An engaging guide on how to navigate the pitfalls and challenges of serving on a board, complemented by anecdotes and narratives from John Tusa's vast and eclectic career as a board member of various prestigious institutions.
A piercingly beautiful memoir about race, loss and family by the Pulitzer Prize winner and twice-appointed US poet laureate: the story of black women and violence in the American South as you've never read it before
The magazine’s heyday — its century — as the arbiter of culture is over, and so it is time to pay tribute to its voice, aesthetic, influence, frequent tackiness, and monumental ego as an object of envy.
Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important memoir that will transform your perspective of parenting forever
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An emotional, honest and gutsy memoir that gives a deep insight into Penny Lancaster's experiences, despite the pain and damage that they often caused, and that pushed her into becoming a passionate advocate for keeping others – especially women – safe.
Record-breaking England cricketer, wartime RAF hero, Tottenham Hotspur footballer, and husband to five wives... this is the story of the many lives of one of cricketing’s greatest characters.
Alex Dowsett’s pulsating autobiography lifts the lid on a decade of life in the world’s greatest pelotons and tells how he succeeded despite being the world’s only able-bodied elite sportsperson in the world with haemophilia A.
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Two Of Us, this is a moving, honest and charming account of life after John. Read by Sheila herself, this abridged audio will be made up of 4 CDs.
An engaging and detailed study of Winston Churchill's career as a military commander, from his early experiences in Britain's colonial wars, through his battlefield experience in World War I to his strategic command in World War II. This book examines how in high office he got it both right and wrong.
A charming and entertaining memoir of one of the most remarkable careers in post-war British publishing – that of Anthony Cheetham, the brilliantly creative entrepreneur who founded Century, Orion, Quercus and Head of Zeus – told through the stories of fifty of his favourite books from a lifetime of reading and publishing.
A lyrical excavation of trauma and healing in the midst of early motherhood - the debut work of an endlessly inventive poet whose work 'fizzes with energy, physicality, and the levitating openness of song' (Rebecca Tamás)
Left for Dead is the tragic and inspirational account of Nick Ward's survival against all the odds. It is the experience of an ordinary man who survived an extraordinary event. It affected him so deeply that for over 25 years his story has remained untold - until now.
