and bitterest chocolat, where the markets tumble...

In 2008, Annabelle Chauncy, a 21-year-old Australian university student, visited a school in Uganda, a country that had the highest school dropout rates in the world. Shocked by what she saw, she decided to act.Eighteen years later, her...

Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938,...