Biography & autobiography: general

Birmingham would definitely not be the place that it is today, without Eddie Fewtrell. Born one of ten children in the 1930s, in the backstreets of Aston, much of Eddie's childhood was spent keeping house and caring for his younger brothers. By the 1970s he became the most powerful man in Birming...

Edgar Allan Poe served as a soldier and began his literary career composing verses modelled on Byron. This biography of Poe opens with his end, his final days - no one knows what happened between the time when friends saw him off on the steam-boat to Baltimore and his discovery six days later dyi...

Tells the stories of men and women who have overcome great difficulties to change their worlds. This title shows us what we can do to take control of our future, achieve new goals and reach ever-greater heights. It includes amazing real-life journeys. In "RaW Voices of Hardship and Hope", Vanessa...