An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer and a world-class conductor. My only purpose in this book was for me, as a music lover, to have a discussion of music with the musician Seiji Ozawa that was as open...

An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa.Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and the aesthetic and emotional power...

An intimate portrait ... Critical, generous and heartfelt' Ahdaf Soueif,and Guardian'An intriguing account of an alluring but evasive character'and Daily TelegraphDrawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of interviews, Timothy Brennan'sand Places of Mindand is the first comprehensive biography of Said, one of the...

An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose,and Slugand is a taboo-bustingand delight'and SCOTSMAN'One of the best poets we have'and MATT HAIG'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love'and KAE TEMPESTThe bestselling collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author ofand Nobody...

An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction'and TIME OUTOne was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and its amazing...

An oath bound him to King Alfred. An oath bound him to Æthelflaed. And now an oath will wrench him away from the ancestral home he fought so hard to regain. For Uhtred has sworn that on King Edward's death, he will kill two...

An outstanding revisionist portrait of an age'and Telegraph'Targoff tells their stories with vim and vigour'and i Paper'[A] fascinating excavation of four intellectual powerhouse women' Tina Brown,and New York TimesDiscover the lives and work of four ambitious Renaissanceand women who, against all odds, made themselves...

An Uncensored Life is a compelling biography of a human rights campaigner, philanthropist, women's champion, author and founder of the ASHA Centre - a game-changer who speaks her mind.Born in India, Zerbanoo Gifford moved to London at the age of four. By her early...

An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war. In the middle of the salt-frosted Afghan desert, in a village so remote that Google can't find it, a woman squats on top of a loom, making...

An unparalleled look into the Iraqi insurgency and the multitude of forces that continue to shape it, Insurgent Iraq: Al-Zarqawi and the New Generation presents a chilling account of the regrouping of terror networks, and the development of an Iraqi resistance since the invasion...

and bizarre corporate takeover in history: Elon Musk's acquisition and subsequent occupation of Twitter.In October 2022, Elon Musk marched through Twitter's front doors carrying a kitchen sink, tweeting a message to his millions of followers: let that sink in'. His takeover came with the...

Andy Warhol kept these diaries faithfully from November 1976 right up to his final week, in February 1987. Written at the height of his fame and success, Warhol records the fun of an Academy Awards party, nights out at Studio 54, trips between London,...

Angie knows a lot about her best friend Kitty. She knows Kitty is mad and wild and loves to wear clashing colours. She knows she's incredibly funny and generous but also very unreliable. And she knows that there is a perfect explanation for Kitty...

Anillustrated biography drawing on Hesse's own work and on the recollections of his family and friendsBernhard Zellerdepicts Herman Hesse's ancestry and childhood, spent in the small German town where Hesse was born in 1877, and traces his adolescence and early manhood. He describes his...

Anne Frank wrote a diary from the age of 13 as she hid for over two years in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse escaping the horrors of Nazi occupation. An intimate record of tension and struggle, adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak, it...

Another unforgettable psychological suspense novel from theand Sunday Timesand bestselling author ofand Then She Was Goneand andand The Family Upstairs.'There are so many psychological thrillers around right now - but this is one of the best'and The Sun'Wonderful, endlessly fascinating'and Sophie Kinsella'Brilliantly plotted, beautifully...

Ant:and As the old Chinese proverb says, 'Good things come in pairs'.Dec:and And as another Chinese proverb says, 'If you've been in a double act with your best mate for thirty years, why not write a book about all your most memorable moments in...

Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and...

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. But much of his success was due to collaboration with designers, engineers and thinkers. The Zen of Steve Jobs tells the...

Arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music,' says Jimi Hendrix's citation in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. James Marshall Hendrix remains unique as an African American who broke out of the traditional 'Black' genres of blues, randamp;b and soul...

Ariel, first published in 1965, contains many of Sylvia Plath's best-known poems, written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before her death in 1963. Including poems such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Edge', 'Daddy' and 'Paralytic', it was the first of four collections to be...

Art Violence andamp; the State In The Killing Fields Of Karachi

Meet the cool creatives behind awe-inspiring art, with this non-fiction book for kids. Pour paint onto a canvas with Jackson Pollock, laugh along with the pranks of Hokusai, and find beauty in your self-portrait with Frida Kahlo, as you follow the stories of more...

Aruna Shanbaug was a top-ranked nurse at Mumbai's KEM Hospital. She was described by her colleagues as independent, hardworking, and headstrong. Aruna was very dedicated to her profession. In her personal life, Aruna was getting ready to wed a doctor at the very hospital...

As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say 'I'm light-skinned.' Later he wondered if he was different too, and asked his mother if he was black or white....

As a leading anti-apartheid activist and thinker, Biko created the Black Consciousness Movement, the grassroots organisation which would mobilise a large proportion of the black urban population. His death in police custody at the age of just 30 robbed South Africa of one of...

As a small boy in Epping Forest, Jack Straw could never have imagined that one day he would become Britain's Lord Chancellor. As one of five children of divorced parents, he was bright enough to get a scholarship to a direct-grant school, but spent...

As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership...

As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsider than a participant in the rites of modern femininity.In YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT, Klein offers-through an incisive collection of real-life stories-a relentlessly funny yet poignant...

As fascinating and incisive as when I first read it.' -- Hilary Mantel'Literary biography as marriage guidance counselling . . . an ear-to-the-wall treat' -- Laura Freeman,and The TimesThe book that Nora Ephron read every four years.In every relationship there are two narratives; more...

As featured on Sunday Brunch and Woman's Hour'A really interesting proper analysis of the ins and outs of love. A kind of marvellous feat.' Richard CurtisPoets, philosophers and artists have been trying to explain romantic love for centuries, but it remains one of the...

As FT editor, I was a privileged interlocutor to people in power around the world, each offering unique insights into high-level decision-making and political calculation, often in moments of crisis. These diaries offer snapshots of leadership in an age of upheaval...'Lionel Barber was Editor...

As Gill shows, the marriage of Victoria and Albert was great not because it was perfect but because it was passionate and complicated. Wonderfully nuanced, surprising, often acerbic-and informed by revealing excerpts from the pair's journals and letters-We Two is a revolutionary portrait of...

Meet the business anthropologists seeking to explain how we buy, sell, work and think.From supermarkets to factories, trading floors to tech firms, their methods are revealing the hidden codes that define our lives.The result is a wholly new way to see human behaviour: anthro-vision.__One...

AS HEARD ON DESERT ISLAND DISCSA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR'A riveting story of loss, exile, and rebirth.' KHALED HOSSEINI, author of and The Kite Runner'One of the most incredible life stories you will ever hear.' JAMES O'BRIEN'A remarkable story. I thought this book...

As seen inand The Last Movie Starsand documentary - the raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor,...

AS SEEN INand THE TIMESand AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIALTheand Sunday Timesand andand New York Timesand bestseller THE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'and Daily MailTHIS CRISIS IS AS BIG AS THE ABDICATION - SAYS LACEY, HISTORICAL ADVISOR TOand THE CROWN.The world has watched Prince...

As seen on Tucker Carlson Tonight! As heard on The Dan Bongino Show! This is the story of how I tried to get the Hunter Biden laptop evidence to the authorities. My life changed forever on April 12, 2019, when Hunter Biden stumbled into...

As the nation celebrates the birth of William and Kate's son Prince George, Penny Junor brings us the definitive biography of the man who will be King before him. His face is recognized the world over, he is unmistakably Diana's eldest son. But what...

As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government completes its current term ahead of the general elections to be held in 2019, it is time to evaluate its performance, especially in terms of the economy. This book is a critical assessment of five years of...

As thrilling as a detective novel.'and The Times'Powerful, moving and often captivating.'and Financial Times'A compelling read for anyone who cares about fairness, justice and humanity.'and ObserverThe Sunday Times bestseller___Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and...

'As you are well aware, we never loved each other in your lifetime. Both of us pretended.'Simenon explores the complexity of parent child relationships and the bitterness of things left unsaid in this stark, confessional piece.

Asadollah Alam, an urbane aristocrat from the oldest of Iran's great families, was the Sha's most trusted friend and confidant. As Prime Minister in 1962, Alam orchestrated the defeat of Ayatollah Khomeini's first serious challenge to the Pahlavi regime. Subsequently, he was made Minister...

Aseer e Wafa by and Uzma Gul

Asha Parekh was to the movies born. Ever since she was knee-high, she faced the camera as a child artiste, while performing simultaneously at dance fetes. An alumnus of Bombay's The J. B. Petit Girls' High School, she devoted after-school hours to learning classical...

ASTONISHING AND ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING' - LYNDA LA PLANTE'Engrossing, emotionally honest and forensically fascinating' - Dr Richard Shepherd, author ofand Unnatural CausesEVERY BODY LEAVES A MARKInand Traces, Professor Patricia Wiltshire will take you on a journey through the fascinating edgeland where nature and crime are...

At 26 years old, Brandon Baltzley landed his dream job. After working for years in Michelin-starred restaurants, he was poised to start as the opening chef at Tribute, a hot spot on Chicago's Michigan Avenue that had everyone buzzing. People called Brandon a prodigy...

At 28,251 ft, K2 might be almost 800 ft shorter than Everest, but it's a far harder climb. In this definitive account, Mick Conefrey grippingly describes the early attempts to reach the summit and provides a fascinating exploration of the first ascent's complex legacy....

At lunchtime on 27 April 1959, the handsome naval commander Kawas Nanavati was told by his English wife Sylvia that she was having an affair with their flamboyant businessman-playboy friend, Prem Ahuja. Later that evening, armed with a revolver, Nanavati stormed Ahuja s bedroom...

At Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio, a key division of one of the largest, most influential companies in gaming, Managing Director Polfeldt has had a hand in some of the biggest video game franchises of today, fromand Assassin's Creedand toand Far Cryand to Tom...