Presents Clement Freud's best and most humorous writing on a broad sweep of topics, including his consuming passions of food, sport, politics and the absurdity of the human condition, reflecting his extraordinarily varied life through the prism of his distinctive deadpan humour.

As big-hearted PC Tony Stamp - the TV cop closest to the real thing - Graham Cole is instantly recognisable after pounding the beat of fictional Sun Hill in The Bill for two decades. Now, in a witty and candid memoir, Graham reveals his own rise to stardom, starting out in television as an extra playing monsters in Doctor Who opposite Tom Baker and Peter Davison and appearing in episodes of shows

Rey Mysterio, one of the most charismatic WWE Superstars ever, reveals all in his page-turning autobiography

When you're little, you think your family is just the same as everybody else's. Doesn't everyone's mum plan secret exits for when things get tough? Surely all dads embarrass their daughters at their birthday parties? But as you get older, you begin to notice that what's normal to you is completely f***ed up to the outside world.

In 1983 Andy McNab was assigned to B Squadron, one of the four Sabre Squadrons of the SAS, and within it to Air Troop, otherwise known as Seven Troop. The links they forged then bound them inextricably together, but the things they saw and did during that time would take them all to breaking point in the years that were to follow.

Describes the author's eventful life, from joining her sisters' band The Nolans when she was only nine to growing up in the spotlight as they went on to chart-topping success around the world.

For 17 years Val Doonican had played and sung all over Ireland, Britain and Germany, in clubs, dance halls and theatres and it took just one major television show from the London Palladium in 1964 to turn him into a star and overnight success. His gentle voice and Irish humour endeared him to a massive audience of television viewers and his TV show ran for 25 years. Now, we have his complete life

Presents correspondence that charts Eliot's intellectual journey towards conversion to the Anglican faith in 1927, as well as his transformation from banker to publisher, ending with his appointment as director of a publishing house of Faber & Gwyer, in late 1925, and the appearance of Poems 1909-1925 .

The heartbreaking yet inspiring account of an abused childhood, a stolen future and the strength of the human spirit.

Spotted by Gene Kelly in Paris when she was just 17 and a member of Roland Petit's legendary ballet company, Leslie Caron became an overnight sensation when Kelly brought her to Hollywood to co-star with him in An American in Paris. She recalls the days of all-night parties where Judy Garland would try out her songs, Gregory Peck smiled at you on the sidewalk, the Duke of Windsor turned up to ...

Charts the journey of one of the nation's accomplished authors as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past that have informed a lifetime of reading and writing.

Mitch Albom rediscovered his college professor and mentor, Morrie Schwartz, in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited Mitch every Tuesday, just like in college. This is a chronicle of their time together and their final class : lessons in how to live.

At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This title documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives.

Presenting the author's thoughts about where food is going and an appeal for sustainable cuisine, this book is suitable for those with an interest in food and cooking.

The heartbreaking but hugely inspiring account of a little girl's survival through extreme abuse and her inspiring fight for justice.

A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of being a midwife in 1950s London

When Steve Lopez sees Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' skid row, he finds it impossible to walk away. More than thirty years ago, Ayers was a promising student at Julliard - ambitious, charming and hugely talented - until he gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by schizophrenia.

Chronicles Michael Jackson's humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success. This work describes how he developed his signature dance style, including the Moon Walk. It features photographs from Jackson family albums and Michael's personal photographic archives.

The author has found himself at the centre of the most interesting circles wherever he is - at parties, opening nights, royal weddings. This title offers a look at our culture.

At 16, Lynn Barber was an ambitious schoolgirl working towards a place at Oxford, when she was picked up at a bus-stop by an attractive older man in a sports car. So began a relationship that almost wrecked her life. This memoir takes us beyond this bizarre episode, revealing how it left her with an abiding mistrust of men.