Blake imprint: 817 books

The story of one of the most promising young talents in the Premier League, the player who is regarded as one of Europe's hottest football properties   Born in 1989, Bale first attracted the attention of Southampton FC at the age of just nine. In school, he was such a prodigious talent...

Fiery West Indian cricketer Tino Best lives life in the fast lane – on and off the pitch. He was one of the quickest bowlers ever to have played the game, consistently exceeding 90mph in an eleven-year international career in which he roughed up – and got out – the best in the business....

Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley are the most popular presenting team on British TV today, and with their new role as hosts of ITV’s Daybreak, the revamped GMTV, it looks like their stars are continuing to rise. Chiles had been fronting BBC's The One Show since it was first aired in 2006, but...

The conversation between Wim Wenders and Melinda Camber Porter (1953-2008) took place on location in December 1983, while Mr. Wenders was shooting his first American Film, Paris Texas. America was a place of European immigrants, German immigrants, and a vast land stretching to California. Men and...

She was young, very beautiful, and had everything to live for—but the life of Frances Shea, briefly married to Reggie Kray, remains one of the most tragic stories of the swinging sixties. Courted by Reggie as a schoolgirl, her eight-year relationship with him drew Frances into an outwardly glamorous...

Jake Bugg: is he the council estate Bob Dylan, the cockiest Lonnie Donegan wannabe in Nottingham, or the king of the Clifton Delta—or is he all three? In a world of boy bands and manufactured pop, Jake Bugg’s simply-strummed tales of life on the council estate where he grew up have connected...

"Being born is a very peculiar experience. Out I popped and there he was, staring right at me. A face with lots of black hair, black eyebrows, unnaturally white teeth, an utterly soppy expression on his face and tears in his eyes. Who was this?!" "Today I met Jeeves. Well, Daddy called...

At about 0600 hours on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 while leading a patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Corporal Andy Reid, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, was blown up by a Taliban improvised explosive device (IED). Airlifted back to the UK that evening to the specialist military wing of...

A fascinating story of one of golf's greatest ever talents Hard-hitting Rory McIlroy was always destined to become a professional golfer from the moment he recorded a 40-yard drive aged just two. His first hole in one came when he was nine, and he played in his first professional European tour...

The fascinating story of one of golf's most amazing young talents, winner of the 2011 U.S. Open—fully updated to include his PGA Championship win and topping the money list for the PGA tour and European tour   Rory McIlroy was destined to become a professional golfer from the moment...

Celebrity biographer Gwen Russell traces Tom's phenomenal journey from his first South Wales gigs as an unsigned frontman, to his breakthrough hit "It's Not Unusual" and beyond to his superstardom as the voice behind "What's Up Pussycat," "Delilah," and "She's a...

Adele’s powerful voice and breathtaking songs have seen her top the charts around the planet, collect millions of admirers and win dozens of awards. When she became a mother, in 2012, her fans rejoiced in a fairy tale moment for a young woman who has known so much pain in her personal life. At last,...

'Nobody knew the truth. For all those years while people judged me, I protected those closest to me. Now it's time for the real story to be told. It's time for healing and forgiveness.'Tressa Middleton made UK history when she became Britain's youngest mum in 2006 aged just 12 years and 8 months....

Now for the first time ever an uninterrupted, no-holds-barred account of life with Jordan is presented by the man closest to her. Katie Price is never far from the limelight and her immensely successful biographies have emphasised her popularity across the generations. Revelations about her rise to...