We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent - even from ourselves.For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent.

An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women.

In 2010, Chelsea Manning, working as an intelligence analyst in the United States Army in Iraq, disclosed classified military documents that she had smuggled out via the memory card of her digital camera. The army sentenced Manning to thirty-five years in military prison, charging her with twenty-two counts relating to the unauthorized possession and distribution of class...

A Shropshire village is Ann Handley’s home in 1851. Her father has destined her to be a farmer’s wife, and says she doesn’t need to read and write.

Feeling constrained at home, she longs to escape. But just as Ann begins to make her way out into the world, a shocking encounter brings misfortune and conflict to her door. She’s forced to leave the village and find work elsewhere; a pattern which future generations will follow. 

Letters from the Past is the story of four generations...

1 July 1523, Hendrik Vos and Johan van den Esschen died by burning at the stake on the Grand-Place in Brussels. They were the first martyrs of the Reformation.

Following this event, the Faculty of Protestant Theology and Religious Studies (FPTR) in Brussels organized a colloquium to discuss what has changed in the 500 years since the first martyrs of the Reformation. After an historical introduction to set the scene regarding 1 July 1523, this colloquium dealt with the consequences of the Ref...

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022. A standout scholar, a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death.

'Masterly.' Observer

'Wonderful, joyous.' Maggie O'Farrell

'Frankly brilliant.' Sunday Times

'Unmissable.' Simon Jenkins

'Every page sparkles.' Claire Tomalin

'A triumph.' Matt Haig

'Stylish, scholarly and gripping.' Rose Tremain

John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity p...

#1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller

#2 Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY APPLE, AMAZON, THE TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES

Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story.

Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk's journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet but is Musk a genius or a jerk?

From the author ofSteve Jobsand other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishing...

A collection of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers, Maya Angelou.

Misinformation affects us daily, from social media to politics and even personal relationships. Policing social media alone cannot solve the complex problem shaped by partisan politics and subjective interpretations of truth. In Misbelief social scientist Dan Ariely explores the behaviour of 'misbelief' that leads people to distrust accepted truths and embrace conspiracy theories.

Misinformation taps into something innate in all of us, regardless of political affiliation. By understanding thi...

A hilarious and clever book about modern life from the No.1 best selling writer. A hilarious and clever book about modern life from the No.1 best selling writer.

TO LIVE

AND DREAM

IS A WICKED DANCE.

MY DREAMS OFTEN COME TRUE-

A CURSE,

AND A BLESSING.

PAMELA ANDERSON's blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands during a Canadian football game, she was quickly launched into superstardom, becoming Playboy's favourite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sex appeal. Yet the Pamela Anderson we think we know was created through happenstance rather than careful cultivation. Love, Pamela brings forth her true stor...