Personal Memoirs

The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly; Portraits and Sketches, 1942-2011 is an invaluable account by an artist at the center of a landmark era in American art. Edith Schloss writes about the painters, poets, and musicians who were part of...

''An astonishing account...' --- The Daily Mail '... an extraordinary new portrait of the former King, his recollections and feelings'. --- The Telegraph'Tippett has made a remarkable archival discovery...the most consequential book to appear on Edward...

A prize-winning Dutch journalist's unsparing memoir of growing up amid the excesses, triumphs, and devastation of post-World War II Europe. What can a son say upon discovering that his father wore a Nazi uniform? Reporter Alexander Munninghoff was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807041307Author Aubrey GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593448946Author Jon M. ChuFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

A new book.Book InformationISBN 9780063093539Author Lou ReedFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628421187Author Derick LugoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Appalachian Mountain ClubPublisher Appalachian Mountain ClubWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553459272Author Bob EcksteinFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 646gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...

'Jo Cox's selfless service to others made the world a better place' Barack Obama, 44th President of the United StatesTHE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A desperately tender account ... part love story, part grief memoir ... resolutely uplifting' Decca...

'Deeply moving... This is a beautiful book.' TLS______________________________Katharine Smyth was a student at Oxford University when she first read Virginia Woolf's modernist masterpiece To the Lighthouse in the comfort of an English sitting room, and...

Tales of the Gypsy Dressmaker is the much-anticipated memoir from Thelma Madine, the dressmaker and breakaway star from Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, the hottest show on TV right now. From 200 ft trains to 20 stone skirts, hundreds of LED lights to...

From one of the stars of C4's Banged Up, this is Sid Owen's entertaining and poignant autobiography, as the troubled kid heading towards a life of crime found success in EastEnders.Sid Owen is best known for playing the hapless but loveable EastEnders...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899262571Author Nicolette Milnes WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Golden Duck (UK) LtdPublisher Golden Duck (UK) Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994249098Author Christopher E BowmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Christopher E BowmanPublisher Christopher E BowmanWeight(grams) 602g

The last days of five great thinkers, writers and artists - as they come to terms with the reality of approaching deathKatie Roiphe's extraordinary book is filled with intimate and surprising revelations. Susan Sontag, consummate public intellectual,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062836786Author MS Sarah WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Love & War in London is rooted in the extraordinary milieu of wartime London. Vibrant and engaging, Olivia Cockett's diary reveals her frustrations, fears, pleasures and self-doubts. She recorded her mood swings and tried to understand them, and wrote of...

This evocative memoir recalls the long, heady days of Liverpool in the summer of 1969, as seen through the eyes of eleven-year-old Deejay. Infused with a distinctive Scouse sense of humour, this book tells the story of how Deejay filled his summer...

'A groundbreaking debut from an extraordinary writer ... a testament to where a woman can go after rock-bottom'PIPER KERMAN, New York Times bestselling author of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACKKeri Blakinger's brave, brutal memoir, Corrections in Ink, is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927771Author Ian ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route Publishing

"In this hilarious, uplifting memoir, Wolfe describes her intense bond with Harlow...as she grapples with the chaos of her 20s, marriage, and eventually new motherhood."-Washington Post"An engaging debut with a lighthearted memoir of her tender...

Where and who do we want to be? How might we get there? What might happen if we stay on our current course?In The Future of Serious Art, Bidisha uses her personal journey through novels, TV and film to mirror the seismic changes that have occurred in...

'One of the gems of the year' - Michele Magwood, Sunday Times (Books LIVE SA) The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who refuses to give up on him. Zack McDermott, a twenty-six-year-old Brooklyn...

A true story of sex, seduction and the pursuit of pleasure.Welcome to a world where women make - and break - the rules. An underground club notorious for parties wilder than 50 Shades of Grey; a place where, behind elegant masks, your innermost desires...

A true story of sex, seduction and the pursuit of pleasure.Welcome to a world where women make - and break - the rules. An underground club notorious for parties wilder than 50 Shades of Grey; a place where, behind elegant masks, your innermost desires...

Nestled between the rolling green hills of Northamptonshire is a patch of ancient English native and non-native woodland that has its own story to tell. Journey through the wood and witness snapshots of moments in time through the seasons, at different...

The extraordinary life of the best poker player who ever livedWhen Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar took his first World Series of Poker title, one journalist asked him what he would do with the money. His answer: 'Gamble it'.Stuey grew up among the hoodlums and...

Selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Off to the Side is the tale of one of America's most beloved writers. Jim Harrison traces his upbringing in Michigan amid the austerities of the Depression and the Second World War, and the seemingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682451687Author Zahed HaftlangFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Regan ArtsPublisher Regan Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062675484Author Ray AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with this candid, humorous, and captivating memoir chronicling her journey toward reinvention and self-acceptance. When you've come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion,...

A job as a heritage interpreter at a remote gold rush site propels an insecure and anxious twenty-four-year-old to find what she truly desires from life."By turns deadpan and wryly candid, Teed has a keen observational eye and a talent for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993954221Author Professor Jackie ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Sober Sassy LifePublisher Sober Sassy LifeWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Lois Gordon's absorbing biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age, and whom William Carlos Williams once called "one of the major phenomena of history." Nancy...

"I warned you Brenda, that's what you get for dating a soldier - heartache. A life of heartache." It's an army spouse's worst nightmare. It's what you fear more than anything. But fear cannot prepare you for the reality, or the desperate heartache. I...

As a Facebook moderator, Chris Gray made a living looking at graphically violent images and reviewing some of the internet's most toxic debates. Following a short training induction, he was responsible for deciding what material could remain online and...

A wry, intelligent, and unputdownable look at class and national identity today. Alberto Prunetti arrives in the UK, the twenty-something-year-old son of a Tuscan factory worker who has never left home before. With only broken English, his wits, and an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646841557Author Beck ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Beck ThompsonPublisher Beck ThompsonWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.Book InformationISBN 9781524763138Author Michelle ObamaFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071564Author Michal GiedroycFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd