Biography & Memoir

Malcolm Muggeridge / Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Vintage Paperback)

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Axel Munthe / The Story of San Michele (Vintage Paperback) (1)

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Axel Munthe / The Story of San Michele (Vintage Paperback)

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David Thomson / Woodbrook (Vintage Paperback) (1)

Woodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. It has been owned since the seventeenth century by the Anglo-Irish Kirkwoods. In...

L.T.C. Rolt / Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Vintage Paperback) (1)

By use of private papers hitherto unavailable to biographers, the author reveals the 19th-century England engineer who imparted more momentum to the greatest social revolution in all history than any...

James Herriot / Vets Might Fly (Vintage Paperback) (2)

A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in Darrowby and the wonders of home cooking are rudely interrupted for James Herriot by the Second World War. From the author whose books inspired the...

John Mortimer / In Character (Vintage Paperback)

The author's interviews in "The Sunday Times" command an enthusiastic following. Using his powers of cross-examination, and his playwright's ear for detail, he talks to such diverse personalities as...

Alistair Cooke / Six Men (Vintage Paperback)

The erudite writer and paragon of television commentators recalls his friendships with, and the personal characteristics of, Chaplin, the Duke of Windsor, Mencken, Adlai Stevenson, Bertrand Russell,...

Bob Champion / Champion's Story (Vintage Paperback) (1)

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James Herriot / Vets Might Fly (Vintage Paperback) (1)

A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in Darrowby and the wonders of home cooking are rudely interrupted for James Herriot by the Second World War. From the author whose books inspired the...

Crawford Brough Macpherson / Burke (Vintage Paperback)

In this concise yet powerful book, one of the twentieth century's most respected political philosophers presents a controversial reassessment of the political ideas and intellectual legacy of Edmund...

Hugh Tredennick / Plato: The Last Days of Socrates (Vintage Paperback) (1)

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Hugh Tredennick / Plato: The Last Days of Socrates (Vintage Paperback)

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Lytton Strachey / Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning; Florence Nightingale; Dr Arnold; the End of General Gordon (Modern Classics) (Vintage Paperback)

Eminent Victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper...

Michael J. Arlen / Exiles (Vintage Paperback)

Back in print, "a wry and moving... rare and minute accounting of growing up." (Time) Exiles is the story of two glamorous people—one, a beautiful aristocrat; the other, a self-made man, one of the...

Dion Leonard / Finding Gobi (Large Paperback)

Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner, crossed paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi,...

Notker Wolf / The Art of Leadership (Large Paperback)

Without question, managing people effectively requires strong leadership. Are these leadership qualities easily teachable? What exactly characterizes good leadership qualities? And what are the...

Dr Dann / Masquerade: Barack Obama and American Destiny (Large Paperback)

MASQUERADE uncovers the secret history of President Barack Obama, both the many lies about his biography and his "eternal" biography - his three previous incarnations, as Joseph Stalin, the Grand...

Richard Grudens / Bing Crosby (Large Paperback)

Here is the quintessential Bing Crosby tribute from the pen of author and music historian, Richard Grudens, documenting the story of Crosby's colourful life, family, radio and television shows, and...

Marc Eliot / Steve Mcqueen (Hardback)

Steve McQueen is one of America's legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film career in classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt,...

Phil Vickery / Raging Bull (Hardback)

From a pint and a pie to ice baths and deep tissue massages … from Cornish Colts to World Cup final captain … from qualified cattle inseminator to owner of a sports fashion label … Phil Vickery, aka...

Joan Duncan Oliver / Conversations with Buddha (Hardback)

Imagined by one of the world's leading experts on Buddhism, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of its famously wise founder. A relaxed chat with the Buddha tells us what...

Ai Weiwei / 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows (Large Paperback)

A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION. Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his...

Judith Newman / To Siri, with Love (Large Paperback)

'Incredibly moving' Daily Mail ' To Siri with Love is a beautifully honest and illuminating love letter to Gus, your typical atypical nonneurotypical human.' Jon Stewart 'A moving and witty memoir...

Rudolf Hoess / Commandant of Auschwitz (Large Paperback)

Rudolph Hoess was Commandant of Auschwitz during the war. He was taken prisoner by the British. Between his trial and his execution he was ordered to write his autobiography.     This book is second...

Ann Hagedorn / Sleeper Agent (Large Paperback)

Nominated for an Edgar Award? This “historical page-turner of the highest order ” ( The Wall Street Journal ) tells the chilling story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project in World...

Theresé Martin ( Saint Thérése of Lisieux) - The Little Flower - Autobiography & Letters - HB 1926

Published by Burns, Oates and Washbourne, London 1927.    Two and a half years before her death in 1897 at the age of 24, as Thérèse Martin began writing down her childhood memories at the request of...

Johnny Herbert / What Doesn't Kill You... (Hardback)

Johnny Herbert was one of the most brilliant natural talents to emerge in motor racing, but for all his bravery and prowess, he's lucky to be alive. After becoming British Junior Karting Champion...

Catherine Grace Katz / The Daughters of Yalta (Hardback)

The brilliant untold story of three daughters of diplomacy: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, glamorous, fascinating young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the...

Andrew Lownie / Entitled (Hardback)

Read the full story of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson's fall in the Sunday Times bestselling 'most devastating royal biography ever written' (Daily Mail)     This book is second hand,...

Kathleen Norris / Amazing Grace (Hardback)

The best-selling author of The Cloister Walk blends history, memoir, and theology with a strong grasp of language in a unique, personal, and compelling investigation into the key words of Christian...

Jo Hamilton / The Post Office Scandal and Me (Hardback)

*THE INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR FROM JO HAMILTON, AND WINNER OF THE SPEAKIES AWARD FOR NON-FICTION* WITH A FOREWORD FROM SIR ALAN BATES 'Jo is an inspiration', Monica Dolan, who played Jo in the ITV drama,...

Beatrice Hopkinson / Nursing Through Shot and Shell (Hardback)

This recently discovered memoir gives an intimate glimpse into the Great War service of Beatrice Hopkinson, a Territorial Forces Nursing Service Sister, who remained steadfastly and true to her...

Huey Morgan / The Fun Lovin' Criminal (Hardback)

When Fun Lovin' Criminals released their debut album Come Find Yourself in 1996, its fusion of hip-hop, funk, blues and rock quickly became one of the most iconic and influential records of the...

Zarna Garg / This American Woman (Hardback)

Growing up in India, everyone called Zarna "so American" just for reading the newspaper, having deep thoughts, and talking back to anyone over the age of thirty. When Zarna's dad tried to marry her...

Renia Spiegel / Renia's Diary (Hardback)

"The long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's last days during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into English, with a foreword from American Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt. Renia...

David Leigh / High Time (Hardback)

Hardback book dealing with the criminal career of Howard Marks. He was involved in smuggling large amounts of marijuana, and was also involved with British Intelligence. Marks later wrote his own...

Mark Shriver / A Good Man (Hardback)

In this intimate portrait of an extraordinary father-son relationship, Mark K. Shriver discovers the moral principles that guided his legendary father and applies them to his own life When Sargent...

Anne Theroux / The Year of the End (Hardback)

A memoir of marriage, truth and fiction 'This memoir is based on the diary I kept during 1990, the year that my first marriage came to an end.' After 22 years, spent across four continents, with two...

Clive James / Somewhere Becoming Rain (Hardback)

A love letter from one of the world's best living writers to one of its most cherished poets. Clive James is a life-long admirer of the work of Philip Larkin. Somewhere Becoming Rain gathers all of...

Aubrey Malone / Whirlwind (Hardback)

Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White is Britain's best-loved snooker player. A one-time ragamuffin straight out of the pages of Charles Dickens, he has enthralled audiences the world over for three decades with...

Martin Meredith / Nelson Mandela (Hardback)

Sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island for his part in organizing armed rebellion against South Africa's white rulers, Nelson Mandela stayed faithful to his goal of a peaceful, non-racial...

Annette Morreau / Emanuel Feuermann (Hardback)

The meteoric career of the Austrian cellist Emanuel Feuermann ended with his sudden and tragic death in 1942, aged only thirty-nine. A brilliant soloist and chamber performer, many expected him to...

Julie Gregory / My Father's Keeper (Hardback)

A powerful and compelling memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic father, who hid his mental illness behind a charismatic larger-than-life, gluttonous personality and found logical explanations for...

Paul Bowles / In Touch (Large Paperback)

This extraordinary collection of correspondence by Paul Bowles spans eight decades and provides an evolving portrait of an artist renowned for his privacy. From his earliest extant letter, written at...

Sir Stanley Hooker / Not Much Of An Engineer (Large Paperback)

Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in...

Anupreeta Das / Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King (Large Paperback)

*LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD* Chosen by as one of their BEST POLITICS BOOKS of 2024 'Anupreeta Das tracks the ups and downs of Bill Gates's career in her...

Reed Hastings / No Rules Rules (Large Paperback)

*** Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year *** It's time to do things differently. Trust your team. Be radically honest. And never, ever try to please your boss...

Kathryn Lynard Soper / Gifts (Large Paperback)

Having a baby with Down syndrome is not something most parents would willingly choose. Yet many who travel this path discover rich, unexpected rewards along the way. In this candid and poignant...

Martha Wainwright / Stories I Might Regret Telling You (Large Paperback)

'With disarming candour and courage, Martha tells us of finding her own voice and peace as a working artist and mother. Her story is made more unique because of the remarkably gifted musical family...

Richard Proenneke / One Man's Wilderness (Large Paperback)

The author chronicles his experiences living in the wilderness of Alaska and recounts his day-to-day activities of building a log cabin and making what he needed from materials around him.     This...

Emma Scrivener / A New Name (Large Paperback)

The face of anorexia is not a glossy model in a perfume ad. It's a starving animal, circling the empty cupboards, blank-eyed and vacant. It's a face frozen in a rictus grin, mouthing lies. 'I'm...