Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected. She hadn't been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she'd never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father...

Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the one story that encompasses it all: the story of his life. In the early 1980s when punks and Rastas were on the streets protesting about unemployment, homelessness and the National Front, Benjamin's poetry could be heard at demonstrations, outside police stations and on the dance floor. His mission was to take poetry everywhere, and to popularise it by...

In this memoir written at the age of 33, Barack Obama, son of a black African father and a white American mother, describes the search for meaning in his life as a black American.

This is an insightful biography, based on exclusive research, of Queen Elizabeth II, bringing us the full story of one of our greatest and best-loved monarchs as she celebrates her Platinum Jubilee.

The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders,...

Eva, Peggy and Kathleen were sisters born into a close-knit working class family. As they grew up between the wars, they dreamed of escaping their violent father and the crime-ridden slums of Waterloo. Peggy was so appalled by conditions in the factories that she became a Communist. Beautiful Kathleen married an abusive man and later - during the Second World War - fell in love with a GI. Feisty Eva became a pickpocket as a child so she could help...

Over the past three decades, Alec Baldwin has established himself as one of Hollywood's most gifted, hilarious and controversial leading men. Here, one of the most accomplished and outspoken actors today chronicles the highs and lows of his life in this candid memoir.

Welcome to my autobiography. I see they've made my teeth whiter in the photo, so that's good. Throughout this book I talk about my life and work, including 'Little Britain', 'Come Fly With Me', 'Bridesmaids', 'Les Miserables', 'Alice In Wonderland' and, of course, 'Shooting Stars'. The thing is, this is a bit different to most memoirs you may have read, because it comes in the form of an A-Z. For instance, B is for Baldy! - which is what people used...

From an idyllic childhood growing up in Cornwall, to working as press officer for two Prime Ministers, Barbara Hosking went from rural obscurity straight to the forefront of British government, and found herself at the centre of power during a testing time in both domestic and world politics. She subsequently went on to become part of the rise and development of breakfast television. 'Exceeding My Brief' is also the very personal story of her struggle...

At once intimate, heartbreaking and laugh-out loud funny, this is a son's poignant tribute to his complicated mother and a brilliant evocation of mid-century America.