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The follow-up to the acclaimed autobiographical comic collection Super Late Bloomer, documenting transgender artist Julia Kaye's life post-transition.

The international bestseller that set the world on fire, told in full: Mohamedou Ould Slahi's unflinching account of his fourteen years of detention without charge in Guantanamo Bay

In this moving, revealing and highly readable memoir, Antony Penrose has composed a fitting tribute to his father, which also faces up to some of the more controversial aspects of Roland Penrose's life.

The bloodiest battle of the Falklands War, retold in extraordinary detail by the men who were there.

A beautifully illustrated, definitive account of Alice Walker's life, told in the Pulitzer Prize winner's singular voice.

The raw, page-turning, inspiring story of Jeff Immelt's 16 years leading the iconic General Electric

Vital prequel to the internationally bestselling biography STALIN: COURT OF THE RED TSAR

Sharp and hilariously funny advice for growing up female from the Netflix star of Baby Cobra and Hard Knock Wife, and Always Be My Maybe; now a New York Times bestseller

A biography of Billy Joe Shaver, it recounts his struggle to break into the music business in Nashville. It describes his thirty-year career as a singer-songwriter in Nashville and Texas, his bouts with alcohol and drugs, and his pleasure in touring with his son Eddy and their band Shaver during the 1990s.

The National Portrait Gallery's series of compact, fully illustrated, historical guides to literary and artistic personalities and themes. Written by well-known contemporary writers, they use works from the Gallery's Collection to examine the lives, thoughts and relationships within each selected group.

On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Bowie's death, photographer Masayoshi Sukita presents an extraordinary illustrated book on the celebrated musician, actor and producer. Text in English and German.

From Roxane Gay to Leslie Jamison, 30 brilliant writers share their timeless stories about the everlasting magic -- and occasional misery -- of living in the Big Apple, in a new edition of the classic anthology

This is a long-overdue historical work on one of the most important figures in American history, written by an acclaimed historian of the antebellum era. Harriet Tubman was the first and only woman, fugitive slave, and black to work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

The first biography of Alaric to appear in English tells the history of the fourth-and fifth-century Roman Empire through the life of the Goth who attacked it.

Dr Eben Alexander, author of international phenomenon Proof of Heaven, shares the next phase of his journey to understand the true nature of consciousness and how to cultivate a state of harmony with the universe and our higher purpose.

'I just want equality, equality for all of us. At the moment, the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want things to be fair for my children, my grandchildren and future generations.'