Personal Memoirs

"I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war" P. J. O'RourkeA young, devil-may-care Englishman reporting on the Soviet war makes a fateful commitment to a swashbuckling Afghan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425166925Author John EdwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 227mm *...

Daniel Tammet captivated readers with his bestselling memoir, Born On A Blue Day, and its vivid depiction of a life with autistic savant syndrome. In his fascinating new book, Embracing the Wide Sky, Daniel combines the latest scientific research with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446694827Author Aimee LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Warner Books IncPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

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An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might...

One of the New York Times' 20 Books to Read in 2020 "A tonic . . . Splendid . . . A respite . . . A summer cocktail of a book."-Washington Post"Unforgettable . . . Behind her brilliantly witty and uplifting message is a remarkable vulnerability and...

In the week before Christmas, a dog snoozed on a bed beside a log burner; warm, safe and contented with a belly full of food. But only a few months earlier, she had been huddled in the cold and filth of a Welsh puppy farm, shivering and starved, her...

'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times6 April 2007Writing income for the year so far: minus GBP300'I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens. Then again it might not. But hope...

These reflective essays about Deon's life and experiences in the west of Ireland describe the colourful and varied personalities that the French novelist has come across since he and his family moved there in the mid 1970s. From his friendship with John...

THE LONG-AWAITED, MOVING MEMOIR OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HANNAH PICK-GOSLAR.'Heartbreaking and life-affirming' - Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice'An extraordinary story of love, loss and the power of friendship in the darkest time.' - Jack...

New York Times bestselling author, neurosurgical ICU trauma nurse, and vice president of Amen Clinics Tana Amen shares how overcoming her traumatic past made her a passionate champion for others in need of healing and hope.A terrifying childhood of...

'A life-changing book' Viv GroskopMarisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food.Jean Nidetch was a housewife from Queens who defiantly lost 70 pounds after she was mistaken for being pregnant...

On The Frontlines of the Television War is the story of Yasutsune "Tony" Hirashiki's ten years in Vietnam-beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of American Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780142003428Author Daniel EllsbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399588501Author Desiree AkhavanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 212g

Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin's holiday camps. 'When I got to the camp I felt as if I'd suddenly walked into Utopia - it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147516565Author Brooke ShieldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 340g

The very first time Saidman Yee took a yoga class, she left feeling inexplicably different-something inside had shifted. She felt alive-so alive that yoga became the center of her life, helping her come to terms with her insecurities and find her true...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641609388Author Elizabeth D HilbornFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams)...

The true story of Donna Ford, who between the ages of five and eleven was abused by her stepmother Helen. Labelled 'the bastard', the 'little witch' and 'the evil one'; beaten, isolated and afraid to even look at her own reflection, this beautiful little...

'HEIDA IS A FORCE OF NATURE . . . EXACTLY THE RIGHT SORT OF MODERN ROLE MODEL' SUNDAY TIMESThe inspiring story of Icelandic sheep farmer, former model and feminist heroine Heida Asgeirsdottir has become a double prize-winning international bestseller.As...

The New York Times bestseller that is an inspiring "story of hope" (People) for parents of autistic children One morning Jenny McCarthy was having a cup of coffee when she sensed something was wrong. She ran into her two-year-old son Evan's room and...

I watched the glaze of headlights, the windscreens of oncoming cars: a series of trapezoids with the silhouette of a single male driver. One pulled up in front of me; I reached over and opened the door, slid in. The smell of an unfamiliar car. A...

I watched the glaze of headlights, the windscreens of oncoming cars: a series of trapezoids with the silhouette of a single male driver. One pulled up in front of me; I reached over and opened the door, slid in. The smell of an unfamiliar car. A...

In this journey of discovery, John Micklewright travels the slow way, on foot, on paths, tracks and byways from the Channel to the Alps - from the coast of Normandy to the flanks of Mont Blanc. The Opening Country is a beautifully written account of...

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs of pre-contact hunter-gatherers and the secret lives of deer and dogs. In this book, the capstone of her long career, Thomas, now 88, turns her keen eye...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578456010Author Sara BraginFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Sara BraginPublisher Sara BraginWeight(grams) 426g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635575118Author V (formerly Eve Ensler)Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams)...

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'As a mayor, I am responsible for the upkeep of rural roads; as poet, I prefer to see them neglected.'Jules Renard was a French literary figure of the late nineteenth century. Not a Parisian but a committed countryman, he was elected mayor in 1904 of the...

Since she succeeded to the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has become respected, celebrated, and beloved around the world. This stunning collection of powerful images illustrates her storied reign in all its glory. More than 300 extraordinary...

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * * WINNER OF THE 2022 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION * 'A heart on the sleeve, demons in check, eyes unblinking, unbearably sad, laugh-out-loud funny revelation' MARLON JAMES Isaac Fitzgerald has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143123255Author Jennifer WorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 132mm...

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Renowned journalist Jyotirmoy Dey-fondly known as J, Dey-was murdered by members of the Chhota Rajan gang in 2011. A few months later, a fellow journalist and crime reporter Jigna Vora was arrested in connection with the murder. Seven years later, some...

Celebs On The Farm judge (C5 & MTV) and The Yorkshire Vet regular (C5) Farmer Chris follows up his acclaimed autobiography Farming, Celebs & Plum Pudding Pigs - The Making of Farmer Chris with tales of hilarity, heartbreak, happiness, hopelessness and...

'Deeply moving ... A triumph' Justin Webb 'What might, in other hands, have been simply macabre becomes peculiarly mesmerising' Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday Ten seconds before my father's death, I have a premonition - that the breath he is taking...

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