'I breathed in stories, as soon as I breathed in air. Sometimes I think I wasn't born, but I just came out of an ink blot.'

'Mantel's idiosyncratic and magisterial voice comes through on every page, carrying readers across an astonishing array of subject matter with ease. This is a treasure' Publishers Weekly

As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it...

Discover Vice President-elect Kamala Harris's New York Times bestselling book about the core truths that unite us and the shared values that will see us into the future.

Known for bringing a voice to the voiceless, Senator Kamala Harris is committed to speaking the truth. The daughter of immigrants, she was raised in a community that cared deeply about social justice and, from facing prejudice at a young age, Harris never hid her passion for doing what is right.

Throughout her career, from st...

They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage that housed the Astronomy Tower, having 'a breath of fresh air' as we referred to it. There would be painters and plasterers and chippies and sparks, and among them all would be me and Dumbledore having a crafty cigarette.

From Borrower to wizard, Tom Felton's childhood was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame saw him catapulted into the limelight aged ...

"I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . . . The thing is good, bad or indifferent I never stopped writing, it was as addictive as any drug."

This is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who co...

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...

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day.

In 1867 Trollope left his position in the British Post Office to run for Parliament as a Liberal candidate in 1868. After he lost, he concentrated entirely on his literary career. While continuing to produce novels rapidly, he also edited the St Paul's Magazine, which published ...

Ontroerend relaas over de onverhoedse zorgopname van de 82-jarige Emma met alzheimer.

Voorafgegaan door een openhartige beschrijving van de aanloop, werden de dagelijkse gebeurtenissen van dichtbij opgetekend door de zorgverleners zelf.

Zodoende werd een uniek beeld verkregen van Emma’s verblijf in de woongroep voor dementie.

Voor Emma leek elke dag weer haar eerste dag in de woongroep en ze verlangde daarom veel naar huis.

Dit bijzondere verhaal toont het persoonlijke verloop van de he...

De zaak Kooistra - Geactualiseerde editie

Joost van Kleef / Henk Willem Smits

Geactualiseerde editie van 'spannende', 'onthullende en ongelooflijke' bestseller De zaak Kooistra is het verhaal van horecamagnaat Sjoerd Kooistra. Het beschrijft hoe zijn imperium zo groot kon worden en waarom het uiteindelijk instortte, met een faillissement en zelfmoord tot gevolg. 'Ik had achteraf een beetje spijt dat ik niet aan het boek heb meegewerkt. Dat kan ik nu wel toegeven, ik vond het een interessant ...

Voor het boek Kind in Indië zijn acht mensen geïnterviewd die hun jeugd in Nederlands-Indië hebben doorgebracht. Deze jaren zijn getekend door de oorlog, jappenkampen, de bersiap-periode en repatriëring. Om dit tijdvak te duiden, wordt in de inleiding geschreven over de geschiedenis van Nederlands-Indië waarin onder meer het kolonialisme, de Nederlandse aanwezigheid in Indonesië en de tijdgeest aan bod komen.

Het boek maakte Michelle van den Berg samen met kunstschilder Herma van Bolhui...