Biography & non-fiction prose

Gerri was only a young girl when she was first abused by her father. His evil acts were followed by abuse from her local priest, arranged by her father. After her mother found out about the abuse, and believing there was nothing she could do to help her child, she committed suicide. Gerri and her...

A moving and original account of the effect of Scott's tragic expedition on the men's wives and families, who fame and history have overlooked.

Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own - when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shape...

Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own - when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shape...

Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own - when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shape...

A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the critically acclaimed author of 'Raptor'. From a nightjar's strange churring song on a heath in the south of England, to a lapwing displaying over the machair in the Outer Hebrides, James Macdonald Lockhart writes about eight ...

James Macdonald Lockhart sets out to write about a series of birds as though he has his granny's role of listening to birds' songs and calls and relaying what she heard to her aged and by then quite deaf father - the famous naturalist Seton Gordon. From a nightjar's strange churring song on a hea...

Paul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to sustain his artistry, and worked as a tarpau...

Almost 50 years after his lonely death, Hendrix is the abiding symbol of musical genius cut tragically short. This biography brings together the splendour and sadness of his brief life, and attempts to unravel the circumstances of his death.

Almost 50 years after his lonely death, Hendrix is the abiding symbol of musical genius cut tragically short. This biography brings together the splendour and sadness of his brief life, and attempts to unravel the circumstances of his death.