Geographic: Great Britain

Why did Harry Styles eat a water scorpion? What does he do when he can't sleep? Readers will find out these answers and more of everything they're dying to know about Harry Styles. High-interest details and bold photos of his fascinating life will enthrall reluctant and struggling readers, while ...

Put yourself in Tracy King's shoes. Growing up in an ordinary council estate outside Birmingham; a house filled with creativity, curiosity and love, but marked by her father's alcoholism and her mother's agoraphobia. By the time she turns twelve her father has been killed, her sister taken into c...

A candid and unfiltered take on some of the most challenging topics that define our times, 'That Peckham Boy' is a personal manifesto exploring what it means to be young, Black and poor in the city. It is shaped by Kenny's difficult childhood, his transformative time in prison and the people and ...

Nadhim Zahawi arrived in the UK aged 11, having been forced to flee Iraq with his family, under threat from Saddam Hussein's regime. In this candid and poignant memoir, Nadhim vividly recalls his upbringing in the Middle East, his family's adjustment to their new life in Britain and his rise to S...

The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated Tiller Girl. In her autobiography, she tells of her life and her time in politics, and gives her strongly held views on the role of Parliament. The enormous respect and affection of the British ...

A comprehensive and clear guide for all who are involved in the purchase and sale of property. This resource covers all aspects of the process, including auctions and conveyancing which have also undergone changes in the last few years. The information within is particularly relevant now taking i...

Nightly at the Covent Garden Theatre in London, an enchanting actress is wowing the crowds with her affecting portrayal of Ophelia. Preyed on by rakes and opportunistic young bucks, feted by dukes and earls, even the Prince Regent himself, Angelica Leigh is a sensation. But in Regency England, be...

This title reveals the full extent of King Edward VIII's looting of jewellery, artworks, furniture, and priceless heirlooms from the Royal Collection, and the historic crown conventions he exploited to do it.

A celebration of the life and work of a unique actor, film star, director and raconteur. Gyles Brandreth draws on his own conversations with Gielgud over 30 years (written with Gielgud's blessing), plus previously unpublished contributions from a host of friends and colleagues.

Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has been a fixture on our screens since his breakout role in 'Withnail and I' in 1987. When his beloved wife Joan died in 2021 after almost forty years together, she set him a challenge: to find a pocketf...

The privateer Harry Ludlow and his war-weary crew become embroiled in the pursuit of a valuable hostage whilst taking on some of the Admiralty's most ruthless figures as the government fears a Jacobin plot is afoot.

Six years ago, Jo was about to go on stage when she found out that her sister Annie had cancer. What transpired was a cathartic journey for both sisters as they revisited their childhood and adolescence. 'The Funny Thing About Death' is a laugh-out-loud memoir that is not afraid to ask the big qu...

Peter Hennessy brings his deep political and historical understandign to this study of two of the most turbulent and disruptive years experienced by Britain in peacetime. As the protracted withdrawal from the EU and the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, a series of unpreceden...

When Delia Balmer entered into a relationship with John Sweeney, she had no idea he was a serial killer. At first he was caring but over the course of their relationship he became violent and controlling. On more than one occasion he held Delia hostage and tortured her. Chillingly, he also confes...

A landmark independent report into the delivery of the UK's commitment to net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Its conclusions set out, for the first time, a new economic narrative for net zero and climate policy, demonstrating the vast financial opportunity that net zero can deliver. Commi...

Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club in the industrial town on the outskirts of London. A young woman unsure of her future, the sound is her guide - a chance to discover who she really is in the rhythms of those smoke-filled night...

Susannah Gibson charts the struggles and immense achievements of a group of trailblazing women who risked their reputations to become public intellectuals. Burdened with ailing children and unsympathetic husbands, enduring the sneers of contemporaries who thought books frazzled women's brains and...

When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe was re...

Hannah and Eric are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily lif...