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From established sports journalist Ben Hunt, the very first biography of the up-and-coming British driver Lando Norris, published on the brink of the British Grand Prix.As the youngest ever British Formula 1 driver, Lando Norris is trailblazing his way through the world of motor racing. After signing as a junior driver for McLaren in 2017, he has since asserted himself as the team''s brightest talent and an aspiring world champion.Born to Brit...

From James Gray, author of the bestselling Max Verstappen, comes the very first biography of Lewis Hamilton's designated successor George Russell, published to mark the British Grand Prix. From dominating the karting tracks of East Anglia to the top of the podium in Formula 3 and Formula 2, George Russell has now fully established himself as a rising Formula 1 star. After cutting his teeth as a driver with Williams, in 2022 he signed a lucrati...

** AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK IN DECEMBER 2022 ** "Curious, lively, humble, utterly genuine ... a remarkable debut." SUNDAY TIMES Alice Vernon often wakes up to find strangers in her bedroom. Ever since she was a child, her nights have been haunted by nightmares of a figure from her adolescence, sinister hallucinations and episodes of sleepwalking. These are known as "parasomnias" - and they're surprisingly common. Now a lecturer ...

Funny, insightful and hugely informative ... a charming book'' DAILY MAIL''Tremendous ... We all need to take stock, and this is the ideal starting point. I learnt a lot from this book and laughed a lot too.'' ROSAMUND YOUNG, author of The Secret Life of CowsSince highland cattle ransacked his grandmother''s vegetable patch when he was six, Roger Morgan-Grenville has been fascinated by cows.So at the age of 61, with no farming experience, he s...

A NEW EDITION OF MICHAEL VLISMAS' EYE-OPENING BIOGRAPHY OF ELON MUSK, NOW WITH NEW MATERIAL COVERING THE LATEST IN MUSK'S FAMILY AND BUSINESS LIFE In 2022 Elon Musk - one of the richest and best-known people on earth - made headlines worldwide with his bid to buy Twitter, and he is often in the news for his entrepreneurial exploits and his controversial tweets. Who is this boundary-pushing billionaire with grand plans of inhabiting Mars, and w...

Sunday 9 October 1988 I was woken by the noise of the phone ringing. It was 3am. Something wasn't right. 'India Uniform Nine?' It was Control. Who else called at 3am?An eye-opening account from inside an ultra-secret operation Mark Perlstrom, undercover agent, is no stranger to money laundering, drug smuggling and crooked firms.In the late 1980s he started working for the British Customs office and was quickly thrown in the deep end, joining O...

Obsessive was, still is, my natural state, and I never wondered why. I didn't mind, didn't know that other people could feel at peace. I always felt like a raw nerve, but then, I thought that everyone did. Writer and journalist Marianne Eloise was born obsessive. What that means changes day to day, depending on what her brain latches onto: fixations with certain topics, intrusive violent thoughts, looping phrases. Some obsessions have lasted a...

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Well-researched and readable' - Financial Times'An absorbing, pacy read' - New Statesman'The story of lycra-clad feminism' -Stylist'Canny and informative' - The New YorkerThe untold history of women's exercise culture, from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda.

A sweeping family memoir that tells the hidden history of a young Jewish woman's escape from 1930s Vienna to Shanghai.

A thrilling tale of power, obsession and betrayal at the edge of the world.

Generous, moving and alive. A gift' - Tim Dee, author of Greenery'Intelligent, thought-provoking and always, always interesting' - Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment'Smyth writes with warmth and engaging perception about our relationship and understanding of the natural world on our doorsteps' - Jon Dunn, author of The Glitter in the Green'Fresh and tender and playful' - Patrick Galbraith, author of In Search of One Last SongWeren't th...

A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it, by one of the UK's most exciting young historians

Fascinating ... if this gripping account teaches anything, it is the folly of tyrannical regimes believing they can act with the same violence and impunity abroad as they do at home" THE SPECTATOR"Heart-thumpingly powerful ... history told from the closest and most frightening quarters." SINCLAIR MCKAY, author of The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkForty years on from the outbreak of the war, acclaimed TV journalist Julian Manyon digs down into A...

The Victorians invented the idea of the future - it was an undiscovered country, ripe for exploration and colonisation.

An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts.

A Comedy Women in Print-shortlisted auto-bio comic, from the author of Quarantine Comix.

Rachael Smith's trademark bittersweet, funny and very personal comics make for the perfect chronicle of the weird times we've been living through. They are funny and sad and relatable and wise." Chris Addison, comedian and director of Veep The highly-anticipated third installment of Rachael Smith's award-winning auto-bio comics Coming out the other side of a break up and finding her feet in her new single life, in Glass Half Empty Rachael Smit...