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From the moment her parents first sat her in a go-kart, Susie Wolff felt it - the thrill of speed, the spark of something bigger. A little girl who dared to dream to one day race in Formula One.As Susie rose through the ranks of motorsport, one truth became impossible to ignore: she was almost alway...

A fresh and engaging celebration of the customs, places, objects and peoples that make up what we know as "folk."By its nature, folk is ephemeral: tricky to define, hard to preserve and even more difficult to resurrect. But folk culture is all around us; sitting in our churches, swinging from our pu...

The essential analysis of the 'mushroom murder' trial that gripped the world, from three award-winning authors - this is the book that will outlast the news cycle.The Mushroom Tapes brings together three renowned writers of true crime- Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein.For this extrao...

THE NO1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK 2024A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’‘A searing exposé’ Glamour‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – ObserverFrom New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven ...

Winner, Honorable Mention, 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards, True Crime categoryHelen Garner won a 2015 Windham Campbell Prize for her outstanding contribution to international literature.'Garner’s book is superbly alive to the narrative dynamics of the case; she tells a grim story of unhappy...

The sequel to The Motorcycle Diaries, this book is Ernesto Che Guevera's journal documenting the young Argentine's second trip through Latin America, revealing the emergence of a committed revolutionary.These letters, poetry, and journalism document young Ernesto Guevara's second Latin American jour...

A compelling portrait of a beloved poet from one of today's most acclaimed novelistsIn this book, novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences—the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across her poetry, prose,...

In June 1960, several British newspapers received a letter so shocking some thought it was a hoax. Beginning 'Sir, we are homosexuals. ', it was signed by Roger Butler and two others.Publishing such a letter seven years prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality was a radical and dangerous move...

Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad?An essential memoir about building life on your own termsIs it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad?An essential memoir about building life on your own termsA SUNDAY TIMES AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'The book I've been wait...

Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queensTriumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queensThe fifteenth century was a turbulent age- the Hundred Years War between England and France, and the W...

Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this spellbinding book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how profoundly his personal relationships shaped his life and work.tells the overlapping stories of Baldwin’s most sustaining intima...

A whistleblower. A 100BG-leak of confidential internal documents. A corporation in crisis. This is the story of the fight to expose the truth of Tesla.Elon Musk, the self-appointed savior of civilization, the genius intent on leading us into a new age of electric vehicles, is one of the wealthiest p...

From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Gay Bar comes a rule-breaking, sweat-soaked, genre-busting story of outlaw loveIt's 1996, and Jeremy, a young American, has met the British boy of his dreams - just as, amid a media frenzy, US Congress prepares the Defense of Marriage Act...

Edna Walling designed over 300 gardens between 1920 and 1960 when most women were homemakers. Today her gardens are still considered to add value to real estate. Her achievements and the gardens themselves are well documented, yet despite the fact she was a fabulous self-publicist and a very unusual...