John Hudson Tiner Learn about his early life as the son of a tanner. Experience his years of struggle as an unknown scientist and enjoy his triumph as one of...

Liao Yiwu The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain...

Jeffrey ArcherThe sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a glorious summer day. I've been incarcerated in a cell five paces by three for...

Eli Ben-hananFirst published January 1, 1969

Avraham Avi-haiJune 1, 1974

John Heaton and Judy GrovesIn this book we learn about Wittgenstein's extraordinary life and are given a clear and accessible guide to his central works, the Tractatus Kiguci-Philosophicus and Philosophical...

Patrick MarnhamThe authorized, and astonishing, biography of Mary Wesley.Descended from the Duke of Wellington, Mary Wesley grew up a rebel, believing that she was her mother’s least favourite child. Like...

Ivan FallonPublished December 15th 1989 by Arrow Books (first published September 1st 1988)

Dave EggersThe Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee...

John PhillipsThe original "Renaissance Man" was a scientist, a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a military engineer, an inventor, and a musician. Although he died in 1519, he left a...

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...

Marc AbrahamWhen his father sat him down and told him to 'make something' of himself, young vet Marc Abraham decided to do it the hard way - by setting up...