Guaridan Shorts imprint: 26 books

May 1961: the Guardian reports on one man's struggle outside Tottenham's Town Hall. Crowds estimated at more than 40,000 lined the route as an open top bus carried the Tottenham Hotspurs team and the two cups it has won. At the Town Hall, as the team stood on the balconies before the cheering crowds,...

If Mark Cavendish did not exist, what mind could invent him? In a world of homogenized sportspeople, he is a welcome one-off. Volatile, demanding, unwilling to hide his emotions, desperate to establish himself as one of cycling's alltime greats, disinclined to suffer fools but keen to exploit every opportunity...

On 27 May 1989, the Guardian described one extraordinary moment at Anfield the night before. In the 92nd minute Lukic threw the ball to Dixon to set in train a series of events during which time almost stood still. Dixon's pass found Smith, who deftly controlled the ball before slipping it through to...

Chelsea's story is often split, too neatly, into two eras - everything before Abramovich, and the nine years since. But the Russian's modern club shares plenty in spirit with the generations that went before, even with the first Chelsea side formed in a pub in 1905. The scale may have changed an undignified...

If youre interested in publishing your own book, then this Guardian Short is for you.In a short, direct manner, it will introduce you to all the major questions you will face, including: What do you need to know about editing? Should you print copies of your book or go ebook only? How do you price your...

Young people caught up in the London riots; elderly people dependent on care; the war against benefit cheats; life in young offenders' institutions. There are areas of society which are often inaccessible, forgotten about or unintentionally overlooked. Amelia Gentleman's intimate portraits of other people's...

A book of insight, reaction and analysis to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11.A decade after that fateful autumn day, the extraordinary images and memories remain with us where we were when we heard the news; how we felt at seeing the first, then the second tower collapse. 9/11: Ten Years...

In February 2004, whilst at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg and friends created "The Facebook". What started as just a website for one university spread through academic institutions, developed into an application platform, and then became an entire web ecosystem. It has become one of the dominant forces on...

Our cities are a mosaic of 'micro-habitats' providing food, water, green spaces and places to breed - the natural equivalent of the five-star hotel. Hence the presence of a huge range of animals, from badgers to bats, hawkmoths to herons, and sparrows to seals. In this ebook, we aim to prove that the...

This is not the story of a project headed up by a team of tech nerds that would change the world forever; nor is it a chronicle of the late-nineties dot com millionaires. This is not The Social Network. Digital Economy or Bust is dedicated to the real stars of the internet - the good men and women who...

When British cities erupted into violence in August 2011, the world once again began to ask why and how such riots begin, and whether there will ever be a solution to civil unrest. This important ebook, a collection of writing by the Guardian's finest contributors, charts the causes and responses to...

Sporting greatness is defined by more than just a haul of gold medals or championship titles. They help of course, especially if, like Usain Bolt, an athlete redefines what is possible in terms of world records or, in the case of Mark Spitz or Steve Redgrave, demonstrates a sheer dominance of their sport.But...