Personal Memoirs

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578545028Author Catherine KapphahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Catherine KapphahnPublisher Catherine KapphahnWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a...

With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the humorous, Lust & Wonder is a hilariously frank memoir that his legions of fans have been waiting for. His story began in Running with...

If you were asked to write about your father, what would you say? Florence Welch, Paul Weller, Nina Stibbe and the sons and daughters of Ian Dury, Johnny Ball, Roy Castle, Leonard Cohen and many others relate the quirks, flaws and quiet heroisms of their...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Look for Me There, Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his journey to some of the world's most stunning destinations, he visits the internal places of grief, family, faith, ambition,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for James Beard Foundation Award - Writing and Literature 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780525433910Author Kwame OnwuachiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578525235Author Eliza WildeFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Eliza WildePublisher Eliza WildeWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767912105Author Toby CecchiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah...

A New York Times Editors' Choice One of NPR's Best Books of the Year "A beautifully wrought ode to life...a precious gift to the world." -The Washington Post From the bestselling author of I Miss You When I Blink comes a poignant and powerful new memoir...

Sure, sex is great, but have you ever cracked open a new notebook and written something on the first page with a really nice pen?The story behind Notebook starts with a minor crime: the theft of Tom Cox's rucksack from a Bristol pub in 2018. In that...

From Adventures in Business to Marriage and Divorce, My Unfinished Business, covers a wide array of topics in short autobiographical essay form.Book InformationISBN 9781599321097Author Dan S. KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Advantage Media...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593443019Author Charlotte GillFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Like a long, funny letter from an old friend, an album of drawings by the legendary singer and activist for social justice, Joan Baez. Since retiring from active performing, Baez has focused her formidable talents on painting and drawing. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792300677Author Elizabeth RobbinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Railroad Street PressPublisher Railroad Street PressWeight(grams)...

The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the TV series All Creatures Great and Small.Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of wartime London is a far cry from James Herriot's day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales...

Sharp, funny, and poignant stories of what it's like to be a Brown woman working for change in a white world.I take a deep breath, check my lipstick one last time on my phone camera, and turn on my mic. It's about ten steps, two metres, and one lifetime...

Mandy McMillan was not a fighter. She was ordinary: a hairdresser, a party girl, a bit of a coward when it came to all things medical. The worst she'd ever fought was a cold.Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 - the second in her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061562334Author John BaxterFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982160593Author Carmelo AnthonyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 160mm *...

From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a small North Georgia town. Sometimes their babies exited out the back, sold to northern couples who were desperate to hold a newborn in their arms. But these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987171276Author Romola Valmai SherwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Fastnet BooksPublisher Fastnet BooksWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

From a renowned media critic to a man with sudden and full hearing loss, Noel Holston ran the gauntlet of diagnoses, health insurance, and cochlear implant surgery. On a spring night in 2010, Noel Holston, a journalist, songwriter, and storyteller, went...

Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a...

A wonderfully candid memoir from one of the most recognizable faces of a generation, actor, writer, Youtuber, and television superstar, Josh Peck. In his warm and inspiring book, Josh reflects on the many stumbles and silver linings of his life and...

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A steamer lay within sight of the RMS Titanic as she sank, according to ample witnesses - including highly experienced crew who studied this potential saviour through marine binoculars. Officers calmed panicking passengers by telling them rescue was...

The philosopher's writings on, and engagement with, twentieth century feminism By turns surprising and revelatory, this sixth volume in the Beauvoir Series presents newly discovered writings and lectures while providing new translations and contexts for...

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of...

A USA TODAY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ( )"Little and Often is a beautiful memoir of grief, love, the shattered bond between a father and son, and the resurrection of a broken heart. Trent Preszler tells his story with the same level of art and...

It's 1969. John and his friend Mike are living and working in Manhattan, making money for their big trip. That summer, New York becomes the epicentre of the brave new world that is 'Alternative America' - drugs, meditation, the anti-war movement, gay...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593084021Author Grace OlmsteadFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592406340Author Vanessa WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 20mm

German general Hermann Balck (1897--1982) was considered to be one of World War II's greatest battlefield commanders. His brilliantly fought battles were masterpieces of tactical agility, mobile counterattack, and the technique of Auftragstaktik, or...

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MUST-READ BOOK When Wayetu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a party at home in, Liberia. Yet all she can think about is how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988768741Author Artt FrankFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Booksendependent, LLCPublisher Booksendependent, LLCWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648986911Author Bahram Zarabi-ZadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Lantern PublicationsPublisher Lantern PublicationsWeight(grams) 133g

For all her wisdom as a teacher, Cyndi Lee understood intuitively that she still had a lot to learn. In spite of her success in physically demanding professions - dancer, choreographer, and yoga teacher - Lee was caught in a lifelong cycle of repetitive...

"Hilarious and Heartbreaking. Comedy shouldn't take courage, but it made an exception for Bassem." --Jon Stewart "The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World"-the creator of The Program, the most popular television show in Egypt's history-chronicles his...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the star of Netflix's The Duchess, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Your Face or Mine and host of All That Glitters'A fearless origin story' Caitlin Moran'Outrageously brilliant! I'm buying this for all my friends' Laura...