Cass Pennant lived a life lived on the edge of the law. This autobiography describes how he saved World Boxing Champion, Frank Bruno from a vicious knife attack; how he was shot three times in the chest and still kept on fighting and how he was alleged to be the leader of the notorious West Ham 'InterCity Firm'.

Serves as a companion to the 12-part BBC2 series, celebrating the life of Fred Dibnah. This book includes an account of Fred's childhood, his passion for the glories of the Victorian age and his fascination with the landscape he grew up in, as well as his admiration for the craftsmen and labourers.

Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive, and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass. A number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.

Presents an account of the author's life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life.

Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. 'So what he decided to do was to build a road out of Arnish in his months off. With a road he hoped generations of people would return to Arnish and all the north end of Raasay'. This book recounts the story of this man's devotion to his visionary project.

When Alice was a teenager, strange things started happening to her. Hours of her life simply disappeared. She'd hear voices shouting at her, telling her she was useless. And the nightmares that had haunted her since early childhood, scenes of men abusing her, became more detailed ...more real.

A revealing - amusing and sad - biography of a unique family

The next book from the number one bestselling author of Cry Silent Tears.

A memoir about sharing domestic life with wild birds. It combines natural and cultural history with a personal story told with wit, lyricism and affection.

Personal and insider memoir of the social circle of the woman who gave her name to London's hippest nightclub, 'Annabel's'.

Sick of reality TV, scriptwriter Jane Bussmann moved to Hollywood to do something better. But stranded outside the system, her nightmare day job was interviewing Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Co. Jane was trapped in the Golden Age of Stupid. Then she saw a photograph of a man in Vanity Fair .

Anna Del Conte brought Italian cooking to Britain at a time when the nearest most of us came to pasta was a tinned spaghetti hoop. This memoir focuses on her unusual life and the food she loves to cook.

The author spent his childhood in a magical place. It is a house alive with history, beauty and mystery, but the young boy growing up in it is equally in awe of his brother Richard. Eleven years older and a magnetic presence, Richard suffers from severe epilepsy. This title presents a tribute to place, memory and the permanence of love.

In June 1940, 10-year-old Pam Hobbs and her sister Iris took the long journey from their council home in Leigh-on-Sea to faraway rural Derbyshire. Living away from Mum and Dad for 2 long years, Pam was moved between four foster homes. In some she and Iris found a second family, with babies to look after, car rides and picnics, and even a pet pig.

Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people.

The complete works of the great Antoni Gaudi (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Anyone who visits Barcelona today will come across the works of Antoni Gaudi - the architect who has attracted art-lovers from all over the world to Spain, it was here, in the capital of Catalonia, that the famous master of architecture produced nearly all of his works, including villas for the well-to-do ...

A memoir about the author's own life as a Catholic. It shows how as a teenager, struggling to reconcile her faith with her hunger for knowledge and understanding of the modern world, she turned her back to the religion of her childhood and lost her belief in God.

With his long experience and his ability to explain what's really going on in these desperate times, Simpson gives us a surprisingly positive picture of where the world is today.

* For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers, Maya Angelou, author of the classic autobiography I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

Abby Lee is smart, sassy, and perpetually single. Frustrated with her mediocre love-life, she's looking for the kind of sex she's always wanted. But as she revels in her sexual quest, Abby meets Blog Boy and begins to wonder: will she ever be able to give up the bed-hopping and finally settle down? This is the diary of her journey.