Ian Leslie explores deception, and the role it has played in human evolution
Born Liars: Why We Can't Live Without Deceit homepage
Gordon Bowker's account of the Irish writer's years spent in exile. Read by Jim Norton
James Joyce - A Biography homepage
Manning Marable's biography of one of the most iconic American figures of the 20th century
Malcolm X - A Life of Reinvention homepage
Original stories from top travel writers
Ox Travels homepage
A young reporter's unique relationship with George Best, two years before his death
Babysitting George homepage
Gillian Darley's cultural history of the famous volcano
Vesuvius: The Most Famous Volcano in the World homepage
An air crash of 1945 strands the survivors in a forgotten part of Dutch New Guinea
Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story homepage
Evocative account of the Second World War told through individual women's experiences
Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 homepage
Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts explore places that are neither town nor country
Edgelands homepage
By Edmund de Waal. An inheritance unlocks an extraordinary family story
Edmund De Waal - The Hare with Amber Eyes homepage
Psychologist Marie de Hennezel looks at western attitudes to growing old
The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting homepage
Michael Coveney's biography tells the story of the great adventurer of British theatre
Ken Campbell: The Great Caper homepage
The quest to discover the truth about two Venetian merchants' 14th century travels
Venetian Navigators - The Voyages of the Zen Brothers to the Far North homepage
John Julius Norwich reads his history tracing the papal line down the centuries
John Julius Norwich - The Popes homepage
The diary of inner-city school teacher Katharine Birbalsingh, read by Adjoa Andoh
To Miss With Love homepage
Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming
Bird Cloud homepage
Travel writer Colin Thubron's account of climbing the holy Mount Kailas in Tibet
Colin Thubron - To a Mountain in Tibet homepage
Jonathan Franklin's account of the ordeal and rescue of the trapped Chilean miners
The 33 homepage
Amy Chua's account of raising her daughters to a strict Chinese parenting model
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother homepage
Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores 'the curious lives of the elements' through history
Periodic Tales homepage
Alison Gangel's moving memoir of a chaotic childhood in late 1960s Glasgow.
Alison Gangel - The Sun Hasn't Fallen From the Sky homepage
Jane Shilling's book is a reflective memoir told from the perspective of mid life
Jane Shilling - Stranger in the Mirror homepage
By Susan Maushart. How one mother imposed techno-silence on three teenagers for six months
The Winter of Our Disconnect homepage
By Lorenza Foschini. A story of literary detection set in pre-war Paris
Proust's Overcoat homepage
To mark his 80th birthday, Stephen Sondheim appraises his long career
Finishing the Hat homepage
Allan Corduner reads Richard Cohen's biography of the sun
Richard Cohen - Chasing the Sun homepage
Bettany Hughes reads from her account of Socrates' life, death and beliefs
Bettany Hughes - The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life homepage
Nicholas Boulton reads Christopher Stevens' biography of Kenneth Williams
Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams homepage
Yolanda Vazquez reads Giles Tremlett's biography of Henry VIII's first wife
Giles Tremlett - Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen homepage
Lesley Manville reads Jenny Diski's book on human and animal interaction
What I Don't Know About Animals homepage
