Personal Memoirs

This last volume of Lady Diana Cooper's memoirs covers the years of the Second World War and its aftermath, when her husband Duff Cooper served as Minister of Information and then in various diplomat posts around the world. We accompany the Coopers on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671755140Author FISHERFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

In My Shoes by Tamara Mellon, tells the Jimmy Choo founder's jaw-dropping account of her life in the fashion business.'Wonderfully bling' Sunday Times'Part memoir, part MBA masterclass... an impressively erudite and candid autobiography' Glamour'From her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761108570Author Jules RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & Schuster AustraliaPublisher Simon & Schuster Australia

'A tender memoir of the challenges of bereavement ... I closed this book wishing I'd met her - but feeling that I almost had' Daily Telegraph _______________ A memoir of a husband's grief, and an unforgettable portrait of a marriage; a profound...

In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood-the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie-tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995792050Author Peter WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 309Imprint The Book Nut PublishingPublisher The Book Nut PublishingWeight(grams) 148g

Busty babe Holly Hagan has had viewers of Geordie Shore glued to their screens ever since her arrival in the first series. Fed up with her dead end job at a call centre, and with dreams of being a star one day, Holly applied for a new reality TV show...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957917108Author Kimberly KearnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Glass Spider PublishingPublisher Glass Spider PublishingWeight(grams)...

Yeti (male 28) seeks mate. Can be seen Christmas/Easter roaming Ben Nevis, Snowdon some weekends in between. Migrates to Alps around June. Very friendly, generally harmless, except on ski-slopes. Very safe experienced motorcyclist Britain and abroad -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250835475Author Daniella Mestyanek YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams)...

Material Properties, Jacob Polley's fiith collection of poems with Picador, asks what it might mean to interpret and translate wildness into human language and human understanding. The book is a multi-faceted and vital exploration of the non-human, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578771694Author K D LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Landmark PublishingPublisher Landmark PublishingWeight(grams) 127g

Wilfred Thesiger, this century's greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although Wilfred Thesiger is still largely associated with the Arabian deserts and the Marshes of Iraq, he has also travelled...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400080465Author Amy Rosenthal KrouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 315g

Ellen Keane spent most of her teens uncomfortable with her limb difference. Hiding behind long-sleeved hoodies, she perfected poses in photographs and concealed her insecurities. How did she go from being a shy young girl to a strong, confident woman and...

______________ First published in 1977, A Postillion Struck by Lightning is volume one of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs. Following Bogarde from childhood through adolescence, to the beginnings of his budding career, A Postillion Struck by...

His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic - a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable - remaining vibrant and alive. Here now, newly discovered, are Tupac's most honest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784659028Author Sheila Judith Anne AyresFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Vogue's Best Books of the Year, 2018Sunday Times' Best Memoirs of the Year, 2018A New York Times Book of the YearNew Yorker Book of the YearA frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs.Born on a farm and named in a...

From Gower to Flintoff, Waugh to Vaughan, Cronje to Pietersen, Paul Nixon has shared a dressing room with some of the most evocative names in international and domestic cricket - and often enraged them on the field of play. The wicketkeeper, known as his...

'A fascinating account of a man of great humility and remarkable courage.' - The Daily Record. The Cairngorm mountains in Scotland are a magnet for climbers and walkers. John Allen spent more than thirty years in the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team saving...

A Daily Express Book of the Year 'Engrossing ... grips you and doesn't let go.' The Spectator 'Waterdrinker's gift for savage comedy and his war correspondent's eye have few contemporary equivalents.' The Times A thrilling escapade through the Soviet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640096196Author Mel WeitsmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250751478Author T MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour"Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson"In a remarkable new book, Alice's granddaughter Karina, a noted historian, has...

Kosovo: the name conjures up blood: ethnic cleansing and war. This book reveals another side to the newest country in the world a land of generous families, strong tastes and lush landscapes: a land of honey. Elizabeth Gowing is rushed to Kosovo, on a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550225464Author Neil PeartFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

A candid and personal insight into the life and work of the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton, by his intellectual biographer Mark Dooley. This book reveals what life was like for Roger Scruton growing up in High Wycombe, how he survived Cambridge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638293019Author Bruce SchurmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers LLCWeight(grams)...

"Hailed as the next Eat, Pray, Love" - CNN International "In this charming and highly readable memoir, the author takes a year off and tackles internships with gusto, proving that sometimes uprooting your entire life is the only way forward." -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767931786Author Brent W. JeffsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232g

This is Mark Twain's description of life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. It includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood...

'Long before her retirement, Judge Gillian Hussey had been conferred with the status of "legend of the bench". This book gives a wonderful insight into the complex demands and balances that confronted her day in, day out. It's a fascinating and...

Gaynor escaped an abusive marriage riddled with fear and insecurity and was afraid to live. Any spark she once had had long been extinguished. When she began to find herself, she decided to grab life with both hands and start living. What had she got to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504372060Author Matt JardineFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Balboa PressPublisher Balboa PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222337Author John DoranFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

'A gorgeously candid account of acting and show business. And an intimate and heartfelt story of love, loss and a life spent together. It is an honour to be invited in on these diaries. I cannot remember being so moved by a book' Dolly Alderton...

On one side, there is Grace: prize-winning author Diana Abu-Jaber's tough, independent sugar-fiend of a German grandmother, wielding a suitcase full of holiday cookies. On the other, Bud: a flamboyant, spice-obsessed Arab father, full of passionate...

Now in paperback and newly expanded, this gripping memoir is hailed as essential by Joy Harjo, Leslie Marmon Silko, and ELLE magazine-among others.Bad Indians-part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir-is essential reading for anyone seeking to...