Biography & Memoir

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...

Tom Bower / Boris Johnson

Guardian 'literary highlights of 2020' Sunday Times 'books to watch out for in 2020' New Statesman 'books to read in 2020' Evening Standard 'thirteen titles to look for in 2020' As divisive as he is...

Alex Horne / Birdwatchingwatching

Alex Horne is not a birdwatcher. But his dad is, so with the prospect of fatherhood looming on his own horizon, Alex decided there was no better time to really get to know both his father and his...

Jude Rogers / The Sound of Being Human

A book about how music shapes every emotional stage of our lives from one of the most high-profile female pop writers in the UK today     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Gitta Sereny / The German Trauma

Gitta Sereny is one of the world's most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together the best of her writing on Germany from over sixty years. It amounts to an extraordinary...

Craig Bromfield / Be Good, Love Brian

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Johnny Sexton / Obsessed

'Sexton will go down as Ireland's greatest ever player ' Gordon D'Arcy, Irish Times No Irish rugby player has ever achieved more, or been a source of more inspiration to teammates and fans alike,...

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...

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...

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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Christian Lewis / Hildasay to Home

The number one Sunday Times bestseller 'Bursting with positivity and hope' - Ben Fogle Walking saved his life. Now it will help find him a family. In the follow-up to the acclaimed Finding Hildasay,...

Michael Munn / Sinatra Untold Story

'Ava tells me she's told you things you shouldn't know. Let me tell you this: you never tell anyone - not in my lifetime.' This is the warning that Michael Munn received over the telephone from...

Bill Hayes / Insomniac City

A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls 'the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected' of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks    ...

James Orbinski / An Imperfect Offering

Born in Britain in 1960, James Orbinski's family moved to Canada when he was seven years old. As a young man, he became a medic to learn how to help, and deal with, the suffering of others. From then...

Damien Lewis / Judy

The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Deric Longden / Diana's Story.

In 1971, Deric Longden's wife Diana fell ill with the mysterious disorder known as ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). She was unable to move without a wheelchair, and was in almost constant pain...

Kristin Hersh / Paradoxical Undressing

Kristin Hersh was a preternaturally bright teenager, starting university at fifteen and with her band, Throwing Muses, playing rock clubs she was too young to frequent. By the age of seventeen she...

Terri White / Coming Undone

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Chris Bryant / Glenda Jackson

The full story of Glenda Jackson's astonishing journey from Boots shop assistant to double-Oscar-winning actress with a triumphant stage career, and her re-invention of herself as a politician. In...

Tom Bower / The Squeeze

'The Squeeze' is an invaluable account of the modern oil industry and vital to understanding the awful truth about the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. With unprecedented access to their...

Francis Wheen / Strange Days Indeed

'If the 1960s were a wild weekend and the 1980s a hectic day at the office, the 1970s were a long Sunday evening in winter, with cold leftovers for supper and a power cut expected at any moment.' A...

Michael Schulman / Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep

Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming of age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her star-making roles in The...

Clare Wise / Not that Kind of Love

'A remarkable account of illness, loss and the power of sibling love' The Times 'Wise's reflections on compassion fatigue are worth the price of this book alone, but what you take away is something...

Ophelia Field / The Kit-Cat Club

This is the fascinating history of the male-only members of the Kit-Cat Club, the unofficial centre of Whig power in 17th century Britain, and home to the greatest political and artistic thinkers of...

Ashley Dartnell / Farangi Girl

Ashley Dartnell's mother was a glamorous American, her father a dashing Englishman, each trying to slough off their past and upgrade to a more romantic and exotic present in Iran. As the story...

John Colmer / The Penguin book of Australian autobiography

Extracts from the autobiographies and memoirs of over forty Australians, including Dick Roughsey, Kevin Gilbert and Charles Perkins.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Nigel Farndale / Last Action Hero of the British Empire

1949, the beginning of the Cold War: Lt-Cdr John Kerans, stuck in a desk job In Nanking, is suddenly called upon by the Admiralty to go to the rescue of a naval frigate, HMS Amethyst, which has been...

Charlotte Browne / Simone Biles

This is the story of one of the world's best gymnasts and her journey to greatness.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...