Stupendous biography of rock music's greatest genius.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Untold Stories
Alan Bennett at his Alan Bennettest.
Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram
Iain (M) Banks gets paid to travel round Scotland drinking malt whisky.
The Peregrine, the Hill of Summer & Diaries: The Complete Works of J.A. Baker
Beatifully observed, poetic nature writing.
Charles Darwin: The Story of the Amateur Naturalist Who Created a Scientific Revolution and Changed the World
A short, very readable biography of Charles Darwin.
Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist
A writer and poet's obsession with music.
Last Chance to See…
The late Douglas Adams travels the world visiting endangered species.
The Salmon of Doubt: And Other Writings
Literary loose ends by the late hitchhiker, including the start of an unfinished Dirk Gently novel.
Slightly Out of Focus
Brief, punchily written account of his WWII exploits by the famous photojournalist. How come nobody has made this into a film?
Cleverly, he dialled from within
A rare recording of a village peasant sprawled next to the drainage ditch reciting Captain Beefheart’s 'The Old Fart At Play'.