Personal Memoirs

Patrick Hennessey's The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a lucid, witty account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. Patrick Hennessey is pretty much like any other member of Generation X: he spent the first half of the noughties reading...

Patrick Hennessey's The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a lucid, witty account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. Patrick Hennessey is pretty much like any other member of Generation X: he spent the first half of the noughties reading...

Global icon Six-time Grammy winner Headline-maker The most talented recording artist of her generation Much has been said about Amy...

'Jaw-dropping experiences' - THE SUN***Readers are also LOVING Take Nothing For Granted . . .'So so good! Am listening to the audio book and your stories are funny and fascinating!!' - READER REVIEW'From the opening chapter I was hooked' - READER...

'Jaw-dropping experiences' - THE SUN***Readers are also LOVING Take Nothing For Granted . . .'So so good! Am listening to the audio book and your stories are funny and fascinating!!' - READER REVIEW'From the opening chapter I was hooked' - READER...

Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis faces a battle to uncover the dark family secret that is tearing a family apart. Rosie is used to looking after children from difficult home situations, but she finds herself struggling when she agrees to...

In SCAR TISSUE Anthony Kiedis, charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his remarkable life story, and the history of the band itself. Raised in the Midwest, he moved to LA aged eleven to live with his father...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A wonderful read (or a great present) for anyone who loves stories and art' Nina Stibbe, author of Love, NinaA beautifully illustrated...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, NEW YORKER Raw and radical,...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won't want to stop.' -Oprah WinfreyNew York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse...

From the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged, the gripping story of a woman caught in a horrific cycle of abuse - and the desperate lengths she must go to, to escape. When Aisha spots an ad for a 'personal introductory...

In this inspiring memoir, undefeated five-time world champion boxer Andre Ward--aka "Son of God"--shares the gripping narrative of his unforgettable career, his rock-solid faith, and why boxing was never the biggest fight of his life.Andre Ward was the...

As a child, Victoria Spry was brutally beaten, neglected and starved by the woman she called Mummy.To the outside world Eunice Spry was a devoted parent, but behind closed doors she was an evil tyrant. Instead of protecting, loving and caring for...

From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author comes the poignant and shocking memoir of Cathy's recent relationship with Tayo, a young boy she fosters whose good behaviour and polite manners hide a terrible past. Tayo arrives at...

In Understorey, artist and writer Anna Chapman Parker records in prose and stunning original line drawings a year spent looking closely at weeds, our most ubiquitous and accessible plants. In gardens, on verges or clustered around municipal lampposts,...

DARK, HONEST, UPLIFTING. THIS IS A SOBRIETY MEMOIR LIKE NO OTHER. >'This is a book that tears down walls.' Marian Keyes'Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer whose razor-sharp honesty slices through every sentence of this compelling memoir.'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780949206312Author Sally MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Fremantle PressPublisher Fremantle PressWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937512934Author Billy-Ray BelcourtFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Two Dollar RadioPublisher Two Dollar RadioWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 188mm...

'I have him bitched, balloxed and bewildered, for there's a system and a science in taking the piss out of a screw and I'm a well-trained man at it.' So writes Brendan Behan, poet, writer and literary legend, of the episode that coloured his life...

Give Mum the gift of time to unwind with this relaxing activity journal from Mrs HinchTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A must for fans' Mail on Sunday ________________Hello! Mrs Hinch here! Welcome to your very own Hinch activity journal!This little...

Give Mum the gift of time to unwind with this relaxing activity journal from Mrs HinchTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A must for fans' Mail on Sunday ________________Hello! Mrs Hinch here! Welcome to your very own Hinch activity journal!This little...

From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilarious and inspiring book about an unconventional journey to Hollywood success and self-celebration. For decades, Rebel...

An enduring peace is only possible through a genuine understanding of the past. To understand the Troubles is to set them in the context of the historical root causes of the conflict, in order to grapple with its pain and its horrors; to grieve and then,...

From one of the nation's best-loved food writers and inspired by the award-winning podcast, Comfort Eating is a wonderfully scrumptious, life-affirming journey through the foods that really mean the most to us.'What an absolute TREAT . . . A moving,...

From the beloved writer Nina Stibbe, a warm and funny story of a woman changing her life at 60.'A unique comic voice, endlessly funny' - David Nicholls, author of One Day'Painfully funny, but also deeply moving' - Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063272248Author Jane FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 644g

Cathy Glass, international bestselling author, tells the shocking story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family. When 14 -year-old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITSIn 1845 Thoreau, a Harvard-educated 28-year-old, went to live by himself in the woods in Massachusetts. He stayed for over two years, living self-sufficiently in a small cabin built with his own hands. Walden is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643753287Author Ross GayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Algonquin BooksPublisher Algonquin BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 175mm * 127mm *...

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ************************************* 'Witty, dark, devastating' Caitlin Moran 'Unflinching, unputdownable' Guardian 'Brutally honest, funny, emotionally raw' Matt Haig 'I love it' Jon Ronson...

Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the depths of the most hostile sea on Earth. The Ship Beneath the Ice is the astonishing...

**I HAVE NOT BEEN AS PROFOUNDLY MOVED BY A BOOK IN YEARS' JODI PICOULT****I LOVED THIS BOOK MORE THAN I CAN SAY' NIGELLA LAWSON****THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MOTHER'S DAY**Bess Kalb has saved every voicemail message her grandmother Bobby - her best friend, her...

Tom Hanks introduces the "remarkable" (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO (R) miniseries Band of Brothers.Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!William "Wild...

SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARMOJO BOOK OF THE YEARIn 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play...

An invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture "Illuminating, deeply endearing essays."-Ron Charles, Washington Post "A lovely, loving letter to aspiring writers."-Diego Baez, Booklist ...

Sunday Times bestseller 'The mothering manual we all need' Claudia Winkleman Calling all Mums: Are you feeling lonely and confused? Are you panicking that you're getting...

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhen Douglas Adams died in 2001, he left behind 60 boxes full of notebooks, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches and even poems. In 42, compiled by Douglas's long-time collaborator Kevin Jon Davies, hundreds of these...

A memoir by a diagnosed sociopath. Fascinating, shocking and funny, Confessions of a Sociopath is a gripping insight into the mind of a self-confessed predator.M. E. Thomas is a high-functioning non-criminal sociopath. She is charismatic, ambitious and...

"I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone." This is what Terry Tempest Williams' mother, the matriarch of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah, told her a week before she died. It was a shock...

As seen in national newspapers "A searingly honest tale of love, life and death" - Sarah Wootton, Dignity in Dying Die Smiling is a rare and intimate account of one man's journey to Dignitas in Zurich and his ultimate triumph over suffering and disease...