Laurie Lee's classic account of walking through Spain in the 1930s.
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning homepage
Rebecca Front's quirky take on all that is remarkable about everyday life.
Curious: True Stories and Loose Connections homepage
As Leonard Cohen turns 80, Liel Leibovitz explores his life, work and passion.
A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord homepage
By Linda Cracknell. Moving memoir in which the author walks in the footsteps of others.
Doubling Back homepage
Anjan Sundaram's mesmerising account of self-discovery in war-torn Congo
Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo homepage
Tim Moore retraces the route and tells the story of the 1914 Giro d'Italia bicycle race.
Gironimo! Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy homepage
Rachel Holmes' lively biography of Karl Marx's daughter.
Eleanor Marx: A Life homepage
Story of the author's grandmother and her life in the South Yorkshire
Richard Benson - The Valley homepage
Helena Attlee explores why citrus holds a special place in the Italian imagination
The Land Where Lemons Grow homepage
By Deyan Sudjic. An essential toolkit for understanding the modern world
B is for Bauhaus: An A-Z of the Modern World homepage
By Thomas Brothers. Account of the life and legacy of the influential musical artist.
Thomas Brothers - Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism homepage
Academic and reviewer John Carey looks back on a life in and around books.
The Unexpected Professor homepage
Ben Macintyre tells the story of notorious British defector and Soviet mole Kim Philby
Ben Macintyre - A Spy Among Friends homepage
Tony Benn reads from his political diaries covering the years from 1991 to 2001
Free at Last - The Benn Diaries 1991 to 2001 homepage
Inspired by family upheaval, Gideon Lewis-Kraus goes on a series of global pilgrimages.
A Sense of Direction homepage
Collection of essays by literary critic James Wood
The Fun Stuff homepage
Memoir of a free man, kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South in 1841
Solomon Northup - 12 Years a Slave homepage
Barbara Taylor's story of her own breakdown and her recovery in England's last asylum.
Barbara Taylor - The Last Asylum homepage
Michael Booth examines the five Nordic countries to discover the secrets of their success
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth about the Nordic Miracle homepage
Sally Magnusson's moving account of her mother's long struggle with dementia
Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything homepage
Germaine Greer tells the story of her search for a patch of her native Australia to heal
Germaine Greer - White Beech: The Rainforest Years homepage
Matthew Hart charts the history of the world's most coveted metal
Gold: The Race for the World's Most Seductive Metal homepage
Nicholas Shakespeare writes about his aunt's life in Paris during the German Occupation
Priscilla homepage
A tale of passion, revenge and arguably the world's finest cheese.
Michael Paterniti - The Telling Room homepage
Matthew Baylis explores the cult whose members revere Prince Philip as an island god
Man Belong Mrs Queen homepage
Nina Stibbe's letters from the heart of 1980s literary London. Read by Rebekah Staton
Love, Nina: Despatches From Family Life homepage
Amusing and revealing letters from Lady Diana Cooper to her only son John Julius Norwich
Diana Cooper - Darling Monster homepage
Serialised reading Nelson Mandela's autobiography
Long Walk to Freedom homepage
Hermione Lee's biography of the Booker Prize-winning English writer
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life homepage
Philip Short's biography of France's longest-serving president, Francois Mitterrand
Philip Short - Mitterrand homepage