Nellie

Nellie Melba is remembered as a squarish, late middle-aged woman dressed in furs and large hats, an imperious Dame whose voice ruled the world for three decades and inspired a peach and raspberry dess …

The Beauty of Living Twice

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THE TIMES #1 BESTSELLERTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Vogue’s Best Books to Read in 2021One of O Magazine’s 55 Most Anticipated Books of 2021One of Marie Claire’s 25 Best 2021 Memoirs to …

On Animals

‘Every essay in this book is magnificent… Mesmerizing.’ New York Times’How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,’ writes Susan Orlean. Since the age …

Rock Concert

Decades after the rise of rock music in the 1950s, the rock concert retains its allure and its power as a unifying experience – and as an influential multi-billion-dollar industry. In Rock Concert, ac …

Freeman's Change

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The Covid-19 pandemic forced many of us to reimagine our homes, work, relationships and adapt to a new way of life – one with far fewer possibilities for interaction. And yet, in this period of intens …

King of the Blues

‘Without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced’ Eric Clapton’No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues’ President Barack Obama’One part of me says, “Yes, of course I ca …

A Cry From the Far Middle

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P.J. O’Rourke says we’ve worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it’s no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the …

How to Be a Rock Star

As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation. A true rebel, who formed and led not one but two seminal bands, he’s had number-o …

The Importance of Being Interested

‘A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.’ Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, …

Music Advantage

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Brain research has revealed something extraordinary: learning music and listening to music can grow and repair our brains at any age.Simply clapping in time can assist a young child who is struggling …

How to Walk a Dog

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‘The book of the year. THE book on dogs. And people.’ Andrew Dickens, Newstalk ZBMike White began walking his SPCA-rescue huntaway, Cooper, at Wellington’s dog parks ten years ago, and since then has …

Ten Steps To Nanette

The memoir from Australia’s much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, NANETTE, won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 before transferring to New York, where …

Friday On My Mind

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George Young wasn’t so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts. George’s journey began with the trailblazing Easybeats and continu …

No One Listens to Your Dad's Show

‘Christian has achieved something very beautiful and funny with this book, weaving ordinary life and every day sadness into something hopeful and profound. I loved it.’ Russell BrandAs a radio DJ in L …

Mortality

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A Sunday Times Book of The YearA Mail on Sunday Book of The YearAn Independent Book of The YearA The Times Book of The YearDuring the US book tour for his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens collap …

The Cat and The City

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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick’A love letter to Japan and its literature’ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’Ingenious… Touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking’ Guardian’An ideal tonic for anyone craving …