Biography International

A landmark memoir from the author of Men Explain Things to Me: an electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a young writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent.

Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.

A reissue of the profound and meandering modern classic about the historical, political and philosophical paths traced by walkers.

Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfs, Down's Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime and transgender people, Andrew Solomon documents ordinary people making courageous choices.

Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics.

Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang 'Walk on the Wild Side'. In this biography, the author examines his life and work, from birth to death, including his time as the leader of The Velvet Underground - one of the most important bands in rock'n'roll.

Two years after writing his celebrated childhood autobiography "Ake", Wole Soyinka opened a tin box that had belonged to his father. The simple contents of this box provide the fuel for "Isara" the second instalment of Soyinka's memoirs.

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.

In this intimate and bestselling memoir, actress and musician Jamie Lynn Spears tells her unfiltered story on her own terms.

The first biography in over 15 years of Maria Callas, and the first to portray her as a feminist icon rather than a bitchy diva

An updated paperback edition of Lyndsy Spence's bestselling biography of a socialite whose scandalous divorce shocked the country

The untold tale of the Brits who infiltrated the Nazi hierarchy