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Tony (A. P.) McCoy has collected a record 20 consecutive jump jockey titles to date, and since 1992 he has ridden over 4,300 winners. This powerfully honest memoir looks at life at the very top in National Hunt racing - and beyond, discussing fatherhood, writing novels and his decision to retire while he's still a long way ahead. It is a definitive autobiography that is themed around A. P.'s 10 most important races: his first ride, first race, first fall, first win, greatest disappointment - and greatest triumph.

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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the revealing, inspirational memoir from the British winner of the Tour de France. The Climb tells the extraordinary story of Chris Froome's journey from a young boy in Kenya, riding through townships and past wild animals, and with few opportunities for an aspiring cyclist, to his unforgettable yellow jersey victory in the 2013 Tour de France.

From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable audiobook that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prize-winning New York Times correspondent, we witness the remarkable chain of...

NATIONAL BESTELLER * Winner of the New American Voices Award * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize * Named a Best Book of Summer by Time and Oprah Daily From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cuba: An American History comes an "intimate" (Time) memoir about migration, separation, and the love of...

Named One of The New York Times Book Review’s Top Ten Books of the Year Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography | Finalist for the Kirkus Prize | Nominated for the Women's Prize for Nonfiction One of the best-reviewed books of the year, a raw and deeply moving memoir...

In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost. In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story...

From a brilliant, award-winning poet, a luminous, unsparing memoir that chronicles the simultaneous collapse of the author’s sixteen-year marriage and her mother’s diagnosis: an aneurysm in her heart waiting to blow “like a submarine volcano”; the twin events bring back the author’s...

Bloomsbury presents Tadej Pogacar: Unstoppable by Andy McGrath read by Elliot Chapman 'Covers Pogi’s meteoric rise, his victories and rivalries, while revealing more about the character behind the sporting domination' CYCLIST 'Excellent' DAVID WALSH, TWO-TIME WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE...

One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and...

A 2022 Audie Award Finalist A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched...

One of the The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award New York Times Bestseller “Quietly wrenching…To say that this book is about grief or coming-of-age doesn’t quite do it justice…This is a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025 'Fascinating - a great read' - Miriam O'Callaghan 'Brilliant, absolutely terrific' - Matt Cooper With a foreword by Richie Sadlier From the heartbreak of losing his mother to breast cancer at just 12 years old, to battling mental health struggles...

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021 A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A dramatic, gripping account of the rise and fall of the notorious business tycoon Robert Maxwell from the...

Brought to you by Penguin. From a life in comedy to the Glitterball Trophy – Chris McCausland Tells All. The perfect feel-good gift for fans of comedy and Strictly alike. Already one of the country's best loved comedians, Chris McCausland's participation on Strictly was a phenomenon. But how...

In this vulnerable and enlightening book of life lessons, globally renowned performer Cynthia Erivo draws from her singular experience to show us how to embrace being “too much” and to live up to the fullest iteration of ourselves. This program is read by the author. It is never too late to...

The No. 1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as a child with autism, now an award-winning documentary film. 'It will stretch your vision of what it is to be human' Andrew Solomon, The Times What is it like to have autism? How can we know what a person - especially a...

WINNER OF THE ABIA AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time - the crime, the podcast...

** DEMON COPPERHEAD - THE NEW BARBARA KINGSOLVER NOVEL - IS AVAILABLE NOW** THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR " We wanted to live in a place that could feed us: where rain falls, crops grow, and drinking water bubbles up right out of the ground." Barbara Kingsolver opens her home to us, as...

A deeply moving memoir about growing up in the 90s, written in the wake of the senseless killing of a beloved friend. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. 'A quiet, occasionally hilarious, ultimately devastating book . . . the most moving and memorable piece of autobiography I read this year...