Thomas Page McBee, author of Amateur, was the first transgender man ever to box at Madison Square Garden. This is the story of how that happened.
Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian from 1995-2015 and author of Breaking News, on experiencing the complete upheaval of the news business from the inside.
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David Lynch & Kristine McKenna
“A memorable portrait of one of cinema’s great auteurs” – the Guardian reviews Room to Dream.
P.D. Smith
Guardian
“The only difference between a medicine and a poison is the dosage.”
“What you’re reading here is basically a person having a conversation with his own biography.”
Jules Evans, author of The Art of Losing Control, discusses books, reading and philosphy.
Phil Treagus
The Reading Lists
An extract from the audiobook of the New York Times bestseller, read by the author. Daniel H. Pink’s Drive shows that our intuitive notions of how to motivate others – and ourselves – can be very wrong.
An extract from the audiobook of Dragon’s Green by Scarlett Thomas, the first in the thrilling and magical Worldquake Sequence. From the audiobook read by Roger Allam.
‘A vivid closeup of island life … Captures the emotional journey of a man who returns home to remote Shetland and the viewpoints of the people who live there.’
Ian Sansom, Guardian