Biography & Memoir

Kristin Hersh / Paradoxical Undressing

Kristin Hersh was a preternaturally bright teenager, starting university at fifteen and with her band, Throwing Muses, playing rock clubs she was too young to frequent. By the age of seventeen she...

Terri White / Coming Undone

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Chris Bryant / Glenda Jackson

The full story of Glenda Jackson's astonishing journey from Boots shop assistant to double-Oscar-winning actress with a triumphant stage career, and her re-invention of herself as a politician. In...

David Lodge / Varying Degrees of Success

In a career spanning six decades, David Lodge has been one of Britain's best-loved and most versatile writers. With Varying Degrees of Success he completes a trilogy of memoirs which describe his...

Tom Bower / The Squeeze

'The Squeeze' is an invaluable account of the modern oil industry and vital to understanding the awful truth about the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. With unprecedented access to their...

Francis Wheen / Strange Days Indeed

'If the 1960s were a wild weekend and the 1980s a hectic day at the office, the 1970s were a long Sunday evening in winter, with cold leftovers for supper and a power cut expected at any moment.' A...

Michael Schulman / Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep

Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming of age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her star-making roles in The...

Clare Wise / Not that Kind of Love

'A remarkable account of illness, loss and the power of sibling love' The Times 'Wise's reflections on compassion fatigue are worth the price of this book alone, but what you take away is something...

Jerry Capeci / Gotti

Using FBI tapes and a host of inside sources on both sides of the law, organised crime reporters and bestselling authors Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain tell the whole, true, uncensored story of John...

Oliver Sacks / The River of Consciousness

Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee... The bestselling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who...

Ophelia Field / The Kit-Cat Club

This is the fascinating history of the male-only members of the Kit-Cat Club, the unofficial centre of Whig power in 17th century Britain, and home to the greatest political and artistic thinkers of...

Ashley Dartnell / Farangi Girl

Ashley Dartnell's mother was a glamorous American, her father a dashing Englishman, each trying to slough off their past and upgrade to a more romantic and exotic present in Iran. As the story...

John Colmer / The Penguin book of Australian autobiography

Extracts from the autobiographies and memoirs of over forty Australians, including Dick Roughsey, Kevin Gilbert and Charles Perkins.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Nigel Farndale / Last Action Hero of the British Empire

1949, the beginning of the Cold War: Lt-Cdr John Kerans, stuck in a desk job In Nanking, is suddenly called upon by the Admiralty to go to the rescue of a naval frigate, HMS Amethyst, which has been...

Jon Krakauer / Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds,...

Charlotte Browne / Simone Biles

This is the story of one of the world's best gymnasts and her journey to greatness.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

Blake Morrison / Two Sisters (Hardback)

'Tender, vivid and achingly sad' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEAR TWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison's ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father? which forged...

Nicky Curtis / Faith and Duty (Hardback)

Nicky Collins, one of the most highly decora ted British soldiers ever to serve in Northern Ireland, has finally written an account of his unusual experiences there. '     This book is second hand,...

Garry Wills / Certain Trumpets (Hardback)

An examination of the nature of leadership. The author draws a wide range of portraits from history and represents revolutionary, political, religious, business, artistic, sports and military leaders...

Geoffrey Wheatcroft / Absent Friends (Hardback)

Memories of friends past are as important as, and more sustaining than, memories of times past. Geoffrey Wheatcroft found his thoughts turning again and again to a number of people he had known. Some...

Daniel Snowman / Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera (Hardback)

Behind the scenes with Placido Domingo, the reader discovers the blood, sweat and tears which go into the staging of an opera. Productions at four of the world's great opera houses are featured:...

James P. Carse / Breakfast at the Victory (Hardback)

In this memoir, the author revisits ordinary moments in his life and distills the wondrous in the terrible, and the sublime in the remarkable. Carse freezes moments of time and consciousness,...

Ronnie O'Sullivan / Unbreakable (Hardback)

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 and THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 'Reading this is like watching an O'Sullivan...

Craig Cabell / Terry Pratchett - The Spirit of Fantasy (Hardback)

Terry Pratchett is one of the most loved writers in the world. With worldwide sales of over 65 million copies in 37 languages, his novels are eagerly awaited by his legions of fans year after year...

John Weitz / Hitler's Banker (Hardback)

A biography of Hjalmar Schacht, Chief Architect of the Nazi economy, whose rampant inflation financed the creation of the Europe's war machine in the devastated Weimar Republic. His meteoric success...

Bob Harig / Tiger & Phil (Hardback)

Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf's two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. For more than two decades,...

Joseph T. Wilson / The Politics of Truth (Hardback)

A former career diplomat who has served through the last three presidential administrations and two wars with Iraq offers an eye-opening account of the Bush administration's falsification of...

Gerald Blaine / The Kennedy Detail (Hardback)

THE SECRET SERVICE. An elite team of men who share a single mission: to protect the president of the United States. On November 22, 1963, these men failed-and a country would never be the same. Now,...

William Skidelsky / Federer and Me (Hardback)

For much of the past decade, William Skidelsky has not been able to stop thinking about Roger Federer, the greatest and most graceful tennis player of all time. It's a devotion that has been...

William J. Mann / The Contender (Hardback)

Entertainment Weekly' s BIG FALL BOOKS PREVIEW Selection Best Book of 2019 -- Publisher's Weekly Based on new and revelatory material from Brando's own private archives, an award-winning film...

Patrick Garland / The Incomparable Rex (Hardback)

A biography of Rex Harrison. The author of this book worked with Harrison on "My Fair Lady" and came to know him well. As well as famed for his style, wit, and performance as Henry Higgins on both...

Michael Rosen / Many Different Kinds of Love (Hardback)

A Guardian Book of the Year An Evening Standard Book of the Year An Independent Book of the Year Netgalley's non-fiction Book of the Year A national treasure's journey to the brink and back. 'Will I...

Martyn Gregory / Diana (Hardback)

A book which tries to reveal why Diana died and why it should never have happened. It debunks myths, showing many of them to be Fayed-inspired propaganda, Diana and Dodi were not victims of a...

Phyllis Richardson / The House of Fiction (Hardback)

From the gothic fantasies of Walpole's Otranto to post-modern takes on the country house by Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, Phyllis Richardson guides us on a tour through buildings real and imagined...

Kathleen Hale / A Slender Reputation (Hardback)

The creator of the Orlando books was born in 1898. A writer of great wit and perception, she has written a fascinating autobiography that spans almost a century     This book is second hand, and...

Robert Reilly / Irish Saints (Hardback)

The trials and successes of the twelve Irish saints including Ireland's Patron Saint Patrick, Saint Brigid, who founded Ireland's first community of sisters, and many others who were either canonized...

Steven Derix / A Biography of Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's War Leader (Hardback)

Volodymyr Zelensky: From Comedian to President - The True Story of Courage, Leadership, and Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Perfect for readers searching for a biography of Volodymyr Zelensky and a brief...

Alison Bechdel / Are You My Mother? (Hardback)

An expansive, moving and captivating graphic memoir from the author of Fun Home. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a literary phenomenon. While Fun Home explored Bechdel's relationship with her father, a...

Margaret Atwood / Negotiating with the Dead (Hardback)

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William Hallberg / Perfect Lies (Hardback)

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Neal Gabler / Walter Winchell And The Culture Of Gossip (Hardback)

Through the figure of Broadway hack Walter Winchell, a commentator through his gossip column and radio shows, this book builds a picture of the influence of the media on popular culture and history...

Adam Savage / Every Tool's A Hammer (Hardback)

* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'An imperative how-to for creativity...I adore this book' Nick Offerman Adam Savage - star of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters and one...

Willy Brandt / My Life in Politics (Hardback)

Born in 1913 to poor working-class parents, Willy Brandt was involved in socialist politics from an early age. By 1933 he was an active anti-Nazi, so that at 19 he had to flee Germany for Denmark and...

Ben Watt / Romany and Tom (Hardback)

Ben Watt's father, Tommy, was a working-class Glaswegian jazz musician, a politicised left-wing bandleader and a composer. His heyday in the late fifties took him into the glittering heart of...

Eoin Young / Memories of the Bear (Hardback)

When Denny Hulme won the 1967 Formula 1 World Championship, he jokingly asked Jim Clark to do 'the fame bit' for him as he so disliked being in the spotlight. Behind the wheel of a racing car,...

Marcia Moody / Kate (Hardback)

Following the royal wedding, the Diamond Jubilee and the birth of Kate and William's first baby, popular sentiment towards the royal family has rarely been higher. At the centre of this surge in...

Miles Kington / How Shall I Tell The Dog? (Hardback)

Miles Kington, the much-loved humorist, musician and broadcaster, died of cancer in January 2008. This series of letters from him to his literary agent - ostensibly proposing a stream of increasingly...

Valerie Grove / So Much To Tell (Hardback)

Kaye Webb, a journalist with no publishing experience, burst into the world of children's books in 1961 and changed the face of children's publishing forever. Her child-like enthusiasm and shrewd...

David Dein / Calling the Shots (Large Paperback)

The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and legend of the game: David Dein. There's no doubt that Dein has been one of the most significant and...

Brad Meltzer / The JFK Conspiracy (Large Paperback)

THE INSTANT NYT BESTSELLER 'Fascinating' - The Guardian A gripping account of the little-known plot that could have put end end to JFK's historic presidency - before it even began. From the New York...

Sophie Matterson / The Crossing (Large Paperback)

'The Crossing is as profound as it is moving - a tapestry of adventure, love and, of course, camels.' Tim Cope, author of On the Trail of Genghis Khan In 2020, at the age of thirty-one, Sophie...

Susie Wolff / Driven (Large Paperback)

Formula One superstar Susie Wolff lifts the bonnet on her incredible journey to the top of motorsport, and her ambitions for what comes next     This book is second hand, and while you may not get...