Personal Memoirs

Abused by those who were supposed to love and cherish him, Michael Seed had to fight for survival against his violent and emotionally deranged father in a broken family home. Born into a life of poverty, Michael was starved, beaten, and sexually abused...

The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122553Author Phyllida BarstowFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 449g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of PEN/Martha Albrand Award.Book InformationISBN 9780143035749Author Mary KarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) (Adult Nonfiction) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9781583333969Author Dwayne BettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint...

Rescuing a dog can change not only the dog's life but yours too. This book explains how. It also tells you everything you need to know about finding the right dog at a shelter near to you, and getting him or her used to you and their home. There is also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142196809Author Charlie SchroederFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 135mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372810Author Gerald DaweFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

The Doctor Is In! America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age. ...

During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838094300Author Patrick TierneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Cottage Grove EditionsPublisher Cottage Grove Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143038412Author Elizabeth GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143038412Author Elizabeth GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993471100Author Lynn Farley-RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Esmeralda PublishingPublisher Esmeralda PublishingWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583220504Author Assia DjebarFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 463g

In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood-the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie-tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544517186Author Iona HollowayFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 140g

Mary McCann was born in the 1920s into the harsh and deprived countryside life of Northern Ireland. Growing up, she took care of her siblings, wearing clothes that her mother made out of flour sacks. School life was harsh and illness and deprivation were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593297407Author Grant HillFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398448711Author Colin MillarFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

John Fleming and Hugh Honour were giants of the art world. To Susanna Johnston, however, they were simply John and Hugh, an inseparable couple and two of her closest friends. They had met in the 1950s at Gli Scafari, the opulent villa on the Italian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501101618Author Jessica Berger GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915009074Author Simon SmalleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Butterworth BooksPublisher Butterworth BooksWeight(grams) 511gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

In the late summer of 1839 Thoreau and his elder brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Henry began to prepare a memorial account of their...

A poignant memoir of a rough-and-tumble boyhood on the streets of Toronto's Cabbagetown.When the Burke family left Ireland, in 1959, they thought they were leaving the trials and tribulations of the Dublin slums behind. Instead, Molly, Bill, and their...

Drawing on her own experiences as a woman of Iranian and British Isle descent, writer Hollay Ghadery dives into conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the bi-racial female body and identity, especially as it butts up against the disparate expectations of...

This superb memoir of a gay, working class boy from Manchester exploring how to reconcile his sexuality with his Catholicism is all the more powerful because of his deep knowledge of and commitment to his faith. Spanning the late 1960s to the present...

The memoir of legendary cartoonist John Callahan, now a major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara.Featuring more than 60 of Callahan's original cartoonsIn 1972, at the age of twenty-one, John...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Kirkus Prize (Nonfiction) 2018.Book InformationISBN 9781501125652Author Kiese LaymonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451416391Author Rita MorenaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CelebraPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501135910Author Phil KnightFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 160mm...

How can we become more in tune with nature, even in the heart of the city? Once upon a time, a burnt-out Claire Dunn spent a year living off the grid in a wilderness survival experiment. Yet love and the possibilities of human connection drew her back...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807006207Author David PlanteFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 136mm * 11mm

Heaven Come Down is the stunningly powerful testimony of someone growing up with severe dysmorphia and gender dysphoria, in a broken dysfunctional family, and their discovery of hope, love and faith through the healing power of God. Chrissie Chevasutt's...

An inspiring and urgent memoir by the ambassador who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power. By the time she became US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch had seen her share of corruption, instability, and tragedy in developing countries...

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'A real gem of a book for comedy fans... honest, irreverent and fascinating' Matt Lucas'Bob Odenkirk is not only a brilliant comedy writer and performer, he is also a comedy fan. This book is a love...

This business book-cum-political and cultural memoir, which gives a behind-the-scenes look at the revolution of one of the great retail dynasties of the world, will resonate with readers questioning our current malaise. As a fourth generation Sainsbury,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684511723Author Eric MetaxasFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Salem BooksPublisher Salem BooksWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm * 38mm

Paul Joseph grew up in the 1930s South Africa. He awoke to political activism as an Indian in the racially segregated schools and slums of Johannesburg, and aged just 15, committed himself to fight oppression. He participated in ANC political...