Biography

The book titled Wainewright the Poisoner: The Confession of Thomas Griffiths by the author Andrew Motion. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Noel Coward: The First In-Depth Biography of One of the Most Magnetic by the author Clive Fisher. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

Watched by the world with bated breath, read the enthralling autobiography of cave-diver Rick Stanton, who played a leading role in the Thai cave rescue in 2018 In July 2018,...

One of the New York Times 's 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of NPR's 10 Best Books of 2016 "Heartachingly relevant...the Eleanor Roosevelt who inhabits these meticulously crafted pages...

New York Times bestseller A down-to-earth, hilarious collection of stories and musings on marriage, motherhood, and country life from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and star of the...

The Inspiration for the New Podcast Featuring Jason Rezaian. "544 Days" is a Spotify original podcast, produced by Gimlet, Crooked Media and A24. The dramatic memoir of the journalist who...

As a follow up to his phenomenal New York Times bestselling memoir, Highest Duty , Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger explores exactly what it takes to lead and inspire. In...

Now in paperback: RFK Jr. describes his life growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that...

'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance to. I wish everyone would.' Sofie Hagen 'Uncompromising, anguished, combative: culture wars have victims,...

At age seven, Graham Rundle was taken by his father for a 'holiday' to Eden Park, a Salvation Army boys' home outside Adelaide. As soon as his father left, Graham...

For many people, wine is an anxiety-inducing mystery, and with so many varieties, it's difficult to know what to choose. That uncertainty often prevents them from enjoying wine, depriving them...

W. Macmahon Ball was a seminal figure in the development of the discipline of political science in...

"My Lords, The several Goals and Places for the Confinement of Felons in this Kingdom being in so crouded a State ... I ... signify to your Lordships His Majesty's...

As the new Scout District Commissioner, he officiated in welcomes to the then Queensland Head Scout Governor Henry Abel Smith, and Lady May. Les died -- on 11 December 2000...

The book titled With Dew on My Boots by the author Colin Thiele. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Dick Cheney is the most powerful yet most unpopular vice president in American history. He has thrived alongside a president who, from day one, had little interest in policy and...

At once harrowing and light-hearted, Sulzbach's exceptional diary has been highly praised since its orginal publication in Germany in 1935. With the reprint of this classic account of trench warfare...

Revealing, uplifting, heartbreaking - this is stand-up comedian Simon Amstell in his own words. 'A beautiful and clever book about being human' Russell Brand COMEDY. TRAGEDY. THERAPY. Simon Amstell did...

I had been looking for someone to write to for a long time, but how does a man write letters to a god? From his Mediterranean garden on the island...

'Honest and articulate and beautifully written.' Rosie Waterland 'Tanya Hennessy is a fabulous crazy cat! A true original-relatable, hilarious, and disarmingly frank.' Larry Emdur 'Tanya is unique, raw, creative and...

A mother's battle against her seven-year-old daughter's obesity. A mother's battle against her seven-year-old daughter's obesity. When a doctor pronounced Dara-Lynn Weiss's daughter, Bea, obese at the age of seven,...

The book titled A Moment of War: A Memoir of the Spanish Civil War by the author Laurie Lee. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The heartwarming true story of how one man's life was saved by adopting an overweight, middle-aged shelter dog named Peety. Eric O'Grey was 150 pounds overweight, depressed, and sick. After...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016 "As compelling and entertaining as a detective novel" ( The Economist ), the incredible true story--part...

'The literature of the time after begins here' EVENING STANDARD 'A jolt of brevity and simplicity' THE TIMES 'In one short hour, in the midst of this difficult moment, Giordano...

In Furiously Happy , #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds...

Not since A.L. Rowse published his memoir On Historians has such a witty and perceptive memoir been published by a celebrated historian. Captain Professor constitutes the memoir of one of...

The book titled Richard Meinertzhagen: Soldier, Scientist and Spy by the author Mark Cocker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pilot and director of thunderstorm research. During...

The story of Zelda Sayre, a talented and beautiful Southern belle who captured the heart of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book recounts the lives of a couple who symbolized...

The book titled Saturday at M.I.9: History of Underground Escape Lines in N.W.Europe by the author Airey Neave. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Written over twenty years ago, The Restless Heart was the product of a lonely young man searching for meaning to his feelings of emptiness and isolation. Powerful and autobiographical this...

An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. For the "serious traveller", one who is fully engaged with the...

Global bestselling author Raynor Winn returns with her third and most ambitious memoir, a chronicle of her journey across Great Britain. As the fracture lines between nations grow wider, how...

Leo Tolstoy(1828-1910) was born into one of the grand old families of Imperial Russia. The loss of both of his parents during childhood was the prelude to a series of...

The book titled Gorillas in the Mist by the author Dian Fossey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

"Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as...

"Toni Morrison once said, 'The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction.' In The Moment , Bakari Sellers brilliantly and precisely cuts through the noise of the calculated,...

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best...

An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon's profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important...

THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025 'The best memoir you will read all year' NICK HORNBY 'A triumph - a meditation...

A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...

The book titled Orwell by the author Raymond Williams. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is the sensational inside story on how professional punter Patrick Veitch overcame adversity to take the bookmakers for over GBP 10 million in an eight year period. Veitch studied...

This book recounts the full range of Theodore Von Karman's scientific and social accomplishments. Regarded as one of the fathers of supersonic flight, Von Karman pioneered the use of applied...

A semi-autobiographical novel that attacks Victorian era hypocrisy as it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. Butler dared not publish it during his lifetime, but when it was published,...

The true story of one of the men who took part in the famous Great Escape. When the Royal Canadian Air Force wouldn't accept him as a pilot in the...