Personal Memoirs

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960018939Author Sally Chaffin BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Running Wild PressPublisher Running Wild Press

Just how improbable can one man's survival story be? From evading the KGB and disassembling a downed American plane to narrowly escaping a life sentence in Siberia, Reuven Rashkovsky’s story is a gripping tale of coming of age, searching for belonging,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722506957Author Peter LovenheimFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint G&D MediaPublisher G&D Media

'Quite simply the best and most powerful book I’ve read this year' David Peace 'A magnificent book . . . beautifully written and passionately argued' Dominic Sandbrook A unique, personal insight into Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the devastating impact his...

In early 2021, popular artist Anna Marie Tendler checked herself into a psychiatric hospital following a year of crippling anxiety, depression and self-harm. Over two weeks, she underwent myriad psychological tests, participated in numerous therapy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374968Author Patsy McGarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion PressWeight(grams) 600g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374869Author George HamiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

Beloved award-winning actress Kelly Bishop, famous for playing the iconic Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, finally tells the whole story of her six decades in show business in this long-awaited, candid, wise and captivating memoir.Kelly Bishop’s storied...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912945474Author Caroline CassFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Mount Orleans PressPublisher Mount Orleans Press

On a hot November day in 2003 in Springfield, Massachusetts, local Genovese family Captain “Big Al” Bruno got shot five times with a .45 caliber handgun as he walked out of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel social club—a lit cigar smoldering next to his...

Welcome to the world of Mary Keating, a quick-witted, fun-loving paraplegic. (Note, however, that she cringes at being labeled.) Fifty years ago, Mary's wide-open world instantly contracted at age fifteen when a teenager drove her into an oak tree at...

Based on notes kept while incarcerated in the concentration camps and ghettos of Transnistria, Dr. Kessler's gripping Holocaust memoir tells a story of calculated murder, resistance, and survival. In the aftermath of the Romanian Holocaust, Transnistria,...

Beautifully translated by Shelley Frisch, The Number on Your Forearm Is Blue Like Your Eyes is a poignant and riveting memoir that sets a family story in historical context and brings psychological insight to bear on accounts of emotional trauma. Having...

'Quite simply the best and most powerful book I’ve read this year' David Peace 'A magnificent book . . . beautifully written and passionately argued' Dominic Sandbrook A unique, personal insight into Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the devastating impact his...

In this book, Chief Sylvester Okereke uses the story of his life growing up in Eastern Nigeria to provide a first-hand account of several intriguing Igbo cultural practices such as the horse-acquisition chieftaincy title, the manhood rites, the women...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915983145Author Jonathan TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Goldsmiths, Unversity of LondonPublisher Goldsmiths, Unversity of London

It was the night of 7 September 1940 which changed Ron Chapman’s life. It was the start of Hitler’s Blitz on London. The death and destruction the German bombers wreaked across Islington and the East End so shocked and appalled Ron, that three days later...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804398326Author James CullenFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

A diasporic collection of essays on music, memory, and motion.In this powerful and deeply personal collection, Gloria Blizzard uses traditional narrative essays, hybrid structures, and the tools of poetry to negotiate the complexities of culture,...

All Change is a true insider’s story of turbulent times in the the media in the second half of the 20th century when Clive Bradley worked at the heart of broadcasting, newspapers, book publishing and politics.His fascinating memoir takes us back to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888842940Author Kwok-Yung YuenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker – how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance. When, at...

Brimming with vertiginous loops and extreme globe-trotting, This is the account of Karen’s experience flying as cabin crew for British Airways over a 12-year period, and the profound impact that experience had on her life. Told with the wit and verve...

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Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton, is back with a new book of anecdotes from his veterinary work in North Yorkshire. Ruminations of a Yorkshire Vet continues his 'Diary' series of books. His work is varied and, during this period of Julian's work, most of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952177071Author Shahd AlshammariFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733788304Author Carlos T GasquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Carlos T. GasquezPublisher Carlos T. GasquezWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888304242Author Blaise PascalFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher Bibliotech PressWeight(grams) 458g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888304235Author Blaise PascalFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher Bibliotech PressWeight(grams) 290g

A leading scholar of English romanticism and literary theory and criticism, Hazard Adams writes of a lifetime as a student, a teacher and an academic administrator. The child of academically-minded parents, both teachers at Cleveland's Hawken School,...

Kirkus Best Books of 2018 "You can quit waiting for the other shoe to drop: I'm in it for life." Those are the fateful, repeated words that help convince Kathryn Taylor to remarry, retire from her thirty-year profession, sell her home, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804398388Author Steve JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938140167Author Nadia SahariFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Venus Moon PressPublisher Venus Moon PressWeight(grams) 399g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538733608Author Lauren MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams) 140g

Lakeland Larks, Laughter and Lunacies is a quirky memoir poking fun at the travails and tribulations of Anna Nolan’s car-less exploration of the Lake District, her home and playground, and reflecting her Polish ebullience. This exuberant and frolicsome...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101981450Author Elizabeth L. SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 197mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837942541Author Kerrie J. HughesFormat PaperbackImprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Rachel likes to think of herself as a nice Jewish girl, dedicated to doing what's honorable, just as her parents raised her to do. But when her husband, David, survives a plane crash and is left with severe brain damage, she faces a choice: will she...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962305112Author Frank G AndersonFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Bridge City BooksPublisher Bridge City Books