Personal Memoirs

Every baby boomer in America knows who that masked man was. He was mysterious and mythic at the same time, the epitome of the American hero: compassionate, honest, patriotic, inventive, an unswerving champion of justice and fair play.ReviewsA must read!...

'Rethymnon - A British couple's true story of love and loss on Crete' is a book to make you laugh and cry. It is a true story about love, loss and the delights and downsides and of moving to a different country. Readers are taken on an exhilarating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995917309Author Laura BradburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 446Imprint Grape BooksPublisher Grape BooksWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345531209Author Jon KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999491584Author Tuan PhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Hidden RiverPublisher Hidden RiverWeight(grams) 395g

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library."Destined to become a modern classic." -Entertainment WeeklyWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE?At the age of 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063309869Author Tracy O'NeillFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 644g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Books for a Better Life (Inspirational Memoir) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780143112457Author William Cope MoyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306926006Author Susannah BreslinFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Legacy LitPublisher Legacy LitWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm * 25mm

Finding love is all a matter of timing in a surprising, complicated, and funny memoir by the author of A Marriage in Dog Years. When a mysterious woman summons Nancy Balbirer to a Russian restaurant in New York City, the near stranger's shocking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999311646Author Ron ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Early Girl EnterprisesPublisher Early Girl EnterprisesWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)...

'Despite his deep sense of privacy, Beckett's persona has been so widely written about that it has become unavoidably mixed up in our imagination with what Bernold calls his "creatures". Whether or not Barthes and Foucault were right to dismiss the...

When life gets your goat, bring in the herdJennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene. She didn't expect to be buying organic yogurt for her chickens. She never thought she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593466513Author Jesse LeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

"In mid-life Afro-American journalist Raybon made a conscious decision to stop hating white people. Her journal/analysis provides discourse on hatred and forgiveness, the rise of her hatred, and her efforts to conquer her fears and forgive the past. An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455527083Author Nadia Bolz-WeberFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm)...

Brandon Smith-Johnson, a young man from Huddersfield with British, Romany gypsy and Jamaican heritage, dreams of a successful future engaging in creativity through writing, photography, art and custom clothing whilst feeling different to everyone around...

The fourth volume of this acclaimed edition of Britten's letters covers the composition of three key works and the world trip that was to radically inform the composer's style thereafter. One of the most illuminating biographical projects in recent...

In this poetic handbook, written when he was just twenty-three, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of his craft. Petit masterfully explains how preparation and self-control contributed to such feats as walking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453258361Author Sir Harold EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 602Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061727696Author Neal PollackFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 254g

A moving, heart-breaking, and lyrical true story of the author's escape from an apocalyptic cult-and the survival skills that led to her freedom. My family prepared me for the end of the world, but I know how to survive on what the earth yields. As a...

Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist...

A Star Is Born -- the classic Hollywood tale about a young talent rising to superstardom, and the downfall of her mentor/lover along the way -- has never gone out of style. It has seen five film adaptations, but none compares to the 1954 version starring...

Captivating and inspiring, readers traverse stunning survival and loss, spanningcontinents and cultures. Maiming, death, divorce, disease, and a global pandemic provide the backdrop for an unlikely merger of stories and reflections shared by Paul Templer...

The story of heartbreak to triumph in the wake of a tragedy. Their first date in college was a U2 concert and after that Lauren and Jack Grandcolas were inseparable. He was mesmerized by her sweetness, fierce intelligence and eyes that were as blue and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553446609Author John SchlimmFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ImagePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm * 18mm

A true multigenerational story of how one family had and lost it all along the US-Mexican border. Pietro La Greca Sr. was an intimidating Napolitano con man dubbed "Mexico's real-life Don Corleone." He ran Mexico's biggest money-laundering scheme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553057034Author Louis L'AmourFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

In 2018, Kathy Elkind and her husband decided to take a grown-up “gap year” in Europe and walk the 1,400-mile Grande Randonnée Cinq (GR5) across The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.At fifty-seven, Kathy has chosen comfort over hardship:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAlexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is...

Ronnie Kasrils's memoir reflects on compelling questions as to what turned a white youngster from a modest background into a life-long revolutionary of note. A tiny minority who abandoned a life of privilege were the antithesis of conventionality and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995517738Author Alison T SmithFormat PaperbackImprint Just Alison PublishingPublisher Just Alison Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506470931Author Kara K. RootFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

After thinking she has the summer to organise a move across the globe, Liz receives a call from her husband, Mo, to say that everything has changed - he needs her to join him in Thailand as soon as possible. The Pits, as the town is affectionately...

"That year was a Christmas to remember. It must have been, because my memories are so clear even after more than seventy years ..." A little girl meets her father for the first time when he comes home from war. Later, school is a chaos of eccentric...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781403349705Author Genna Sapia-RuffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062368805Author Louis ZamperiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dey Street BooksPublisher Dey Street BooksWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648714507Author Rob CraggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Robert CraggsPublisher Robert CraggsWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578138640Author Kim LlewellynFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Six Beacon Street PublishersPublisher Six Beacon Street PublishersWeight(grams)...