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...

A gritty yet heart-warming memoir set against the backdrop of Liverpool's tightknit working-class docklands community. The story covers Maggie Clarke's upbringing and experiences in the tenements close to the docks, the River Mersey and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal: an area notorious for having the worst slums in Britain, yet the closest community as well.

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,...

'Victoria Cross Heroes' tells the stories of over 150 indiviuals whose bravery has earnt them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action. The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns ten percent of all VCs ever awarded. He explains the history of the medal and the story of his fascination with it.

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.

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.

Ronald Reagan is one of the most important and arguably most successful presidents in modern American history. He is broadly credited with renewing American prosperity in the wake of the most miserable economic era since the 1930s, laying the foundations for Cold War victory and doing much to bring about the late twentieth century shift to the right in American politics. In this book, Iwan Morgan presents a well-researched biography of Reagan, based...