Personal Memoirs

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.5px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #353535} On the night of April 6, 2007, in Iraq's Anbar Province, Senior Chief Mike Day, his team of Navy SEALs, and a group of Iraqi scouts were on the hunt for a high-level al Qaeda...

The Silver Invicta is a stream of impressions from a fishing life, in its varying moods, coloured with plenty of whisky and eccentric company. Join Tom Harland on his light-hearted journeys with his fly rod; take part in his triumphs and disasters on...

'Electric Wizard is heavy, man - we don't sing about love and flowers.' Jus ObornIn 1993, in the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, the heaviest band in the world was born. Led by guitarist and singer Jus Oborn, Electric Wizard began as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143109679Author Yvon ChouinardFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 582g

'Life is too short to waste time on second-class ambitions. Go for the big ones.' Now in his late seventies, Sir Ranulph Fiennes looks back on a lifetime of exploration, and draws powerful, inspiring lessons that we can all use when faced by the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER AND WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE BOOK AWARD'I love this man so much. He was, and always will be, my knight in shining Westwood.' DAVINA MCCALL'This is a story that should never have been told' KATE MOSS'The perfect beach read' THE...

How do partners in long-lasting relationships live together without driving each other up a wall? After forty years of marriage, Michaele Weissman has a few answers.When they first meet, John- a dashing European, a Latvian refugee, a physics PhD-is...

Drinking and Tweeting meets Unorthodox in this vulnerable memoir about The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star's departure from the Mormon Church, and her unforeseen success in business, television, and single motherhood. Straight off the slopes and...

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Rivera-three-time Tony Award-winner, Kennedy Centers honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa...

The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982163891Author Kara SwisherFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm...

'Emotional, insightful, beautifully written. A story of making saves and being saved. The best football book I have read this year.' Henry WinterSir Alex Ferguson looked at Joe Sealey: 'You know your dad saved my career?' Joe replied: 'And you saved his...

WINNER OF THE 2023 JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 'Unparalleled.' THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'A true masterpiece.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A tour de force.' GUY SHRUBSOLE 'Quietly courageous.' PATRICK BARKHAM 'Lyrical, wholehearted...

Oleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer ever to work for Britain.For eleven years, from 1974 to 1985, he acted as a secret agent, reporting to the British Secret Intelligence Service while continuing to work as a KGB officer, first in...

In Double Talkin' Jive legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374603427Author Dwight GarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

At the age of 18, Mansoor Adayfi left his home in Yemen for a cultural mission to Afghanistan. He never returned. Kidnapped by warlords and then sold to the US after 9/11, he was disappeared to Gauntanamo Bay, where he spent the next 15 years as Detainee...

Taslima Nasrin is known for her powerful writing on women's rights and uncompromising criticism of religious fundamentalism. This defiance on her part had led to the ban on the Bengali original of this book by the Left Front in West Bengal as well as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455562725Author Melissa BroderFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401324056Author John KralikFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 138mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478993438Author Jesse ItzlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Center StreetPublisher Center StreetWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm *...

Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, tells the shocking, "shot through with sharp humor" (The Washington Post), spiritually profound story of his journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage.One...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Oxford Weidenfeld Prize.Book InformationISBN 9780143108252Author Ernst JungerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063288690Author Jana KramerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story. Jenny Doan has one of those great American stories.Over the last decade, the Doan family business has grown from Jenny's corner shop to become the largest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401908881Author Denise LinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Hay House IncPublisher Hay House IncWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 154mm * 20mm

It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400026647Author Richmond P. HobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint McClelland & StewartPublisher McClelland & StewartWeight(grams)...

The legendary six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete shares lessons from her inspiring story of leveling up her performance, embracing failure, and fiercely taking on impossible goals.Tia Toomey, the world's fittest woman, has won the...

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARLonglisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year'Rich and joyous ...The book's quiet optimism about our ability to change, and to learn to love small things passionately, will stay with me for a long time' Helen...

*NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness and moral decay' Rory Stewart'Hilarious, shocking and deeply sad - often in the same sentence' Sunday Times'The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass' Irvine WelshAn...

*THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'This book might just change your life' Sunday Times'Wise, wonderful, moving and brilliant... will leave your heart in a much better place' StylistAfter years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist...

NERO BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2023WINNER, NON FICTION BOOK 2023, BOOKS ARE MY BAG AWARDSSHORTLIST, BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPIONSSHORTLIST, AMAZON NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLIST, GOODREADS CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEARAudible Books of the Year 2023The Times...

The Sunday Times bestseller 'Are you ready, Max? If anyone's going to help me do this, it's you.' The heart-warming tale of a life-saving friendship. In 2006, a...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDSReuben, aged 38, was living in a home for adults with learning disabilities and struggling to accept that he had Down's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399588600Author Suleika JaouadFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

'During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he's a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm & mischief.' - Sara Cox'Fans of Throw Down will enjoy this...

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy,...

'Totally addictive.'- Alice Loxton, The Daily Telegraph'An intriguing, highly snackable guide to women's experiences.' - Independent'A modern classic.' - Alison Weir, author and historian'The sort of book you return to again and again.' - Tracy Borman,...

An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild. Surviving in the wilderness has long been associated with men, and conservation and...