Orion: 2711 books
Gainsborough
A Portrait
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **
'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times
**'B**rings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary Review
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) lived as if...
Like a Bat Out of Hell
The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
'A passionate, pacey tome you should do anything for a copy of' - Kerrang!
****
"I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful, unstoppable, heavy - when that word still meant something good!" - Meat Loaf, as told to Mick Wall
Everything...
The Little Book of Girl Power
The Wit and Wisdom of the Spice Girls
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
'When I came out of my mother's womb I screamed: "Girl Power!"' Ginger Spice
The Spice Girls shaped the nineties. They taught us about girl power, union jack dresses, the power of leopard print clothes and how if we want to be our lover, you've got to get with our friends. The Little...
Jonas Kaufmann
In Conversation With
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Jonas Kaufmann is a phenomenon. With his musicality, his vocal technique and his expressive powers - to say nothing of his matinée-idol good looks - he is widely regarded as the greatest tenor of today. Thomas Voigt's intimate biography, written in collaboration with Kaufmann, reflects on the singer's...
Overshare
Love, Laughs, Sexuality and Secrets
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Rose and Rosie are known for their candid and hilarious YouTube videos... but now they are taking oversharing to a whole new level. Discussing sexuality, revealing secrets and empowering others, OVERSHARE is a book packed with Rose and Rosie's unique take on friendships, fame, mental health and LGBT...
On The Edge
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
Gripping account by Richard Hammond of life before and after his terrifying high-speed car crash.
Richard Hammond is one of our most in-demand and best-loved television presenters. In September 2006, he suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash. ON THE EDGE is his compelling...
Absolutely
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Illustrated memoir by the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley is one of Britain's undisputed national treasures, an English actress, voiceover artist and author, best known for her roles in the British television series ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend,...
As You Do
Adventures With Evel, Oliver, And The Vice-President Of Botswana
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
The life and times of the No.1 bestselling author of ON THE EDGE.
The wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of a very brave and clever TV presenter, Arctic Explorer and general drawer of the Short Straw. As one third of the BBC's Top Gear team, Richard Hammond's year since his near-fatal...
by Alan Partridge
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
As seen on This Time with Alan Partridge on BBC One.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Praise for Nomad:
'Funniest book of the year' Sunday Telegraph
'Alan Partridge's Nomad is almost certainly the funniest book ever written' Caitlin Moran
'Sensationally funny. What brilliant writing' Richard Osman
'Sensational'...
Going Off Alarming
The Autobiography: Vol 2
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
The dazzlingly funny second volume of Danny Baker's memoirs: the television years.
Since my first book was published I have had countless friends and family members get in touch to say how come I hadn't included this story or that tale. Was I ashamed of being shot twice, once up the arse, in...
The Favourite
The Life of Sarah Churchill and the History Behind the Major Motion Picture
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
'An incredible story crackling with royal passion, envy, ambition and betrayal ... Field's account of the psychological power play between Queen Anne and her confidante is surely definitive. A tour de force' Lucy Worsley
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was as glamorous as she was controversial....
Testament of Youth
An Autobiographical Study Of The Years 1900-1925
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. Includes an afterword by Kate Mosse OBE.
In 1914 Vera Brittain was 20, and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four years later her life - and the life...
The Silver Spitfire
The Legendary WWII RAF Fighter Pilot in his Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
A brilliantly vivid Second World War memoir by one of 'the Few' Spitfire fighter pilots.
Following the D-Day landings, Battle of Britain hero Tom Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. As the Allies pushed east, Neil commandeered an abandoned Spitfire as his own...
by Barry Cryer
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Barry Cryer is one of the great comedians of the last 50 years. This is a sparkling series of hilarious and true anecdotes, almost all of which have never been told before!
Barry Cryer has collaborated with all the greats from Max Miller to Tony Hancock, Bob Hope, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore,...