New Foreword by Irvine Welsh.In Before We Was We Madness tell us how they became them. A story of seven originals, whose collective graft, energy and talent took them from the sweaty depths of the Hope and Anchor's basement to the Top of the Pops studio.In their own words they each look back on shared adventures. Playing music together, riding freight trains, spraying graffiti and stealing records. Walking in one another's footsteps by day...

Brought to you by Penguin.**Shortlisted for the Best Ensemble Narration Award at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020.This audiobook is Madness' story in their own words - with each band member featuring as a narrator.**In their own words they each look back on their shared adventures. Playing music together, riding freight trains, spraying graffiti and stealing records. Walking in one another's footsteps by day and rising up through the city's e...

From the bestselling author of Sheila comes the story of a bewitching Australian socialite who fascinated the world.Enid Lindeman stood almost six feet tall, with silver hair and flashing turquoise eyes. The girl from Strathfield in Sydney stopped traffic in Manhattan, silenced gamblers in Monte Carlo and dared walk a pet cheetah on a diamond collar through Hyde Park in London.In early twentieth-century society, when women were expected to be demure and obedient, the grandd...

‘I read this in less than a day . . . A must-read for everyone who had ever dreamt of being a somebody’ Laura Jane Williams*, author of Our Stop*'Brilliantly highlights the insecurities of being a young woman . . . It made me feel uncomfortable, and made me laugh - a sign of a good book' Emma Gannon*, author of Olive and*Ctrl Alt Delete

This stranger-than-fiction cold case is about to crack wide open! Perfect for fans of I’ll be Gone in the Dark and ZodiacOn December 30th, 1999, in rural Oklahoma, 16-year-old Ashley Freeman and her best friend, Lauria Bible, were having a sleepover. The next morning, the Freeman family trailer was in flames and both girls were missing.While rumours of drug debts, revenge killings, and police corruption abounded in the years that followed, the case remaine...

‘A beautiful book’ Zoë Ball‘My father was an “ordinary man”, which of course means he was extraordinary.'Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends In The North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, One man, in life and death, has accompanied Christopher Eccleston every step of the way – his father, Ronnie. In I Love the Bones of You, Eccleston unveils a vivid portrait of a relationship ...

'Endlessly fascinating. Cram's story sizzles with adventure.' Giles Milton, Sunday TimesA genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of Alastair Cram, brilliantly told by the American author, David Guss. Cram was taken prisoner in North Africa in November 1941, which began a long odyssey through twelve different POW camps, three Gestapo prisons and one asylum. He became a ...

‘A case study in human frailty, jealousy and desire … fascinating.’ The Times, Best Books of 2019‘Superbly evocative and gripping.’ The Spectator‘Sean O’Connor can’t resist striking a theatrical note in this “biography of murder”.’ Sunday TimesAdultery, alcoholism, drugs and murder on the suburban streets of Bournemouth.The Rattenbury case of 1935 was one of the great tablo...

‘Our greatest living satirist’ Sunday Times‘The most screamingly funny living writer’ Mail on SundayFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four, a selection of Craig Brown's finest writing collected together for the first time.Haywire presents a survival guide to the 21st century.The acclaimed biographer of Princess Margaret and The Beatle...

***'Eddie was there very early doors. His story is of the many.' Paul Weller'A total riot! Takes me right back to the 70s. A Superb book' Mani, The Stone Roses'What a wonderful book. Mod isn't about what decade you lived in, it's about your attitude, and this book has tons of it' Kenney Jones**, The Small Faces****'**A charismatic storyteller, witty and unpretentious...

An ancestry test suggesting she shared some DNA with the Sámi people, the indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic tundra, tapped into Laura Galloway's wanderlust; an affair with a Sámi reindeer herder ultimately led her to leave New York for the tiny town of Kautokeino, Norway. When her new boyfriend left her unexpectedly after six months, it would have been easy, and perhaps prudent, to return home. But she stayed for six years.Dálvi is the story of Laura's time in a reindee...

A hilarious and honest collection of stories, thoughts, and tales of a life in comedy from the award-winning comic Adam Hills.Adam Hills is one the UK's best-loved comedians. For thirty years he has been performing stand-up, hosting TV shows and winning the hearts of a nation.Taking us from the early days of the Sydney Stand Up scene to hosting his own radio show, touring the world and eventually landing on British TV, Best Foot Forward is a story ...