Gloucester Crescent is a curving, leafy street, tucked between Camden Town and Primrose Hill, filled with the sound of clacking typewriters and children playing. Unremarkable in many ways unless you notice the lady in the van outside one house and the familiar-looking famous residents crossing the road. The son of Jonathan Miller writes his memoir, written the eyes of a growing child, the story of a very particular family and their circle of brilliant, idealistic and intellectual friends in the London of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. William explores the back gardens of homes of his famous neighbours, attends dramatic rehearsals with his dad, fails exams and is bullied at school, gets drugs from the philosopher A. J. Ayer's wife, and tries to watch the moon landing with Alan Bennett and a room full of writers. But against this backdrop of lively anecdote and hitherto-unseen domestic detail, William struggles at school and at home and his at times heart-breaking memoir is about how we grow up and move on from our childhoods, and what happens when we come back. A funny, tender and moving story of a young boy trying to find his own identity, a memoir about love, life, art and whole of life. Wonderful. 336pp, paperback, photos and other illus.

After 50 years in RAF uniform, here is the story of Tom Eeles, a true gent (as most pilots are). Having entered RAF College Cranwell in 1960, Tom Eeles began flying training in January 1962 on the Jet Provost and gained his RAF wings on 30th July 1963. This was followed by advanced flying training in the Gnat T1 and his first posting was to No 16 Squadron flying the Canberra B(I) 8. Its role as a light bomber squadron was primarily nuclear strike, with a secondary role of conventional ground attack by day and night. 16 Squadron was deployed to Kuantan, about halfway up the east coast of Malaya, tasked with providing long range day and night divebombing and strafing with 1000lb bombs and 20mm cannon on airfields on Java. In July 1966 and on loan to the Senior Service, Tom reported to RNAS Lossiemouth for a swept wing conversion course on the Hunter before starting the Buccaneer Operational Flying Course. Posted to 801 NAS, HMS Victorious in the Far East, in 1969 Tom joined 736 Naval Air Squadron responsible for training courses of RAF aircrew. In July 1972 he moved to 12 Squadron based at RAF Honington whose task was to provide a maritime strike/attack capability, and a nuclear strike capability. 1975 saw a move to 79 Squadron flying the Hunter and after a spell at the RAF Staff College, Tom became Staff Officer responsible for all aspects of fast jet advanced flying training on the Hawk at Valley, and multi engine advanced flying training at Finningley. In 1983 he was selected to command 237 OCU and commanded the Examining Wing at the Central Flying School and retired in 1997 but became a full time reservist until November 2004. He continued to fly with 5AEF until September 2010. And still has 'a passion for flying after all these years.' 'I also dabbled in air defence and had a long association with flying training in all its variety, ranging from operational conversion right down to elementary teaching.' From the serious to the hilarious here are the tours, the jinx, the technology, the camaraderie and the shared passion for the freedom of the skies. Tom has totalled over 8,000 hours flying! 147 page well illustrated paperback.

A searingly honest memoir of life, policing, and falling apart, Blue is a memoir of crime and calamity, of adventure and achievement, of friendship and failure, of laughter and loss, of the very best and worst of humanity, of serious illness and slow recovery. It is an intensely moving and personal insight into what it is to be a police officer in Britain today. John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, rising quickly through the ranks. He worked across the capital, experiencing first hand the enormous satisfaction as well as the endless trauma that a life in blue can bring. There were career-defining moments - commanding armed sieges, saving lives and helping to take dangerous people off the streets, but for every case with a happy ending, there were others that ended in desperate sadness. Early in 2013, John suffered a major breakdown and consequent battle with crippling depression. After a career spent racing to be the first at the scene of crimes and catastrophes, he found himself in pieces, unable to put one foot in front of the other. His last operational posting was the Borough Commander for Southwark and he was an experienced Hostage and Crisis Negotiator having served on both the national and international cadres. Now he is a popular crime writer. With a new epilogue for this paperback edition, 288pp.

Lionel 'Buster' Crabb was a drinker, gambler, womaniser and lover of fast cars and gadgets. A unique, brave and controversial man, he worked for the Royal Navy and most of the British Intelligence Services for several decades. His exploits were often recreated by Ian Fleming with his exciting James Bond books. Many of Crabb's former colleagues have contributed to this wonderful read together with previously unseen images and personal drawings. A British naval frogman and bomb disposal expert, Crabb worked directly under Fleming during WW2 at Naval Intelligence and went on to conduct covert operations for both SIS and MI5. Elements from his dangerous missions and eccentric lifestyle were later incorporated into Fleming's novels. His inventions sparked the role of Q; Miss Moneypenny was based on Crabb's aunt Kitty Jarvis, and his underwater battle with enemy divers became a crucial scene in Thunderball. During a secret dive beneath a Russian warship in 1957, Crabb disappeared without a trace. One year later, a decapitated and handless body was found, sparking a major row between the government, the secret services and the Admiralty that still smoulders today. Investigative journalist Don Hale has helped quash convictions and miscarriages of justice cases and here packs in interesting facts and exclusive photographs. Apologies for some poor editing. 368pp, illustrated paperback.

'This would be a good place to die. As I look at the stars I start to pray. I am, after all, a priest. I ask the God I thought I had been serving for the whole of my life to give me some measure of comfort, of absolution...Where is the white light, the tunnel, the voices, the angels? Nothing... God is not here, he isn't anywhere... I am born again. I am renewed.' Seth served as a priest for 10 years and 163 days and then he decided to die. Beginning with his bungled suicide attempt, his book charts a true story of poverty, haunting, exorcism, birth, death and murder, the incidents within his ministry that led him to that point. From dealing with a cult leader to performing an exorcism in a haunted house, an attempt on his life by a man who showed signs of being possessed, he fought with a wife-beating alcoholic and helped to rebuild a family after their baby died and their other children were all taken into care - Seth has seen the unimaginable. These incidents in his life have one common thread - a young man with little life experience struggling to find the right thing to do in desperate situations. All the time, his once boundless faith was dwindling, as logic and tragedy forced him onto a different path, and into a new life. If you have ever wondered about the spiritual realm and if it really exists or wondered about the life of a priest and what they experience while walking through a journey with God, Faithless bares all with a raw truth of experience. There is warmth and even hilarity as we get to know the characters who inhabit the estate, and a pastoral heart shines through. 284pp, paperback.

Davies looks back on The Kinks, the era-defining band that has sold 50 million records. From the spectacular highs of rock stardom where the shy kid from Muswell Hill struggled with the limelight as much as he relished it, to his fair share of tragedy. After suffering a stroke, instead of panicking or feeling isolated, instead Davies became ultrasensitive to everybody's feelings. 'This phenomenon of seeing inside people's pain became a song called 'God In My Brain' which I included on an album released soon after I left hospital called Fractured Mindz.' 'After being discharged, I stayed with Ray for two weeks, which was nice for a couple of days, but soon became a nightmare. My brother is very talented and gifted...but I sometimes feel he's like a vampire the way he draws so much energy from people.' Full of tales of the tumultuous times and ups and downs of his infamous relationship with his brother Ray, along with frequently dramatic and hilarious encounters with the likes of John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon, Chrissie Hynde and Jeff Beck, as well as detours into Dave's mystical side, all this makes for a thrilling and wildly entertaining journey through the heyday of rock 'n' roll and beyond. 282 page paperback, 16 pages of colour photos.