c 2000 to c 2009

The year 2000. Making beats on stolen software, spitting lyrics on tower block rooftops and beaming out signals from pirate radio aerials, a group of teenagers raised on UK garage, American hip-hop and Jamaican reggae stumble upon a dazzling new genre. Against all odds, these young MCs will grow ...

The music of James Brown was almost a genre in its own right, and he was one of the biggest and most influential cultural figures of the 20th century. But the singer was also an immensely troubled, misunderstood and complicated man. James McBride has undertaken a journey of discovery in search of...

Based on scores of interviews and investigation around the globe, 'Kleptopia' is the riveting story of capitalism's monster: how financial corruption came to rule the world.

In this gripping account of Britain's brutal entanglement with Brexit, Tim Shipman follows the key players as they navigate negotiations and the unfolding democratic drama that ensues. With unique access to politicians on both sides of the Brexit divide, Shipman unravels an extraordinary period o...

Of all the books about 9/11 one has been missing until now - a panoramic narrative from the men and women caught up in the unprecedented human drama of that terrible day. 'The Only Plane in the Sky' is a comprehensive oral history of 9/11, deftly woven and told in the voices of ordinary people gr...

Elliot Castro was just a teenager when he began to use his formidable intelligence and charm to swindle millions from the credit card system. No outside individual has ever pulled off this scale of fraudulent activity. From London to New York, Ibiza to Beverly Hills, Castro lived a fantasy life. ...

From the illicit reggae blues dances and acid-rock free festivals of the 1970s, through the ecstasy-fuelled Second Summer of Love in 1988, to the increasingly corporate dance music culture of the post-Covid era, 'Party Lines' is a groundbreaking new history of UK dance music, exploring its pivota...

Damian McBride writes candidly about his experiences at the heart of government, providing an insider's account of Gordon Brown's time as Chancellor and Prime Minister.

How did Tiger Woods become the greatest of all time? And how did he fall so spectacularly? Tiger Woods is unrivalled as an athlete. He made the ultimate commitment to his chosen sport - and transformed it. Before the age of twenty-five, he rose to phenomenon status: twice named 'Sportsman of the ...

Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the yo...