Personal Memoirs

"One of the most original, amazing stories I've ever read" (Mary Gaitskill), iconic rock-and-roll musician Adele Bertei's memoir Twist is her harrowing and electric story of transforming trauma through art, pluck, and imagination, as told through the...

Omid Djalili's childhood was unconventional, to say the least. He was raised in a beautiful, chaotic, cramped, colourful and legally dubious guesthouse where his parents fed and watered Iranian nationals flocking to the UK. Over twenty years almost 2000...

An intimate look at the mystical world of the Navajo people * Details the author's time living with the Navajo people as a teacher, sheepherder, and doctor and her profound experiences with the people, animals, and spirits * Shows how she learned the...

Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9781416576532Author Joan RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon Spotlight EntertainmentPublisher Simon & Schuster

Nobody writes like Nell Dunn... always communally, with rare honesty, with love, and with calm and ground-breaking understanding... It's glorious. Ali Smith The Muse is all it could be; an act of sharing that goes beyond particular experience to take us...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, TIME, BUZZFEED, ESQUIRE, LIBRARY JOURNAL AND KIRKUS REVIEWS LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD 'Hilarious and heart-rending' Celeste Ng 'Heartbreaking, but also infused...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788789622Author Carol DuncombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

'Given the bedlam it describes, Raising Raffi is impressively clear-sighted, entertaining and analytical' - Financial Times'A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene' - Dwight Garner, New York Times'Engaging, accessible, down to earth.....

'Given the bedlam it describes, Raising Raffi is impressively clear-sighted, entertaining and analytical' - Financial Times'A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene' - Dwight Garner, New York Times'Engaging, accessible, down to earth.....

In May 1968, Gilles Deleuze was an established philosopher teaching at the innovative Vincennes University, just outside of Paris. Felix Guattari was a political militant and the director of an unusual psychiatric clinic at La Borde. Their meeting was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998707709Author Ann Maria GilaFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Psychosynthesis Palo AltoPublisher Psychosynthesis Palo AltoWeight(grams)...

As one of the leading proponents of the nouveau roman, Nathalie Sarraute is often remembered for her novels, including "The Golden Fruits", which earned her the Prix international de litterature in 1964. But her carefully crafted and evocative memoir...

The day after losing his job, Ricky suffered a catastrophic stroke aged just 38. Unconscious, he was wheeled into hospital with girlfriend Beth by his side. This is the story of their love, his recovery and their return home.Full UK marketing campaign by...

When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she'd...

ALL FOR MY CHILDREN is Sally Faulkner's unforgettable true story, showing how one Australian mother's life fractured in the moment she kissed her kids goodbye. This is a book Sally had to write, because it is the only way her children Lahela and Noah...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997024876Author Steve ForbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint PfpPublisher Pfp

William Carlos Williams's medical practice and his literary career formed an undivided life. For forty years he was a busy doctor in the town of Rutherford, New Jersey, and yet he was able to write more than thirty books. One of the finest chapters in...

A leading psychoanalyst shares his experiences working with schizophrenic patients to show how effective talk therapy can be as a treatment Many schizophrenics experience their condition as one of radical incarceration, mind-altering medications,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814255193Author David ShieldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061765100Author Emily WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272g

At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984344857Author Jean-Philippe SouleFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Native Planet AdventuresPublisher Native Planet AdventuresWeight(grams) 152g

After he was denied access to report on Sing Sing, one of America's most notorious high security jails, journalist Ted Conover applied to become a prison guard. As a rookie officer, or 'newjack', Conover spent a year in the unpredictable, intimidating...

'Sarah doesn't just sit at the table - she stands on it. She's full of inspiring advice about how to bounce back from failures, speak your truth, embrace your quirks, and have a lot more fun along the way.' Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and Founder of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590178096Author Bela Zombory-MoldovanFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Biography/Memoir) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781476761084Author Bill McDermottFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035806836Author Amanda TrollopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 522Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982138134Author Chasten ButtigiegFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692116463Author Thomas JosefFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Thomas JosefPublisher Thomas JosefWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm

Since his successful spell running the National Theatre, Richard Eyre's career as a director of film, theatre and opera has made him a leading cultural figure and a hugely respected commentator on the arts. This book collects over fifty short pieces...

The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph-an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in...

In this inspiring coming-of-age memoir, a world-renowned astrophysicist emerges from an impoverished childhood and crime-filled adolescence to ascend through the top ranks of research physics.Navigating poverty, violence, and instability, a young James...

'Fee writes with stunning honesty ... utterly breathtaking' - BustleA beautiful memoir from an exciting young writer, Meg Fee, on finding her way in New York City. Full of the dramas and quiet moments that make up a life, told with humour, heart, and...

***2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize***"Beautifully crafted and written, filled with darkness and light, compelling... She fights addiction with honesty and humour. And, like her, [we] come away changed forever." Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, RSL...

Life's too short...but she's not. At 4'11", Kristin Chenoweth is famous for creating the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked. She's also been a regular on shows like The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, and Sesame Street , costarred in...

Life's too short...but she's not. At 4'11", Kristin Chenoweth is famous for creating the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked. She's also been a regular on shows like The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, and Sesame Street , costarred in...

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...

Sterling Hayden was at the peak of his earning power as a star when he suddenly quit. He walked out on Hollywood, walked out of a shattered marriage, defied the courts, and, broke and an outlaw, set sail with his four children in the schooner...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374275792Author Bobby HundredsFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint MCDPublisher MCDWeight(grams) 444gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 145mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035812684Author Tyler CaseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)...