Biteback Publishing imprint: 402 books
Helen Suzman
Bright Star in a Dark Chamber: The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Helen Suzman was the voice of South Africa's conscience during the darkest days of apartheid. She stood alone in parliament, confronted by a legion of highly chauvinist male politicians. Armed with the relentless determination and biting wit for which she became renowned, Suzman battled the racist...
Surrender
How British industry gave up the ghost 1952-2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
British industry at the start of the New Elizabethan Age was a world leader. The first - British - jet airliner was taking to the skies, the first nuclear power station was under construction at Calder Hall and British firms were pioneering the computer. Our shipyards reigned almost supreme, and from...
by Scott Colvin
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Ever since the 2009 expenses scandal erupted, public opinion towards politicians has hit rock bottom. Even with a new intake into Parliament, people are still asking what is the point of having an MP? However, people do not realise that politicians can be used to help them get what they want in a...
The Young Atheist's Handbook
Lessons for Living a Good Life Without God
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Growing up in a strict Muslim community in south-east London, Alom Shaha learnt that religion was not to be questioned. Reciting the Qur'an without understanding what it meant was simply a part of life; so, too, was obeying the imam and enduring beatings when he failed to attend the local mosque....
by Claire Fox
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
When you hear that now ubiquitous phrase 'I find that offensive', you know you're being told to shut up. While the terrible murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists demonstrated that those who offend can face the most brutal form of censorship, it also served only to intensify the pre-existing climate...
Being British
What's Wrong With It?
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics look set to make 2012 as successful as the royal weddings of 2011 when it comes to creating a surge of patriotism across our once self-assured land. But despite the latest wave of nostalgic British pride, Britain is in the midst of an identity crisis, with...
Guy Burgess
The Spy Who Knew Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was a supreme networker, with a contacts book that included everyone from statesmen to socialites, high-ranking government officials to the famous actors and literary figures of the day. He also set a gold standard for conflicts of interest, working variously, and often simultaneously,...
London Rules
So Get Over It
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
We are constantly being told that 1966, the very first iteration of Swinging London, was the time when the city was at its cultural, most fashionable height. And if not 1966, then it's the punk '70s or the Britpop '90s when London was meant to be most fun. Not so, argues GQ's Dylan Jones. Not only...
When Footballers Were Skint
A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2019
Long before perma-tanned football agents and TV mega-rights ushered in the age of the multimillionaire player, footballers’ wages were capped – even the game’s biggest names earned barely more than a plumber or electrician.
Footballing...
by Peter Sissons
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
A Liverpool boy from the same cohort as John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, Peter Sissons was destined for great things. Then he was caught on the wrong side of rebel lines during the Nigerian Civil War and shot through both legs his blossoming career as a war reporter came abruptly to...
True Colours
My Life as the First Openly Transgender Officer in the British Armed Forces
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
In the global theatre of contemporary warfare, courage and endurance are crucial for overcoming adversity. However, for Caroline Paige, a jet and helicopter navigator in the Royal Air Force, adversity was a common companion both on and off the field of battle.
In 1999, Paige became the first...
by Sir Ivan Fallon, Philip Harris
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
From humble beginnings in wartime Peckham, where his first memories are of being carried down into the air-raid shelter by his mother, Phil Harris would go on to transform his father’s market stall into Britain’s biggest carpet retail chain, himself becoming one of the richest people in the country,...
Exceeding My Brief
Memoirs of a Disobedient Civil Servant
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
From the tragic massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, to signing the Treaty of Rome when Britain entered the Common Market, Barbara Hosking was there.
This is the story of a Cornish scholarship girl with no contacts who ended up in the corridors of power. It is also the very personal story...
by Gail Nattrass
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
South Africa is popularly perceived as the most influential nation in Africa – a gateway to an entire continent for finance, trade and politics, and a crucial mediator in its neighbours’ affairs. On the other hand, post-Apartheid dreams of progress and reform have, in part, collapsed into a morass...