Biography Books

Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast array of characters. This book chronicles the extraordinary rise of Dawn from her early years as an RAF child and her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism.

The story of Paul O'Grady's early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure.

The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's national icons.

Fern Britton has been widely loved as the presenter of Ready Steady Cook , and, co-presenter of This Morning with Philip Schofield . Her warmth and humour, empathy and compassion, have made her feel like a best friend to millions, but no one knows the woman behind the sparkling smile. This title presents her story.

The long-awaited autobiography by the nation's best-loved actress.

Jamie Carragher is one of the most charismatic footballers of his generation. He signed professional terms with Liverpool in 1996, having served a successful apprenticeship, won the FA Youth Cup and played for England Under-21s. This book tells his story.

One fifth of Britain's hottest girl group, super-WAG, X-Factor judge and all round celebrity, Cheryl Cole (nee Tweedy) has been a runaway success since her first appearance on Popstars: The Rivals. This biography looks at Cheryl's life and her whirlwind rise to the top, and why it hasn't always been easy.

The brilliantly funny and inimitable Alan Carr tells his life story in his own words, from growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton to his rise to become one of Britain's best-loved comedians.

On 28 August 1984, Josef Fritzl drugged his teenage daughter with ether and imprisoned her in an underground bunker behind eight locked doors. Over the following twenty-four years, he raped and abused her, never letting her or the children she bore him out of the dark, windowless cellar.

The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life.

An inspiring true story of a life devoted to helping Downs children.

A story of an ordinary man's extraordinary life - one who has outlived six monarchs and twenty-one prime ministers. It captures how life was lived in the Edwardian era and how it was altered irrevocably by the slaughter of millions of young men in the Great War, and by the subsequent coming of the modern age.

The heartbreaking story of a little girl who was sold into prostitution by the person she should have been able to trust most -- her mother.

Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England.

Written from the perspective of an ordinary 'Tommy', this book is a testament to the human spirit, for out of the mud that threatened to suck out a man's soul rises a compelling story of humanity and friendship.

A story of Campania under the rule of a murderous organization.

A biography of one of Welsh rugby's much-missed stars Ray Gravell. It contains chapters on: Early life and family roots, school, the game: Grav on glories of rugby, Stradey & the Scarlets, precious family: Mari and the girls, and Wales - playing for one's country, performing & broadcasting, seeing the world, illness, friendship and sustenance.

A true-life sporting memoir of one of the best batsman in the game who stunned the cricket world when he prematurely ended his own England career. Trescothick's brave and soul-baring account of his mental frailties opens the way to a better understanding of the unique pressures experienced by modern-day professional sportsmen.

Offers an account of the years that shaped the society. This book offers a detailed narrative of the changing experiences of ordinary people and their thoughts on the aftermath of war and whether 'peace' really meant peace, for everyone.

The most shocking story of a brutal childhood you have ever read by the most inspirational author ever.