Biography

Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe Autobiography Of Bertrand Russell chronicles the extraordinary life of one of...

Author: Michael PalinBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun fade on cover as shown in picture.Pole To Pole chronicles Michael Palin's extraordinary journey from...

Author: MonetBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling volume, Monet By Himself, presents an intimate look into the life and artistic journey of...

At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world, A Language Older Than Words explains violence as a pathology that touches...

'Jamie is right at his peak today, with the ideal mixture of raw speed and experience. He may well surpass my records in the touring car championship. Right at the...

A hugely entertaining access-all-areas account of a year inside Formula 1, from Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Drive to Survive, one of the most successful Netflix series...

Physical Strength Can Only Take You So Far Reigning CrossFit World Champion Rich Froning is The Fittest Man on Earth. Hes fast. Hes strong. And hes incredibly disciplined. But it...

Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games ' games that left one of her three sons nearly...

This is an autobiography by the author of A Taste of Africa, Dorinda Hafner. She weaves traditional stories and recipes in this memoir of her Ghanian heritage and her 17...

Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004...

A poignant and humorous memoir from Tan France, star of the Emmy award-winning TV show Queer Eye and one of the few openly gay South Asian men on television THE...

The man whose corporate takeover attempts and shareholder activism reshaped the oil industry in the 1980s recounts his most awe-inspiring comeback, which saw him net over a billion dollars in...

When the CALL THE MIDWIFE books became bestsellers, Jennifer Worth was inundated with correspondence. People felt moved to write to her because the books had touched them, and because they...

With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the second ...a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out...

Surf by Day, Jam by Night is seasoned bluesman and surfer Ash Grunwald's deep dive into the extraordinary. Ash takes to the road, interviewing 15 of the world's top surfer-musicians....

One of Galileo's fingers is in a museum in Florence, Napoleon's severed penis is in the hands, as it were, of an American urologist. And the brain of the greatest...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The inspirational memoir from the founder of the You, Me and the Big C podcast, Rachael Bland. Courageous and life-affirming, this is a mother's final gift...

What does a diplomat actually do? Ashton takes us behind the scenes of major crises in Libya, Iran and more to reveal how modern-day diplomacy really works. So much of...

During the US book tour for his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens collapsed in his New York hotel room to excoriating pain in his chest and thorax. As he would later...

It's time to put the "home" back into our homeland. Part prescription and part memoir, this exceptional view of America's security concerns by a leading government Homeland Security advisor, Pulitzer...

'That life is an extraordinary one ... McDonald has grilled some of modern history's most revered and reviled figures, from Nelson Mandela to Saddam Hussein. In his memoir he offers...

From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky. "Here's a partial list of things I don't believe...

Who is The Secret Footballer? His identity is jealously guarded by just a handful of people. But whoever he is - and whoever he plays for - he is always...

Moses never wanted to be a leader. Jonah ran away from his missions call. And when Marcia Moston's husband came home with a call to foreign missions, she was sure...

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. Through inexperienced and unprepared, she feels drawn to the Appalachian Trail and sets out along...

In this delightful garden memoir, Paul Gervais recounts the challenges, elations, setbacks and revelations that accompanied the process of making an acclaimed garden out of the sprawling, overgrown grounds of...

This is a sequel to "Opposite the Cross Keys", the author's memoir of her East Anglian childhood. After her father's death in 1930, the 12-year-old Sylvia, determined not to go...

The hilarious true adventures of two young vets dealing with all creatures (and humans!) great and small in country Australia. 'This is a wonderful memoir ... the only fault I...

"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the...

What if the worst day of your life is actually the best day of your life? You have breast cancer - No one ever wants to hear those words. On...

Iraqi woman's true story of life inside Saddam Hussein's torture prisons, by the bestselling author of PRINCESS Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence...

Dan Savage's mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says "no thanks" because he doesn't want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his...

America's sweetheart, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and New York Times bestselling author Betty White shares intimate, funny, and enlightening stories about her very best friends in the world... All...

Ash in the Belly is a penetrating account of men, women and children living with hunger, illuminated by their courage in trying to cope and survive. It is simultaneously an...

A memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of eight piano pieces. 'A brief yet elegant excursion into the nature and execution of...

A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm 'Sebastian Junger bears witness to a hard-won and an uncertain new world, framed in...