Quercus: 997 books
The Curse of Brink's-Mat
Twenty-Five Years of Murder and Mayhem - The Inside Story of the 20th Century's Most Lucrative Armed Robbery
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
'It wasn't only Britain's biggest heist, it became the bloodiest' Mail on Sunday
The inside story of the 20th century's most lucrative armed robbery.
On 26 November 1983 six armed robbers escaped with £28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's-Mat warehouse at London's Heathrow...
Above Head Height
A Five-A-Side Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
'The Fever PItch of five-a-side' TONY PARSONS
A must-have for anyone who has ever played and enjoyed amateur football.
James Brown has been playing football since growing up in the backstreets of Leeds. The sudden death of one his long-standing team mates made James ponder the unique...
Operation Relentless
The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in History
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
'The Night Manager meets Narcos' Saul David
'To catch this criminal took incredible courage and skill. This is James Bond meets Jason Bourne' Bear Grylls
The new bestseller from the author of Zero Six Bravo
By 2007 Viktor Bout had become the world's foremost arms dealer. Known...
'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky
50 Moments That Changed Music
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
From the moment that Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm conceived 'Rocket 88' to the suicide of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain and Lennon's Anniversary concert, 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky chronicles 50 moments in history that shaped rock and roll as we know it. The stories of behind the iconic...
Judy: A Dog in a Million
From Runaway Puppy to the World's Most Heroic Dog
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell.
Judy, a beautiful liver and white English pointer, and the only animal POW of WWII, truly was a dog in a million, cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other...
by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Robert Johnson was, according to Eric Clapton, "the most important blues singer that ever lived." An itinerant street musician, with a weakness for whisky and women, his is a life of pure legend-the man who sold his soul for the devil, and thereby invented modern music.
Precious little...
by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Janis Joplin, singer-songwriter, counterculture icon, the Queen of rock and roll, died aged just 27. During a short four-year career, blighted by alcoholism and drug abuse, she changed the face of music, carving out opportunities for a generation of female talent. Her powerful, raw vocals touched...
by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Robert Johnson. Brian Jones. Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Kurt Cobain. Amy Winehouse.
They were inspirational, controversial, talismanic and innovative. They lead lives full of myth, scandal, sex, drugs and some of the most glorious music that has ever heard. Though each of...
by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Brian Jones, multi-instrumentalist, visionary and the "golden boy of the '60s", was, at the age of 27, the first rock casualty of his generation.
A strange, somewhat impenetrable character, Brian Jones was a founding member and guiding spirit of The Rolling Stones. Adored and misunderstood...
by Chris Salewicz
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Kurt Cobain, Nirvana frontman, died aged just 27. In this insightful mini-biography, respected music critic Chris Salewicz examines Cobain's journey from sensitive loner to generational icon. Salewicz scrutinizes Cobain's tormented inner life, his tempestuous relationship with Courtney Love, and the...
Love Me Do
50 Great Beatles Moments
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Love Me Do tells the story of the Beatles by highlighting and then examining in detail fifty significant events in their amazing career. Taking a completely new approach to the band, Paolo Hewitt creates one of the great Beatle biographies in time for the 50th anniversary of the release of the band's...
by Katie Piper
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Britain's most inspiring young woman helps give others the courage to cope with life's challenges, through personal anecdotes and expert advice.
To look and listen to the extraordinary Katie Piper, it is difficult to comprehend the severe trauma she suffered from a brutal rape and acid attack...
by Kathryn Flett
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Your partner of ten years, and the father of your children, receives a text. You happen to see it.
'Start living a different kind of life ... P :-) xxx'. You don't know anyone with the initial P, so what's with the smiley face and the kisses?
Narrated by Susie, her partner Alex and the...
The Last Thing She Told Me
From The No 1 Bestselling Author of While My Eyes Were Closed
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
'A chiller with a puzzling mystery that manages to be a tearjerker too. Prepare for sleepless nights' Grazia
Even the deepest-buried secrets can find their way to the surface...
Moments before she dies, Nicola's grandmother Betty whispers to her that there are babies at the bottom of...