Personal Memoirs

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648066361Author Olfat MahmoudFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Wild Dingo PressPublisher Wild Dingo PressWeight(grams) 154g

At the age of 30, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer in Tokyo to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's recollection of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692249703Author Lisa ShipleyFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Lisa ShipleyPublisher Lisa ShipleyWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767904438Author Tim O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Cowboy and drifter Frank Clifford lived a lot of lives--and raised a lot of hell--in the first quarter of his life. The number of times he changed his name--Clifford being just one of them--suggests that he often traveled just steps ahead of the law...

"Giovanni Ruscitti has written a wonderful book of special relevance for all North and South Americans whose ancestors have migrated from Asia, Europe, and Africa. His journey to the land of his forefathers is so meaningful not only because of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982102210Author Sara Carole SchaeferFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

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Hazel is shy and sensitive and wants to be an artist or singer. However, at age eighteen, she commences her registered nurse training at King's College Hospital, London, to escape from a difficult home life and become independent. Training in midwifery,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593766641Author Tom HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull Press

In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor for $450. The sale would turn out to be one of the most profitable business deals in American history and the generations that followed enjoyed immense...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692336861Author Paul J LakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Wheeler & JamesPublisher Wheeler & JamesWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550177558Author Barrie FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 399g

Things even Gonzalez can't fix is the shockingly brilliant debut memoir of a 24-year-old Greek South African girl, Christy Chilimigras. It is nothing like My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Although there are old women in black, plucking stray hairs from their...

When her brother dies of AIDS and her husband dies of cancer in the same year, Rosemary is left on her own with two young daughters and antsy addiction demons dancing in her head. This is the nucleus of The Art of Losing It a young mother jerking from...

Although there is extensive research on the loss of a spouse, predominantly focusing on the experiences of widows, much less attention is paid to bereaved partners not married to their significant other, whether or not the partners are of the same sex...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734667103Author Mary Beth Wilkas JankeFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Mary Elizabeth JankePublisher Mary Elizabeth JankeWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692113080Author Dorothy FreedFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Dorothy FreedPublisher Dorothy FreedWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957391208Author Tadeusz RozewiczFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Stork Press LtdPublisher Stork Press LtdDimensions(mm) 202mm * 133mm * 17mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997596304Author Lillian McCloyFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Bordertown PublishingPublisher Bordertown PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

A mother's deeply moving account of raising a son with Down syndrome in a world crowded with contradictory attitudes toward disabilities Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060571184Author Michael PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

John Muir once said, "When you tug on a single thing in nature, you realize it is connected to everything else."This simple but sage truth is at the heart of One Hundred Daffodils, a collection of connected essays inspired by moments that naturalist and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849146111Author Cliff DixFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Cliff DixPublisher Cliff DixWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 18mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593129036Author Lauren AkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 403gDimensions(mm)...

An extraordinarily powerful account of hardship and healing by a woman whose husband, a top executive at Cantor Fitzgerald, was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, and her unexpected journey to find love again.Lucky-that's how Jennifer would...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804170093Author Geoffrey WolffFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143113034Author Bich Minh NguyenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

Featured on LitHub.An extraordinary memoir of a woman's unconventional childhood growing up in the Alaskan wilderness, on the grounds where the burned remains of a cannery once stood. In the 1980s the Neilson family moved out on a floathouse to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501196867Author Fredrik BackmanFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 147mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578230375Author Jack StrawFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Unit 2 CreationsPublisher Unit 2 CreationsWeight(grams) 454g

Anne Biccard has worked as an emergency doctor in Johannesburg for more than 30 years. It is a job that is both terrifying and thrilling, where death can be outwitted by skill and quick thinking, and the pressure eased by dark humour. The coronavirus,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887792895Author David T K WongFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912662708Author Patricia Grant-MorbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2016 and McNally Robinson Book of the Year 2016 and Ontario Historical Society Joseph Brant Award 2016. Short-listed for Alexander...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993715433Author Mark CarlileFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Michael G CoatesPublisher Michael G CoatesWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Giancarlo Granda finally reveals the truth about his relationship with Becki Falwell and her husband Jerry Falwell Jr., and the hidden world of political influence, high finance, and criminal intrigue.Jerry Falwell Jr. is a prominent figure in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986118876Author E P RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Studio on 41Publisher Studio on 41Weight(grams) 354g