From the private papers of Anne Boleyn and Jane Austen to those of Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, this title collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.

A collection of letters from celebrities written to their sixteen-year-old selves

The Diary of a Lifetime

Features a selection of weekly 'pen-pal' letters written between 1949 and 1961 from an unmarried woman working at the Pier Approach Baths in Bournemouth, to a wealthy American widower, living on Long Island, New York.

Covers the period from T S Eliot's childhood in St Louis, Missouri, to the end of 1922, by which time he had settled in England, married and published The Waste Land .

John Keats died aged just twenty-five. He left behind some of the most exquisite and moving verse and love letters ever written, inspired by his great love for Fanny Brawne. This book tells the story of their tragic affair.

Brings together some of the most important and finest-written pieces from the Guardian and Guardian Unlimited . From eyewitness reports and perceptive political commentary to dramatic sports coverage and unrivalled photography, this title chronicles 2009, a testament to the Guardian 's tradition of journalism.

A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's 73 recently discovered notebooks, including illustrations, deleted extracts, and two unpublished Poirot stories.

Presents one man's personal view of the world around us, and the universe within each of us. Containing Michael Jackson's personal writings and over one hundred photographs, drawings, and paintings from his own collection, this book is suitable for all fans of an incredible, inspiring man who died as he lived - dancing his dream.

Film tie-in: an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin

The sequel to the bestselling Counting My Chickens - highly entertaining musings and jottings, with an introduction by Alan Bennett

From political correctness to cars, Top Gear's James May is back with his hilarious and controversial opinions on just about everything.

For this treatise on statecraft the author drew upon his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life.

Explores everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means.

Presents an account of the author's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s. It provides descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and growing unemployment.

Offers insight into the voice and mind of the inimitable Hunter S Thompson, as recorded over the decades in the pages of Playboy , the Paris Review , Esquire ; in various lectures; and in television appearances.

Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. This title brings together Benjamin's major works, including Unpacking My Library ; One-Way Street ; The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ; and, Brief History of Photography .

Based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge.

Includes a selection of radio talks.

Takes us to a place of which there are only memories and ruins: the Great Britain that gave us the Industrial Revolution, a nation that led the world in feats of engineering, a Britain of empire, a place of vital cities, each with their own identity, a country whose residual presence can still be found in the strangest corners of the world.