Biography & Memoir

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...

Argita Zalli / Good Morning, Hope (Large Paperback)

A memoir about Albanian twin sisters who flee their impoverished, war-torn homeland for England, only to face more hardship when they arrive.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get...

Barry Levine / All the President's Women (Large Paperback)

"Based on groundbreaking original reporting, an extensive new look at Donald Trump's relationships with women, revealing new accusations of sexual misconduct, exploring the roots of his alleged...

Hugh. Leonard / Home Before Night (Vintage Paperback) (2)

'Our dog, Jack, was anti-clerical...but my father clung to the theory that the dog simply detested the colour black...' Hugh Leonard's delightful autobiographical evocation of his Dublin childhood in...

Mary O'Hara / The Scent of the Roses (Vintage Paperback) (1)

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Jeremy Bernstein / Einstein (Modern Masters) (Vintage Paperback)

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Alfred Einstein / Mozart: His Character, His Work (Vintage Paperback)

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John Lyons / Chomsky (Modern Masters) (Vintage Paperback)

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Dale Evans Rogers / Woman (Vintage Paperback)

A discussion of the views of a well-know celebrity on women, teen-age motherhood, divorce, remarriage, and other issues that affect women.     All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture...

Joni Eareckson / A Step Further (Vintage Paperback)

Written by a woman who has been a quadriplegic since the age of seventeen, this deeply personal and religious book reflects the spiritual insight and maturity with which she views her suffering    ...

James Herriot / If Only They Could Talk (Vintage Paperback) (5)

When newly qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he has no idea what to expect. How will he get on with his new boss? Herriot's books form the basis of the...

Andrew Turnbull / Scott Fitzgerald (Vintage Paperback)

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James Herriot / Let Sleeping Vets Lie (Vintage Paperback) (3)

With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the Yorkshire moors as assistant vet to the Darrowby practice. Herriot's books form the basis of the popular BBC...

James Herriot / Let Sleeping Vets Lie (Vintage Paperback) (2)

With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as assistant vet at the Darrowby practice. It's not all chasing livestock around...

Spike Milligan / Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (Vintage Paperback)

'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked "This is your enemy." I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train...' Spike...

Peggy Anderson / Nurse: Story of Mary Benjamin (Vintage Paperback)

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Charlie Chaplin / My Autobiography (Vintage Paperback)

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David Thomson / Woodbrook (Vintage Paperback)

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Peter Ustinov / Dear Me (Vintage Paperback) (1)

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Mary O'Hara / The Scent of the Roses (Vintage Paperback)

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Blake Morrison / Two Sisters (Hardback)

'Tender, vivid and achingly sad' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEAR TWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison's ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father? which forged...

Nicky Curtis / Faith and Duty (Hardback)

Nicky Collins, one of the most highly decora ted British soldiers ever to serve in Northern Ireland, has finally written an account of his unusual experiences there. '     This book is second hand,...

Garry Wills / Certain Trumpets (Hardback)

An examination of the nature of leadership. The author draws a wide range of portraits from history and represents revolutionary, political, religious, business, artistic, sports and military leaders...

Geoffrey Wheatcroft / Absent Friends (Hardback)

Memories of friends past are as important as, and more sustaining than, memories of times past. Geoffrey Wheatcroft found his thoughts turning again and again to a number of people he had known. Some...

Daniel Snowman / Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera (Hardback)

Behind the scenes with Placido Domingo, the reader discovers the blood, sweat and tears which go into the staging of an opera. Productions at four of the world's great opera houses are featured:...

James P. Carse / Breakfast at the Victory (Hardback)

In this memoir, the author revisits ordinary moments in his life and distills the wondrous in the terrible, and the sublime in the remarkable. Carse freezes moments of time and consciousness,...

Ronnie O'Sullivan / Unbreakable (Hardback)

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 and THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 'Reading this is like watching an O'Sullivan...

Craig Cabell / Terry Pratchett - The Spirit of Fantasy (Hardback)

Terry Pratchett is one of the most loved writers in the world. With worldwide sales of over 65 million copies in 37 languages, his novels are eagerly awaited by his legions of fans year after year...

John Weitz / Hitler's Banker (Hardback)

A biography of Hjalmar Schacht, Chief Architect of the Nazi economy, whose rampant inflation financed the creation of the Europe's war machine in the devastated Weimar Republic. His meteoric success...

Lawrence Wright / Going Clear (Hardback)

National Book Award Finalist A clear-sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, the now-classic study of...

Bob Harig / Tiger & Phil (Hardback)

Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf's two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. For more than two decades,...

John Quinn / Moments (Hardback)

Moments: in innocent incidents and everday occurrences; in the words we use; in letters, text messages; in natural phenomena; in lines of poetry, anecdotes; in chance meetings; in the comings and...

Joseph T. Wilson / The Politics of Truth (Hardback)

A former career diplomat who has served through the last three presidential administrations and two wars with Iraq offers an eye-opening account of the Bush administration's falsification of...

Gerald Blaine / The Kennedy Detail (Hardback)

THE SECRET SERVICE. An elite team of men who share a single mission: to protect the president of the United States. On November 22, 1963, these men failed-and a country would never be the same. Now,...

William Skidelsky / Federer and Me (Hardback)

For much of the past decade, William Skidelsky has not been able to stop thinking about Roger Federer, the greatest and most graceful tennis player of all time. It's a devotion that has been...

William J. Mann / The Contender (Hardback)

Entertainment Weekly' s BIG FALL BOOKS PREVIEW Selection Best Book of 2019 -- Publisher's Weekly Based on new and revelatory material from Brando's own private archives, an award-winning film...

Patrick Garland / The Incomparable Rex (Hardback)

A biography of Rex Harrison. The author of this book worked with Harrison on "My Fair Lady" and came to know him well. As well as famed for his style, wit, and performance as Henry Higgins on both...

Michael Rosen / Many Different Kinds of Love (Hardback)

A Guardian Book of the Year An Evening Standard Book of the Year An Independent Book of the Year Netgalley's non-fiction Book of the Year A national treasure's journey to the brink and back. 'Will I...

Martyn Gregory / Diana (Hardback)

A book which tries to reveal why Diana died and why it should never have happened. It debunks myths, showing many of them to be Fayed-inspired propaganda, Diana and Dodi were not victims of a...

Phyllis Richardson / The House of Fiction (Hardback)

From the gothic fantasies of Walpole's Otranto to post-modern takes on the country house by Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, Phyllis Richardson guides us on a tour through buildings real and imagined...

Kathleen Hale / A Slender Reputation (Hardback)

The creator of the Orlando books was born in 1898. A writer of great wit and perception, she has written a fascinating autobiography that spans almost a century     This book is second hand, and...

Robert Reilly / Irish Saints (Hardback)

The trials and successes of the twelve Irish saints including Ireland's Patron Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid, who founded Ireland's first community of sisters, and many others who were either canonized...

Steven Derix / A Biography of Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's War Leader (Hardback)

Volodymyr Zelensky: From Comedian to President - The True Story of Courage, Leadership, and Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Perfect for readers searching for a biography of Volodymyr Zelensky and a brief...

Alison Bechdel / Are You My Mother? (Hardback)

An expansive, moving and captivating graphic memoir from the author of Fun Home. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a literary phenomenon. While Fun Home explored Bechdel's relationship with her father, a...

Wayne W. Dyer / I Can See Clearly Now (Hardback)

For many years, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer's fans have wondered when he would write a memoir. Well, after four decades as a teacher of self-empowerment and the best-selling author of more than 40 books, Wayne...

Margaret Atwood / Negotiating with the Dead (Hardback)

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William Hallberg / Perfect Lies (Hardback)

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Neal Gabler / Walter Winchell And The Culture Of Gossip (Hardback)

Through the figure of Broadway hack Walter Winchell, a commentator through his gossip column and radio shows, this book builds a picture of the influence of the media on popular culture and history...

Adam Savage / Every Tool's A Hammer (Hardback)

* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'An imperative how-to for creativity...I adore this book' Nick Offerman Adam Savage - star of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters and one...

Willy Brandt / My Life in Politics (Hardback)

Born in 1913 to poor working-class parents, Willy Brandt was involved in socialist politics from an early age. By 1933 he was an active anti-Nazi, so that at 19 he had to flee Germany for Denmark and...

Ben Watt / Romany and Tom (Hardback)

Ben Watt's father, Tommy, was a working-class Glaswegian jazz musician, a politicised left-wing bandleader and a composer. His heyday in the late fifties took him into the glittering heart of...

Tom Bower / No Angel (Hardback)

'I'm no angel.' Bernie Ecclestone Born into poverty, Bernie Ecclestone has made himself a billionaire by developing the world's second most popular sport - Formula One racing. Private, mysterious and...