“Flying without Fear” is an invaluable guide for the nervous flyer. The authors Keith Godfrey and Gordon Redrup – who have combined backgrounds in science, self-help and children’s books – offer an easy to follow and reassuring read for anyone who is afraid of stepping aboard a plane.

The book is amazingly detailed, but never layers its content with vast amounts of technical jargon. The type of questions it answers can vary dramatically, from the basic description of air turbulence to more detailed information about how a plane stays up in the air and the process of fuel dumping. The style of the content is entertaining and sometimes reassuringly frank. The very first sentence of the book sets the tone straight away: “If the engines stopped at cruising height you can glide for 30 minutes before you’re on the ground”. This would obviously strike fear into the hearts of many, but what the authors do brilliantly is highlight how flying is rarely like the movie-style disasters that can so often spring to mind.

To date, this book has helped many people conquer their fear of flying, and with the number of questions it answers will no doubt cover the topic that you may be unsure about. What is also brought to light in the book is how many safety features there are installed on a plane. If you have a phobia of flying, after reading this guide you could be well on your way to booking your flight to Cairo or Sydney.

Considering that he has built a second successful career out of being barely intelligible, “I am Ozzy” is a well-written account about Ozzy Osbourne’s life so far. The book covers his life from his days growing up in Birmingham to his rise to fame as the lead singer with the 70’s hard-rock/metal group Black Sabbath to – almost 30 years later – becoming one of the biggest stars of reality TV across the globe, with the MTV show “The Osbournes”.

Osbourne’s career has been almost a cliché for rock & roll autobiographies: from his humble beginnings sharing one room with his whole family to changing the face of music with his fellow members of Black Sabbath, Ozzy was making the headlines as one of the most out-of-control rock stars in the history of music. Decapitating bats and birds with his teeth and a lengthy spell as a drug addict, his rise to the top was soon to be met with a hard fall to the ground.

In this book, Osbourne is able to speak about all the famous moments that changed his life, but also shares some behind-the-scenes stories that were to be every bit as significant. This autobiography not only gives a reliable and insightful view into the life of the star, but with such an incredible story to tell, will make for real entertaining reading. Fans of his music and fans of his ‘reality’ TV persona will both enjoy his humorous and candid writing style and you can rest assured that he will leave no stone in his life unturned.