From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him.

The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First...

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life.

Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds.

Billy found his escape first as an apprentice welder in the shipyards of the River Clyde. Later he became a folk musician - a 'rambling man' ...

&b>In &i>The World’s Biggest Cash Machine,&/i> award-winning journalist Chris Blackhurst weaves together iconic personalities, sporting drama and boardroom deals to deliver a must-read narrative on the world&/b>’&b>s most influential football club.&/b>

Manja Croiset. Amsterdam, July 5,1946.The youngest of three daughters SHOAH survivors. Her father, was in concentration camps because of underground printing, including HET PAROOL started as a resistance newspaper. Her mother lost her entire family-(grand)parents, brother and sister-during this tragic period of history. Paula Kool March 11, 1918 - May 11, 2012.Her father,Odo Croiset April 24,1915- November 18,2011 As a girl, she felt invisible, with no right to fear or sorrow because of the t...

In this book the history of the United States of America is told in poems, the author not having made any political analysis of the events, because it is a matter of telling the facts, the most important events and personalities of the country, in the author's perspective. It is a book of interest, historical, cultural and educational.

The incredible Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller from the million-copy bestselling author of the phenomenon and­ 80-week Sunday Times bestselling The Salt Path

'Beautiful, a thrill to read . . . you feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are in it' The Times

'Winn's writing transforms her surroundings and her spirits, her joy coming across clearly in her shimmering prose' i

'A beautiful, luminous and magical piece of writing' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of H...

Acclaimed royal biographer Robert Hardman draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, friends of the King and Queen, key officials and courtiers plus unpublished royal papers to produce this brilliant account of a tumultuous period in British history. This is a book full of intriguing insider detail and the real stories behind the sadness, the dazzling pomp, the challenges and the triumphs as Charles III sets out to make his mark.

How would – or could – he fill the shoes of the record...

The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.

The biography of one of America's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, which became the basis for the hugely successful Broadway show Hamilton.

My Dutch grandparents met in an orphanage, married 'with the glove' and left for 'Indië' with rising expectations. How did they cope with Depression, Japanese Camps, Bersiap and the Dutch Indonesian War?

Bart Neervoort, successful business man in construction; and André Spoor, colonial administrator, were relatives and close friends. Their wives and daughters spent years together in Japanese camps, whilst their sons were students in the Netherlands under Nazi rule.For years communication w...