Biography & Memoir

By Suraya Sadeed and Damien Lewis

Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse tells the true story of Suraya Sadeed, an extraordinary woman who gave up her lucrative American real estate business to run aid, education and hope into one of the most...

By Mukesh Kapila and Damien Lewis

When darkness stalked the plains of Africa one man stood alone to face the evil …

In this no-holds-barred account, the former head of the United Nations in Sudan reveals for the first time the shocking depths...

By George Obama and Damien Lewis

George Hussein Onyango Obama is the youngest son of the Obama clan, born to a Luo mother and the father he shares with the US President. George's father died when he was barely six months old, and he spent his...

by Zoya Phan & Damien Lewis

Zoya Phan was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen tribe. For decades the Karen have been fighting Burma’s military junta, those behind the bloody October 2007 crackdown on the Saffron Revolution of...

By Halima Bashir and Damien Lewis

Halima Bashir was born into the remote western deserts of Sudan, to the fiercely independent Zaghawa tribe. The Zaghawa are one of the few black African peoples never to have been conquered by the British, and...

By Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis

In the summer of 2007 escaped former slave Mende Nazer decided to risk all in a journey back to the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, her homeland. She would be leaving the relative security of London, her new home, to...

By Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis

Mende Nazer's happy childhood in the remote Nuba Mountains of Sudan was cruelly cut short when raiders on horseback swept into her village. The Mujahidin hacked down terrified villagers, raped the women and...