Biography

What was it like to serve as an airman in the Second World War, as a pilot, a gunner, a wireless operator, or as a pilot or observer over the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War, or in the Fleet Air Arm or as a fitter or in the Women's Royal Air Force, or as a member of the g...

This is a biography of Cambridge mathematician, mastermind code-breaker and inventor of the super-computer, Alan Turing.

Alan Carr described his life story in his own words, from growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton to his rise as one of Britain's best-loved comedians. And now he is ready to divulge the next chapter in bursts of hilarious technicolour.

If you loved Alan's first memoir - 'Look Who It Is!' - then this follow-up, 'Alanatomy', will take you further into the hilarious and bizarre world of the country's favourite chatty man.

First published in the 1960, this is Johnson's account of her time running a farm in Exmoor in the 1950s, with her husband Johnny and their 4 children. In 1951 Buster Johnson moved from Surrey to Exmoor with her husband Johnny, four children, a couple of dogs and a vanload of pigs and poultry. Na...

To understand England's greatest cricket player is to know what it takes to succeed. Alastair Cook is the greatest batsman to ever play for England and, as one of the most gifted players in the world he knows that his triumphs are as important as the challenges and moments of resilience. Now, as ...

It's just you. Standing at the crease. Waiting. The bowler is running. His arm swinging. The ball - 155 grams of cork, string and leather - is hurled at you. At 90 mph it travels 22 yards in under half a second. You can barely see it and you've got to be swinging your bat before its halfway towar...

Best known as a boy soprano for his hit 'Walking in the Air', Aled Jones tells the full story of this phenomenal record and the effect it had on his life. Always refreshingly honest and self-effacing, Aled reveals how he faced up to life after his voice had broken and how he carved out a new care...

Rich in anecdote and never short of forthright views, Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story starts in Govan, a shipbuilding district of Glasgow: always honest and revealing, he reflects on his epic journey, and a managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 27 tr...

Rich in anecdote and never short of forthright views, Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story starts in Govan, a shipbuilding district of Glasgow: always honest and revealing, he reflects on his epic journey, and a managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 27 tr...