Personal Memoirs

From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today.You're British.Your parents are British.Your partner, your...

For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC's hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996044042Author Susan BranchFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Spring Street PublishingPublisher Spring Street PublishingWeight(grams)...

The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. This book tells the true story of Cathy's adopted daughter Lucy. Lucy was born to a single mother who had been abused and neglected...

THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - FEATURING A NEW CHAPTER ON WINTER COMFORTSReflections on hope, survival and the messy miracle of being aliveThe Comfort Book is a collection of consolations learned in hard times and suggestions for making...

THE FASCINATING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAssaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It's all in a week's work at HMP Parkhurst.After 28 years working as a prison officer, with 22 years at HMP...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455534685Author Jesse ItzlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Center StreetPublisher Center StreetWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

Now the subject of a major new film starring Colin Firth as Ewen Montagu in Operation Mincemeat.In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse wearing the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines was slipped into the waters off the south-west coast of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374534370Author Christian WimanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

'Riveting . . . Honnold is neither crazy nor reckless. Alone on the Wall reveals him to be an utterly unique and extremely appealing young man' - Jon Krakauer, bestselling author of Into the Wild.This updated edition contains the account of Alex's El...

Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back.This is something...

The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller by the shepherdess and star of Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm.'With its fizzing energy and celebration of nature and community, this is perfect comfort reading for uncertain times' - Daily MailAmanda Owen loves her...

As Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spokesman and chief strategist to Tony Blair. Prelude to Power is the first of four volumes, and covers the...

The Sunday Times Bestseller All Michael Parkinson really wanted to do was play cricket for Yorkshire and England. However, he soon realised that to be paid to watch films, football and cricket would be the best way to spend life, and he became a...

'I'm lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I've had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories I have only ever shared with my friends. After all, you've got to have a bit of mystery, so I hide a knowing smile behind my...

'I'm lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I've had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories I have only ever shared with my friends. After all, you've got to have a bit of mystery, so I hide a knowing smile behind my...

Can we ever really know the truth about our parents? From the popular journalist, podcaster and tweeter about his rescue dog #SophiefromRomania, comes a compelling memoir in search of the truth behind his isolated childhood and absent father.Book...

A NEW, REVISED EDITION OF THE ULTIMATE NORA EPHRON COLLECTION, PACKED WITH WIT, WISDOM AND COMFORT, WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS'The perfect introduction to the iconic writer' STYLISTINCLUDING:* Nora's much-loved essays on everything...

IF YOU LOVE DAWN, YOU'LL LOVE HEARING ABOUT ALL THE TIMES SHE'S BEEN A COMPLETE TWAT . . .When I was younger I wanted to be an interesting, sophisticated, semi-heroic, multi-layered person.BUT.That kind of perfect is impossible. Being an actual twat is...

IF YOU LOVE DAWN, YOU'LL LOVE HEARING ABOUT ALL THE TIMES SHE'S BEEN A COMPLETE TWAT . . .When I was younger I wanted to be an interesting, sophisticated, semi-heroic, multi-layered person.BUT.That kind of perfect is impossible. Being an actual twat is...

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER 'An unforgettable epic of...

Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass returns with her first novel. The Girl in the Mirror is a moving and gripping story of a young woman who tries to piece together her past and uncovers a dreadful family secret that has been...

The real Molly-Mae, in her own wordsMolly-Mae Hague is no stranger to the limelight, having found fame on TV and online. But behind the polished exterior there is a young girl with a unique story. It's the Molly not everyone gets to see.In Becoming...

The real Molly-Mae, in her own wordsMolly-Mae Hague is no stranger to the limelight, having found fame on TV and online. But behind the polished exterior there is a young girl with a unique story. It's the Molly not everyone gets to see.In Becoming...

The Twentieth Anniversary Edition*WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby's million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic'A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book. . . inventive, honest, funny, heroic,...

The Sunday Times bestseller by Jay Blades, the beloved star of hit BBC One show The Repair Shop. Making It is an inspirational memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless.We had our hardships, and there were...

The Sunday Times bestseller by Jay Blades, the beloved star of hit BBC One show The Repair Shop. Making It is an inspirational memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless.We had our hardships, and there were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062968821Author Patrik SvenssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 135g

Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison.It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a...

The funny, touching and entertaining story of how Jo Hardy, the star of BBC2's Young Vets, gets to grips with animals big and small, friendly and not-at-all-happy, on the road to becoming a fully qualified vet. 'Stand well clear. Keep your...

'A brilliant, very funny, very revealing autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar' CAITLIN MORAN_______________________________________________________________Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of...

COMING VERY SOON: the brand new book from bestseller Paris Fury. How Does She Do It is available to pre-order now!Gypsy Queen to the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury's wife Paris reveals the magical highs and epic lows of life with the Heavyweight Boxing World...

COMING VERY SOON: the brand new book from bestseller Paris Fury. How Does She Do It is available to pre-order now!Gypsy Queen to the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury's wife Paris reveals the magical highs and epic lows of life with the Heavyweight Boxing World...

*WINNER OF BEST SPORTS WRITING AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**Out now: Includes brand new material*THE AWARD-WINNING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Neville at his authentic best. [He] is the closest thing to a spokesman there is for English football.' Sunday...

Synonymous with fine craftsmanship and understated elegance, the House of Bottega Veneta is the go-to brand for those who love effortless chic.Since 1966, Bottega Veneta has stood out from the crowd, unique in its blend of timeless sophistication and...

Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Sgt. Dan Mills. 'One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read' Andy McNab We all saw it at once...

'Late Light brings the refreshing perspective of someone who goes from seeing England as a foreign place to someone who deeply studies its secret wonders. An astonishing read.' - Amy Liptrot, The OutrunThis is a book about falling in love with vanishing...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"Mark Lanegan-primitive, brutal, and apocalyptic. What's not to love?" NICK CAVE"A stoned cold classic" IAN RANKIN'Mark Lanegan writes like he sings, from the pained heart of a damaged soul with brutal honesty' BOBBY...

Longlisted for Autobiography of the Year, Sports Book Awards 2022 The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller 'Honest and moving - everything a memoir should be' The Sun 'An...