'John Buchan was a writer of considerable significance but he was also a man who led a remarkable public life. This magnificent biography leads us through that life with great style and understanding' Alexander McCall Smith
Successful journalist and failed rich person William Leith takes us on a dizzying trip into the world and psyche of the criminally wealthy in this highly original book
A sequence of letters from Hunter Davies to his late wife Margaret Forster, chronicling the ups and downs of his life since her death – by turns confessional, gossipy, touching, funny and bittersweet.
Searching for a more expansive vision of masculinity, Dirtbag, Massachusetts is a remarkable coming-of-age memoir that heralds the arrival of a soaring literary talent
For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood, named one of the Best True Crime Books by Marie Claire.
A staggering investigation into the costs and consequences of displacement, from a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience and its aftershocks
From New York Times-bestselling, three-time National Book Award finalist Gail Godwin, a consideration of what makes for a life well lived—for readers of Oliver Sacks’s Gratitude and Deborah Levy’s Cost of Living.
From one of our most astute observers of human nature, a far-reaching exploration of Japanese history and culture and a moving meditation on impermanence, mortality and grief
The story of a garden brought back from the dead and the wildlife that returns to it, set amidst the chaos of new beginnings, old haunts and nearly losing everything.
Part Chasing the Scream, part How to do Nothing, Breaking Awake is a riveting journey into the world of modern drug use and the global mental health crisis, and a search for reasons and answers.
