Personal Memoirs

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692998847Author Saul SaidykhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint S. SaidykhanPublisher S. SaidykhanWeight(grams) 490g

Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Alain Mabanckou left Congo in 1989, at the age of twenty-two, not to return until a quarter of a century later. When at last he comes home to Pointe-Noire, a bustling port town on Congo's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578671925Author Joseph SamuelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Joseph SamuelsPublisher Joseph SamuelsWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594206795Author Yeonmi ParkFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954404106Author Marina JarreFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint New Vessel PressPublisher New Vessel Press

An Amazingly Joyous Memoir about Loves Lost and Found, Miscarriage, Cancer, and Coming Home to Care for a Mother Suffering From Dementia, all Told with Humor and Brilliant Irony that Illuminates the Beauty of the Absurdity that Is Life Christine Hemp's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501106767Author Rachel BrathenFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 185mm *...

Powerful, heart-rending and unforgettable, 'Gurkha Guns' tells the true story of a young Gurkha soldier's life before, during and after, the Falklands War. The reader is gripped from the beginning by this remarkable, moving account of how the author...

American Bastard is a lyrical inquiry into the experience of being a bastard in America. This memoir travels across literal continents-and continents of desire as Beatty finds her birthfather, a Canadian hockey player who's won three Stanley Cups-and her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307277695Author Julia ChildFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999249956Author Tanner BallengeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Trident Business PartnersPublisher Trident Business PartnersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525558156Author Valerie JarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

From the host of the YouTube channel that went viral-Dad, How Do I?-comes a book that's part memoir/part inspiration/part DIY. Rob Kenney's father left him and his seven siblings when he was fourteen years old, and the youngest had to fend for themselves...

From the host of the YouTube channel that went viral-Dad, How Do I?-comes a book that's part memoir/part inspiration/part DIY. Rob Kenney's father left him and his seven siblings when he was fourteen years old, and the youngest had to fend for themselves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525429555Author Daniel GenisFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Rory was best known for his watercolours of leaves and flowers on vellum. He died (too young) in 1982. But his work remains: in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in museums and private collections all over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250069634Author Jack DevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 25mm

Marie L. McLaughlin delivers a memorable selection of Native American stories infused with folklore and oral traditions passed on from one generation to the next. This book features vivid stories with larger-than-life characters and unforgettable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743274289Author Horatio ClareFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991006288Author Shaneel LalFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint A&U New ZealandPublisher Allen & UnwinWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm *...

Before 1940, Nathan Shapow, a young Latvian, had nothing more on his mind than enjoying his teenage years and becoming a champion boxer. But the Nazis' systematic extermination of the Jews quickly put paid to his dreams. Soon he was to face a different...

In Tea for One, Alice Taylor celebrates the little moments that bring us joy After many busy years raising a family and running a business, Alice is now living alone - with all the challenges and pleasures that brings. From improving her painting...

For three months in the spring of 1994, the African nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. Immaculee Ilibagiza, a young university student, miraculously survived the savage killing spree that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101982723Author Jamie TworkowskiFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,US

Fenton Johnson's lyrical prose and searching sensibility explore what it means to choose solitude and to celebrate the notion that solitude is a legitimate and dignified calling. He delves into the lives and works of nearly a dozen iconic solitaries he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593765064Author Cheryl T. Cohen-GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592408832Author Sarah TurnbullFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In the summer of 1845, Frederick Douglass, the young runaway slave catapulted to fame by his incendiary autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, arrived in Liverpool for the start of a near-two-year tour of Britain...

The hardcover publication of Sick Girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. Both inspiring and provocative, reactions to the book ranged from inflammatory posts on a U.S. News & World Report blog, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736058718Author Dr Manu DuaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Laurel Elite BooksPublisher Laurel Elite BooksWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063079014Author Jessi HempelFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm)...

The first biography of Robert Frank, one of the world's greatest and most influential photographers, by the author of the acclaimed James Brown biography The One.About the AuthorR.J. Smith has been a senior editor at Los Angeles Magazine, a contributor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062445124Author Barbara Feinman ToddFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

With these words, the sixteen-year-old senior at Montgomery Blair High School set himself apart from the high school crowd and set himself on a track that would define his life. Carl Bernstein was far from the best student in his class - in fact, he was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942762447Author Lisa KohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Heliotrope Books LLCPublisher Heliotrope Books LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127413Author Leah VincentFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 136mm *...

You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet--hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn--but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.Zoe Quinn used to feel the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626014176Author Lori PerkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Riverdale Avenue BooksPublisher Riverdale Avenue BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398413559Author A. J. KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991372553Author Lynette FrommeFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Peasenhal PressPublisher Peasenhal PressWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...