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"Last Witness in the Bunker" is an account of Hitler's last days in the bunker in the basement of the Reich Chancellory with Eva Braun and his household staff. Galante...

A deeply moving and inspiring memoir that tells the remarkable life story of Baroness Young of Hornsey, from her childhood in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black...

A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITY The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our time. In this engaging and provocative new...

After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old. At first, she's no...

The re-release of the World War I memoirs of a Melbourne law student. First published in 1920, it was reissued by Duffy and Snellgrove in 1998 and sold mainly through...

This book explores the adventure of writing your life story. Everyone can write a life story. If you have dreamed by childhood creeks, played in a dusty schoolyard, watched the...

A new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks 'A wise and heartfelt piece of writing' THE TIMES 'Witty' INDEPENDENT 'Wry and reflective . ....

'What a wonderful, honest, refreshing book, full of free-spirited adventure, humour and profound thoughts to provide inspiration to anyone who simply dreams of getting out and doing their own thing'...

It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs,...

'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...

Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards 'brave ... visceral ... a brilliant, brilliant read ... I would recommend this book to everyone.' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live 'so...

'An empowering read . . . it is refreshing to see somebody celebrate the role that black Britons have played in this island's long and complicated history' DAVID LAMMY, author...

Throughout his life, Michael Harding has lived with a sense of emptiness - through faith, marriage, fatherhood and his career as a writer, a pervading sense of darkness and unease...

'A very special book that I enjoyed enormously' Cees Nooteboom A dazzling ode to life, literature and Paris, the French capital that even in emptiness and desolation will always be...

AS SEEN ON BBC TWO'S HIT TV-SHOW 'THIS FARMING LIFE' 'A heartwarming tale of life on the land' Alan Titchmarsh 'There's love and loss, challenge and adversity, but above all...

In 2017, Tracy Hall's life went from fact to fiction overnight when she discovered the man she'd been dating for nearly two years, Max, was actually one of Australia's most...

The book titled Karajan: Notes on a Career by the author Robert C. Bachmann. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

n intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's...

'My name is Patrick John Duggan and I was - am - a soldier.' So begins the story of Pat Duggan's life in the Army, and service in the Vietnam...

What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself? From a spectacular career spanning almost three decades, these...

'Excellent . . . A celebration of peculiarity' Vogue 'Humour-packed, irreverent, eccentric' Elle Have you ever wondered what it would be like talk to Parker Posey? On an airplane, with...

This national bestseller is a dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting. Armored cars, burner phones, top-notch weaponry and top-secret missions -- this is the life of...

'An exquisitely-written, generous, funny, thoughtful book about the everyday joys of being alive. I love it.' Dolly Alderton 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th...

Five kids orphaned by a terrible accident ...a struggling family living in the most isolated spot on earth ...a single dad battling to cope in a house falling down around...

In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze , Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who one fateful night was beaten...

Follow the misadventures of Ian Moore as he chronicles the charming and chaotic escapades of his family and their eccentric assembly of animals, on their continued search for serenity in...

"A magical and hugely captivating journey - filled with such beauty, wonder and surprise. A simply marvellous read, hugely recommended" - Stephen Fry A real-life journey through the fantastical world...

Critically acclaimed, candid, unsparing, surprising and darkly funny, this memoir of a 1970s upbringing by the much-loved broadcaster Justin Webb is as much a portrait of that strange decade as...

What can a scrap of embroidery tell us about how to live? How can the past help us imagine unconstrained lives when not all traces remain? To explore these questions,...

From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care. Parents Angelina and Ben exist in enviable luxury: not just wealth,...

'A rollicking cultural adventure... fascinating and true' - Grayson Perry This funny and personal memoir is the account of an audacious attempt by James Birch, a young British curator, to...

I can't think of anywhere I'd less like to be than in a car. When you're driving a car, you're not taking part, you're a spectator. You're in a can;...

A dazzling 'tell-most' memoir: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny scenes from the life of actor Minnie Driver. Managing Expectations is a collection of delicately crafted, hilarious and heartfelt essays, described as...

Yesterday Morning is a vivid recollection of Diana Athill's joyful beginnings. It is also a remarkable insight into a now vanished world; this is England in the 1920s, seen with...

Advice, insight and hilarious revelations from the bestselling author of LADY IN WAITING - THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MOTHER'S DAY 'This second volume of memoirs is as fascinating as the...

A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a fearless exploration of queer identity and trauma. A luminous...

* AS HEARD ON STEPHEN BARTLETT'S DIARY OF A CEO * * THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK * 'I wish he could...

THE NEWEST OPRAH BOOK CLUB 2016 SELECTION! 'A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF VULNERABILITY . . . IT'S AS IF SHE REACHED INTO HER HEART, CAPTURED THE RAW EMOTIONS THERE,...

"Hamish has been one of my closest comrades on the front line. Completely fearless, he is one of the leading chemical weapons expert on the globe. His training has saved...

With her song 'I Am Woman', Helen Reddy provided the feminist anthem of the 1970s. In this highly anticipated memoir, Helen reveals that she is much more than the entertainer...

"Autobiography" covers Morrissey's life from his birth until the present day. Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982 1987),...

In late summer 1940, Hitler told his army to prepare to invade England. The nation waited, breathless with tension, for the Nazi threat to become real. Acclaimed author Midge Gillies...

Wry, off-beat and subversive - a Jewish family memoir like no other, from the author of the cult classic novel Submarine Joe Dunthorne's great-grandfather was a family legend: the eccentric...

'One of the funniest books I have ever read' HADLEY FREEMAN 'A masterpiece ' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'The read of the summer' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Brilliant ... funny and moving' ADAM...