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Family is the best thing in your life. And the worst.

As she approached her one hundredth birthday, Betty Webb was finally ready to tell in full the story of her extraordinary life, not least the years she spent as the only female codebreaker during the Second World War to work at both Bletchley Park and the Pentagon.

Ever wondered what really goes on behind closed doors?

The robber barons of the tech revolution ‿ Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk and others ‿ have led the way to wealth inequality nearly as extreme as at the turn of the nineteenth century, with damaging implications for democracy. How has this happened and what can we do about it?

The true story of a man falsely accused and framed, stripped of his dignity and left with nothing. Rusty Labuschagne's account of his ten years in Zimbabwe's notorious prisons and the life lessons he learned from his ordeal.

What happens when ordinary people, in real-life murder clubs, set out to investigate crimes, both recent and cold cases?

It's a trauma like no other. Being perceived as a threat or, worse, hunted as food makes an animal attack a unique ordeal. Suddenly you're helpless, at its mercy. When an animal strikes it is lightning fast, determined and can't be reasoned with. Often brutally violent, such an attack can leave horrific injuries, both physical and emotional that endure long after the encounter. Whether it's a great white shark, a bear, lion, or other deadly pr...

A fun collection of puzzles of various kinds, in colour, making use of content, including signs, from The Official Highway Code. An easy and entertaining way to revise for a driver‿s licence test, but appealing to all road users.

A fascinating tour of the weird, wonderful, murderous and marvellous by a Sunday Times bestselling author

The extraordinary life story of David Hodge - the 'Very Miss Dusty O'. A gripping true story of a bullied young boy from the midlands, who grew up to become the Queen of Soho.

From inner city police stations to inside the courtroom a view ofthe legal system never shown before

The first in a series of true crime books taking a fresh look at the victims, their families and the investigations behind unresolved, infamous cold cases

A mother's candid and moving account of navigating the highs and lows of parenting a child who just happens to have Down Syndrome

In 2021, former Royal Marine Commando H. Collins was leading a diplomatic security team protecting the Japanese Embassy in Kabul when the chaotic evacuation of US and other forces from Afghanistan began. Left behind in a city filled with Taliban fighters and seeking extraction, this is his dramatic story.

My life will always be in danger. My beautiful sister Banaz Mahmod was murdered in an 'honour killing' ordered by our father and uncle. If those evil men find me, they will kill me too.

The highlights of my extraordinary journey with Mr Clarkson included pizza with Harry and Wills, dancing with Mick Jagger on the private island of Mustique, and having happy birthday sung to me by Brian Ferry and Richard E. Grant. I was asked out by Hugh Grant (and went!), partied at what I called Jimmy Carr's celebtastic weekly house parties attended by Sir Elton John, James Corden, and the like, and, at Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch's engage...

A beach read like no other! Be prepared for a journey from where the land meets the sea, to where life meets death.

Haunting, uplifting and informative, with many moments of laughter - a year in the life of a mortuary assistant

Anthropophagy - humans eating their fellow-humans - creates a curious blend of revulsion and fascination. When the perpetrator is a murderer - most commonly a sadistic serial killer - the crime is not only shocking, but also bewildering. Moira Martingale's comprehensive study, Cannibal Killers: The Impossible Monsters, was originally written in 1993, when the Internet was in its infancy, when few homes had computers and when the character Hann...

A stolen past, a search for the truth, two lives changed forever