Personal Memoirs

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770413481Author Neil PeartFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

Two magnificent memoirs by Aleksandar Hemon, presented together in a glorious single edition: together they make a major work from one of our major writers.In My Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration to Canada - of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999122006Author Gigi LangerFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Possum Hill PressPublisher Possum Hill PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

The local doctor occupies a privileged position in society. Pillars of the community and privy to the most intimate details of people's lives, we often imbue them with superhuman qualities and expect them to have all the answers. Rarely do we get to see...

From the host of Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino comes a collection of stories you'll be glad didn't happen to you.Think of the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you. Was it the time your high school cheer squad taunted you in front...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734207309Author Brian HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint BookBabyPublisher BookBabyWeight(grams) 324gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 6mm * 152mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541938Author Annie Rachele LanzillottoFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm)...

"Oh, my husband? I fired him!" When Christel divorced her husband, she was expected to fall into a ditch and become a more than a fulsome, grizzly member of the lemon-lipped 'divorced women's club'. Instead, she made a vow that she would stay sane for...

A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cup-winning, Olympic gold medalist, and US Women's soccer goalie Briana Scurry-now in paperback!Briana Scurry was a pioneer on the US Women's National Team. She won gold in Atlanta...

A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair - Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from her recent divorce,...

In the tradition of the beloved New York Times bestsellers Marley and Me and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, "a beautiful, inspiring" (Laura Schroff, New York Times bestselling author) memoir about empathy, resilience, kindness, and an adorable...

Pat Evans parachuted into German-occupied Northern Greece in September 1943. His mission as a SOE operative was to support the Greek resistance movement, carry out sabotage and commando operations and gather military intelligence. By this time Greece...

Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is "a captivating story of love lost and found" (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the...

Remember when flying was glamorous and sexy, even fun? When airline food was gourmet, everyone dressed up for a flight, and stewardesses catered to our every need-at least in our imaginations? This classic memoir by two audaciously outspoken young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891419068Author E. B. SledgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812986921Author Zlatan IbrahimovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580083652Author Madeleine KammanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm) 228mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439192993Author Gerald BlaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609804039Author Francine ProseFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 124g

What happens when an urban girl swaps her kitten heels in the city for karma in the country?It is a big year for Lucy - she has met the love of her life and they're planning to trade the city rat race for a Norfolk farmhouse, get married, and try for a...

Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of The Year A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year A rich history of wanderers, exiles and intruders. A haunting personal journey through Central Asia. An...

'Completely original, raw and warm' Evening Standard Books of the Summer'Poignant... written with intelligence and tears' Ben Okri'Nuanced, absorbing and moving... extraordinary' Observer'Raw, poetic, beautifully formed' Daisy JohnsonWhen Xanthi Barker's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982151256Author Stephanie Winston WolkoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 226mm...

A powerful memoir about how one woman resurrects her life and career in the glamorous but sexist wine industry.Natalie MacLean, a bestselling wine writer, is shocked when her husband of twenty years, a high-powered CEO, demands a divorce. Then an online...

For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ___________'What a woman and what a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805208511Author Franz KafkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 170mm *...

'That night I lay in my new bed and the pain came. I thought about Irene. I would find her again. I had to.'Alan and Irene first met in a cold, regimented children's home when he was seven and she was nine. Both had lost their mothers when they were very...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476746722Author James DodsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Stories and yarns about my favourite bits of Down Under Paul Hogan's ancestors were a couple of Irish blow-ins who arrived in the colony of New South Wales by boat, with a little assistance from the judges of the Old Bailey. Blow-ins from everywhere have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062988782Author Christena ClevelandFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncDimensions(mm)...

When you're pregnant you think: 'I'm having a baby', not a person who will eventually catch trains by themselves, share a fridge with ten strangers, go to a festival in Croatia without succumbing to a drug overdose, and one day, bring you a gin and tonic...

'Rana el Kaliouby's vision for how technology should work in parallel with empathy is bold, inspired and hopeful' Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global'This lucid and captivating book by a renowned pioneer of emotion-AI tackles one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062968357Author Dwyane WadeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1383gDimensions(mm) 284mm *...

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact...

On the heels of Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize, as the world begins to recognize the creative side of Hip-Hop, comes a writing guide from a musician and "The greatest MC of all time," Rakim.The musician and Hip Hop legend-hailed as "the greatest MC of...

Hearing a blast, journalist Anjan Sundaram headed uphill towards the sound. Grenade explosions are not entirely unusual in the city of Kigali; dissidents throw them in public areas to try and destabilise the government and, since moving to Rwanda, he had...

Best known as an actor and one of the BBC's Eggheads, few people would guess at the horrific early years CJ de Mooi endured. As a teenager, CJ fled from his childhood home to escape prolonged child abuse, hatred and violence, and consequently slept...

As seen on CNN Faced with a shattering loss, a young widow searches for answers, acceptance, and family resilience.After taking her sons on a hike with the family dog one beautiful fall afternoon, Charlotte returned home to find a policewoman, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618711956Author Jordan Fisher SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618711956Author Jordan Fisher SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...