Gary Lachman 
Madame Blavatsky 

30 January 1972, the day that became known as Bloody Sunday, is remembered as one of the darkest and bloodiest events of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Thirteen people were killed when members of …

Two months after his eleventh birthday, on 9 July 1944, the gates of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp closed behind Ladislaus Löb. Five months later, with the Second World War still raging, he crosse …

‘His book is a joy to read, full of homespun wisdom and hilarious asides’ Independent ____________________ Where do comedians come from? Why is it that one person is a funny bloke down the pub while …

 »Monk »s energetic enterprise is remarkable for the interweaving of the philosophical and the emotional aspects of Wittgenstein »s life » Sunday Times  »Ray Monk »s reconnection of Wittgenstein »s p …

 »One of the best books ever written about sailing » Time 27, 000 miles, three and a half to five months alone at sea, chilling casualty rates, the unrelenting strain of handling 60-foot boats day an …

An extraordinary account of life behind the locked doors of a secure psychiatric ward from a nurse who worked there for seven years. Dennis O »Donnell started work as an orderly in the Intensive Psyc …

Liza Campbell was the last child to be born at Cawdor Castle, as featured in Macbeth. Her father Hugh, the 25th Thane of Cawdor, inherited good looks, wealth, an ancient title, three stately homes an …

Knife-edge decisions, adrenalin rushes, extreme weather, bitter rivalries, heart-stopping races – they are all in a day’s work for Ben Ainslie. Against all odds, in the London 2012 Olympics Ben Ainsl …

Fidel Castro had ruled the island of Cuba for fifty-two years when ill health forced him to step down in 2008. Over the course of that time, he changed Cuba from a republic to a communist state and …

Not Waving But Drowning tells the harrowing true story of one man »s childhood struggle against poverty and his subsequent drive to become a policeman in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. From his earli …