Personal Memoirs

'a delightful and funny memoir of her family's crazy life in the English countryside. Perfect escapist reading for these locked-down times.' - SALMAN RUSHDIE'a heartwarming tale of country living' - SUNDAY EXPRESS'a charming memoir and a perfect choice...

An engaging story of life and death, An Odd Undertaking features Bill Wood's memories of his career as an undertaker in London during the 1990s. From learning the trade, to the challenging work of body removal, to humorous tales about what happens when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452283954Author Dennis SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 150mm * 23mm

'Wickedly funny' Country Life 'Hilarious and candid' Observer _____________________________ London in the 1950s. Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even more reluctant daughter of the organisation's most illustrious spy. Now she has had...

'Wickedly funny' Country Life 'Hilarious and candid' Observer _____________________________ London in the 1950s. Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even more reluctant daughter of the organisation's most illustrious spy. Now she has had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640091092Author Alton LoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Shortlisted for Travel Memoir Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 / Shortlisted for Outdoor Book of the Year, The Great Outdoor Awards 2019; In 1997, at the age of 24, Sarah lost her mother to breast cancer. Alone and adrift in...

What is the word for craving a relationship with the earth, plants, rocks, and stars? What do you call someone who finds their spirit sparked by these relationships; whose concept of the sacred is altered by the scent of jasmine in bloom or the deep...

Brian Cruver was a first-hand witness to the disturbing, surreal and hilarious moments of American business giant Enron's long dance with death. When he first entered Enron's office complex, 'the Death Star', he was the epitome of the classic Enron...

Discover this lyrical, sweeping and powerful book on the Bhutto family, an extraordinary, Kennedy-esque dynasty that is central to the story of modern Pakistan.In September 1996, a fourteen-year-old Fatima Bhutto hid in a windowless dressing room,...

Forged during the Second World War, the close and abiding friendship of Robert Harling and Ian Fleming, one of the twentieth century's most iconic authors, would go on to define the lives and literature of both men significantly. Their paths first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528938044Author Chris DunphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538734285Author Sutton FosterFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

In 2013, Una-Minh Kavanagh, a young journalist and content creator, was racially abused and spat upon in Dublin's city centre. Having dealt with racism throughout her young life, this proud Kerrywoman had finally had enough. In the days that followed,...

Named one of Us Weekly's Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2022 The New York Times bestselling author of the "refreshing" (The Cut) Next Level Basic and fan-favorite alumna of Bravo's Vanderpump Rules returns with the definitive Basic Bitch handbook for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322615Author A.J.A. SymonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

The astonishing true story of trust, pain, becoming lost, and finding a way back to yourself despite it all'An intimate preservation of a moment in time, full of personality' THE TIMES__________Life is beautiful - even in the dark . . .Oliver Mol was...

A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022 A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022 A Daily Mail Book of the Year 2022 A Waterstones Best Book of 2022:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062691552Author Jill HeinerthFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999311677Author Dee ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Early Girl EnterprisesPublisher Early Girl EnterprisesWeight(grams) 402gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306832536Author Aaron NevilleFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 161mm *...

'Thrillingly honest, funny, incisive and hopeful, this is the perfect gateway into a discussion on mental health' Marian Keyes'Truly one of the most powerful books about mental health that I've ever read.' Daisy BuchananOne of the Independent's top ten...

Brutally honest, beautifully written, THE RABBI'S DAUGHTER is the compulsive story of a woman trying to find love, and struggling to make peace with her faith, her parents, and ultimately herself.Reva Mann was a wild child. Granddaughter of the Chief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398477834Author Olgett KazimotoFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)...

'One of Ireland's most powerful campaigners' The Kavanagh SistersI look back now and see that I never stood a chance. It's hard when you realise your whole childhood was taken away. I never got the chance to be a child.'Shaneda Daly was only four when...

The book that more than 12 million YouTube subscribers have been waiting for! Shane Dawson's memoir features twenty original essays-uncensored yet surprisingly sweet. Shane Dawson has always been an open book. From his first YouTube vlog back in 2008, to...

The book that more than 12 million YouTube subscribers have been waiting for! Shane Dawson's memoir features twenty original essays-uncensored yet surprisingly sweet. Shane Dawson has always been an open book. From his first YouTube vlog back in 2008, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416541530Author David CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140278798Author Frank PartnoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035808649Author Aj TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)...

A female professor, a super maximum security prisoner, and how Shakespeare saved them bothShakespeare professor and prison volunteer Laura Bates thought she had seen it all. That is, until she decided to teach Shakespeare in a place the bard had never...

Do you ever think about how the roads you walked as a child change the doors that open in your future? In 1951, seven-year-old Peter Stockley's life was set down a dark path after losing his mother. Her legacy to him was an optimism and spirit that a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912174782Author Paul MartelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

An Affair with My Mother by Caitriona Palmer: a moving and gripping story of love, denial and a daughter's quest for the truth.Caitriona Palmer had a happy childhood in Dublin, raised by loving adoptive parents. But when she was in her late twenties, she...

An Affair with My Mother by Caitriona Palmer: a moving and gripping story of love, denial and a daughter's quest for the truth.Caitriona Palmer had a happy childhood in Dublin, raised by loving adoptive parents. But when she was in her late twenties, she...

Tessa and Scott share their incredible and inspiring story - now updated and expanded with a new introduction, over 100 dazzling new photographs, and three all-new chapters covering the pair's stunning performances at the Sochi and PyeongChang Olympic...

This is a newly revised and updated paperback edition of the former Conservative Party Treasurer's personal account of his battle over unsubstantiated claims concerning his business affairs which culminated in a libel action against "The Times" newspaper...

When an accident obliterated Molly Birnbaum's sense of smell, it also destroyed her dream of becoming a chef, and sent her instead upon a brave and uncertain mission to reawaken her nose. Writing with emotional honesty, intellectual curiosity, and a...

When Judith Summers's husband and father both died within the space of two weeks, she found herself floundering. Life for her and her eight-year-old son Joshua seemed relentlessly bleak. Then George bounced into their lives. A loving Cavalier King...

When Judith Summers's husband and father both died within the space of two weeks, she found herself floundering. Life for her and her eight-year-old son Joshua seemed relentlessly bleak. Then George bounced into their lives. A loving Cavalier King...