Joseph J Ellis Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. A marvel...

Chas Newkey-Burden   A detailed biography that pays tribute to the award-winning singer whose turbulent life and untimely death have captivated the worldAn indisputable musical icon and controversial celebrity figure,...

Asher CailingoldThis is the story of an orthodox Jewish girl, born in the era of the flapper and the Charleston, in 1920s London, who travelled to Jerusalem to teach in...

Miep Gies The reminiscences of Miep Gies, the woman who hid the Frank family in Amsterdam during the Second World War, presents a vivid story of life under Nazi occupation....

Richard HammondThe wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of a very brave and clever TV presenter, Arctic explorer, and general drawer of the Short Straw. Moving quickly on from the...

Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin distills the complex and passionate intellectual strivings of the man whom David Hume called the first philosopher and great man of letters of the...

Rick Bragg Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a whiskey-maker, a fisherman who knew every inch of the Coosa River, made boats out of car hoods and knew how...

Beatrice GormleyPresident Barack Obama's early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother's interest in the controversial social issues of her times -- a passion that she passed on to...

Russell MartinBeethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery SolvedThe basis for the movie of the same name, an astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its...

Avraham Avi-haiJune 1, 1974

Michael Bar-Zohar Drawing on his own close personal relationship and on previously unavailable firsthand sources — including David Ben-Gurion’s secret files —Michael Bar-Zohar, Israeli scholar and official Ben-Gurion biographer, has...

Anna PointerAn intimate, definitive celebration one of the world's most influential artistsAs a painfully shy six-year-old singing in her parents' kitchen back in the late 1980s, it was impossible to...