Biography & Memoir
The Happy Traitor
Simon Kuper
A 'humane and informative' (according to John Le Carré) biography of George Blake, the most notorious double agent in British history….
Dancing with the Octopus
Debora Harding
A fierce, strikingly redemptive exploration of the impact of traumatic violence on victim, perpetrator and society
Fracture
Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris, presenter of Great Lives on BBC Radio 4, explores the surprising connection between trauma and greatness through vivid case histories.
An Extra Pair of Hands
Kate Mosse
A story of caring and the grief, guilt, joy and love that accompany it, from the bestselling author Kate Mosse
Two-Way Mirror
Fiona Sampson
How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her times
Words Fail Us
Jonty Claypole
A lifelong stutterer dismantles the cult of fluency and champions the creative powers of inarticulacy
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell
Shaun Bythell, Scotland's grumpiest bookseller, is back, with seven witty and affectionate portraits of bookshop regulars
Where There's A Will
Emily Chappell
Emily Chappell's story of transformation into a cross-continental bike racer, pushing the limits of her endurance
Confessions of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythell
More from everyone's favourite misanthropic antiquarian bookseller
People Like Us
Hashi Mohamed
One man's story of social mobility and inequality – and a searching analysis of what needs to change
Beneath the Skin
Ned Beauman
Fifteen talented writers each explore a different body part in this funny and moving collection
Breaking & Mending
Joanna Cannon
The unforgettable memoir from the bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie
Working with Nature
Jeremy Purseglove
How do we work with nature rather than against it, both harvesting and conserving? The environmentalist Jeremy Purseglove shares a lifetime of experie…
Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer
Sally Urwin
Hilarious and honest, Sally Urwin takes us through the highs and lows of a year on her farm
The Medal Factory
Kenny Pryde
The full story of the most successful organisation in the history of sport
The Professor and the Parson
Adam Sisman
'I embarrassed myself by uncontrollable guffaws … This is a truly wonderful story' A. N. Wilson, Spectator