Shooting the Cook
The true story of a bumbling and undistinguished television producer who discovered Keith Floyd – and inadvertently changed the landscape of cookery programmes forever to give rise to the phenomenon of the ‘celebrity chef’.
Biography: arts and entertainment
You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone: The life and work of Eric Morecambe
To mark the 25th anniversary of Eric Morecambe’s death, You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone is the first book to cover Eric’s whole life and untimely death, including unseen family photographs and new insights by Eric’s son Gary Morecambe.
Mona Lisa: The History of the World’s Most Famous Painting
A narrative history of how Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa came to be the most famous in the world – and one of the most powerful cultural icons of our time.
Some Sunny Day: Abridged edition
READ BY DAME VERA LYNN AND HER DAUGHTER VIRGINIA LEWIS-JONES. Forbidden love and family secrets In World War Two Liverpool in the heartrending new saga from the author of Goodnight Sweetheart.
Stephen Fry in America
Britain’s best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen’s account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in the fascinating book that orginally accompanied his journey for the BBC1 series.
Take That: Now and Then: The Illustrated Story: Illustrated edition
Take That have acheived the biggest comeback in British pop history…and it seems they are only just beginning.
Westlife: Our Story
The Sunday Times No1 bestseller!
The biggest pop band in the world celebrate 10 years at the top – telling their full story in their own words for the very first time.
Jack Vettriano: A Man's World
Jack Vettriano’s erotic, provocative and emotionally charged paintings have made him one of Britain’s most successful contemporary artists.
John Stanislaus Joyce: The Voluminous Life and Genius of James Joyce’s Father
The life of John Stanislaus Joyce, father of James, Fenian, Parnellite, drunk who claimed to have cured himself of syphilis.
Home Truths: Life Around My Father
The life of John Junor, Fleet Street legend, explored in movingly honest detail by his daughter, the journalist and broadcaster Penny Junor.
Patti Smith
Patti Smith was a poet, a punk prophet, a feminist icon, a living work of art and the first woman rock-outsider to come from the New York underground and become a star.