Ranulph Fiennes
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Autobiography

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is described as 'the world's greatest living explorer' by the Guinness Book of Records, and his life story shows this is no exaggeration. He has travelled to the most inaccessible places on earth, almost died many times, raised millions for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE. Here he describes how he became the first person to travel to both poles on land; discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman; and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole. This is a candid look inside the mind of Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE, 3rd Baronet, as he looks back on a life lived at the very limits of human endeavour.

Richard Hammond
On The Edge: My Story

Richard Hammond is one of our most in-demand television presenters. On September 20, 2006, while filming for Top Gear, he suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash, and the nation held its breath. On the Edge is his compelling account of life before and after the accident and of his year of recovery. It is also, perhaps, his explanation of why, as a married man and father of two young daughters, he was prepared to risk all by strapping himself to the front of a jet engine with the power of eleven Formula One cars. Richard and his wife Mindy piece together the stages of his recovery as his shattered mind slowly reformed.

The First World War deprived Britain of three-quarters of a million soldiers, and a generation of women who unquestioningly believed marriage to be their birthright discovered that there were not enough men to go round. Singled Out shows how these remarkable women of the inter-War decades had to stop depending on a man for their income, identity and happiness.

'Such an important story, tremendously well-researched. Vivid with historical detail, and heart-breakingly honest about a generation of women's real human fortitude'­Lynne Truss