Autobiography: general Books
Warbler Classics A Daughter of the Samurai (Warbler Classics)
£11.35
Indigo River Publishing Feathers at My Feet
£12.34
Central Park South Publishing Isle of Hope
£14.24
Simon & Schuster Easy Beauty: A Memoir
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£16.19
Gallery Books Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of
Book SynopsisFrom iconic NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony comes a New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up in the housing projects of Red Hook and Baltimore—a brutal world Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised.For a long time, Carmelo Anthony’s world wasn’t any larger than the view of the hoopers and hustlers he watched from the side window of his family’s first-floor project apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He couldn’t dream any bigger than emulating his older brothers and cousin, much less going on to become a basketball champion on the world stage. He faced palpable dangers growing up in the housing projects of Red Hook and West Baltimore’s Murphy Homes (a.k.a. Murder Homes, subject of HBO’s The Wire). He navigated an education system that ignored, exploited, or ostracized him. He suffered the untimely deaths of his closely held loved ones. He struggled to survive physically and emotionally. But with the strength of family and the guidance of key mentors on the streets and on the court, he pushed past lethal odds to endure and thrive. By the time Carmelo found himself at the NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden in 2003 preparing to embark on his legendary career, he wondered: How did a kid who’d had so many hopes, dreams, and expectations beaten out of him by a world of violence, poverty, and racism make it here at all? Carmelo’s story is one of strength and determination; of dribbling past players bigger and tougher than him, while also weaving around vial caps and needles strewn across the court; where dealers and junkies lined one side of the asphalt and kids playing jacks and Double Dutch lined the other; where rims had no nets, and you better not call a foul—a place Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised.
£16.19
Simon & Schuster A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the
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£16.14
Penguin Putnam Inc Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and
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£16.20
Binker North The Confessions of Saint Augustine
£16.59
Moose House Publications Two Ferries Out: Growing up on Brier Island
£19.94
Xylem Books Landings
£15.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff: Avec Un Portrait. T1 (Éd.1890)
£22.53
Books on Demand Eure Ehre - unser Leid
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£15.90
Dachbuch Verlag Gmbh 10 Years of Freedom
£999.99
£7.90
Westland Books Pvt Ltd The Autobiography of a Sex Worker
£12.89
Summus Editorial Ltda. João Cândido
£22.57
Brill Revolution and Women’s Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century France
Book SynopsisHere for the first time is a book devoted exclusively to the topic of women’s autobiography in nineteenth-century France. Tracing the rise of autobiography in relation to women’s domestic confinement, Kathleen Hart demonstrates how Flora Tristan, George Sand, and Louise Michel transformed the genre. Inspired by Romantic socialism, each of these remarkable autobiographers links the story of her personal development to socio-historic change. In the wake of the 1830 Revolution, Tristan chronicles social unrest as she relates her progressive transformation into humanity’s “Woman Guide” in Peregrinations of a Pariah (1838). Writing in the aftermath of the 1848 Revolution, Sand consolidates her role as a mediator between the rich and the poor in Story of My Life (1854). A legend of the 1871 Paris Commune, Michel establishes herself as the poet and prophet of a mythical Revolution yet to come in her Memoirs (1886). Exploring the dynamic interplay between revolution and feminist acts of self-affirmation, Revolution and Women’s Autobiography in Nineteenth-Century France will appeal to scholars of history, French culture, literature, and women’s studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface I Women, Revolution, and the French Autobiographical Tradition II Tracing New Routes: Flora Tristan’s Peregrinations of a Pariah III George Sand’s Quest For Solidarity in Story of My Life IV Living For Revolution: Louise Michel’s Memoirs Conclusion Works Cited Index
£57.62
Brill Encounters in My Travels: Thoughts Along the Way
Book SynopsisThis book details Harris’s travels throughout the globe among common people through sixty-seven countries over twelve years. She stayed in a harem, wore a burqa, and slept on a sidewalk through the biggest battle in the Algerian War! Questions evoke critical reading and philosophical thought, and the book includes a bibliography of suggestions for further reading.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction One Police Encounters Two Alaska, 1957–1960 Three Roads Traveled Four War! Five In the Muslim World Six Natural Wonders Seven Built Wonders Eight Other Encounters Nine Epilogue For Further Reading About the Author Index
£23.57
Diamond Books The Autobiography of a Yogi
£18.44
Alpha Edition My Life With The Eskimo
£37.77
Mehta Publishing House Caste Matters
£21.03
Siglo XXI Ediciones Si Me Permiten Hablar. Testimonio de Domitila, Una Mujer de Las Minas de Bolivia
£23.52
Orchid Press Publishing Limited Modern De Quincey, A: Autobiography Of An Opium Addict
£17.09
Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica No Stone Unturned: The Carl and Rosie Story
Book SynopsisConfronted with the reality of her HIV-positive status, Rosemarie Stone also has to deal with husband Carl’s illness and his rapid decline to death as a result of AIDS. She not only has to cope with the shock and feeling of betrayal but also with the guilt and shame as well as the stigma and discrimination that follows anyone living with the virus. In No Stone Unturned, Rosemarie Stone describes in vivid and heartbreaking detail her first reactions to the news of Carl’s illness and the elaborate attempts they both engineer to cover-up their status from Jamaican society and even close family members. This is the story of Rosie’s own fight against the debilitating effects of the virus and against the inevitable stigma and discrimination; of her retreat from Jamaican society; of the solace and comfort she has found in family and close friends and in contact with others living with the virus. Her story describes the realities of our worst fears – the absolute dread of those who find they are HIV positive, which is the result of the stigma NOT the virus itself. It is a woman’s story of courage and resilience; but it is also an amazing love story, however love is defined. After 13 years, Rosie makes the agonizing decision to share her story with the world. Told without bitterness or recrimination, it is sad but at the same time inspirational and educational. No one reading these memoirs will remain untouched by her experiences.
£17.09
Piano Island Publishing The Wandering Pianist
£17.58
Kachere Series Hero of the Nation: Chipembere of Malawi - An Autobiography
£44.67
Independently Published The Lion of London Bridge
£14.11
£22.52
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing
Book SynopsisA poetic coming-of-age memoir that probes the legacies and myths of family, race, and religion—from Nigeria to England to AmericaMary-Alice Daniel’s family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family’s series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging.A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures through the physical and mythical landscapes of Daniel’s upbringing. Against the backdrop of a migratory adolescence, she reckons with race, religious conflict, culture clash, and a multiplicity of possible identities. Daniel lays bare the lives and legends of her parents and past generations, unearthing the tribal mythologies that shaped her kin and her own way of being in the world. The impossible question
£17.99
Hachette Books Beaumonster
Book SynopsisJesse Dayton''s story reads like a who''s who of American music. In his debut memoir Beaumonster, Dayton reveals the stranger-than-fiction encounters and outlandish experiences that have ensued across his wide-ranging career. After sneaking into night clubs to play gigs in his youth, eighteen-year-old Dayton and his trio began packing clubs and theaters across Houston, Dallas, and Austin. His first solo record which featured great luminaries like Doug Sahm, Flaco Jiménez, and Johnny Gimble, hit number one on the Americana radio charts and then he was off to the races- touring the world solo and with punk legends Social Distortion and the Supersuckers. While doing press in Nashville, he caught the attention of Waylon Jennings and was whisked off to Woodland Studios, where he was greeted by none other than Johnny Cash, who told Dayton, We''ve been waiting for you.Since then, Dayton''s ride across the entertainment industry, traversing genres and formats, has only gotten
£20.90
Hachette Books Sis Dont Settle
Book SynopsisBy day, Faith Jenkins is the host of the nationally syndicated TV show Divorce Court; by night, she''s a happily married newlywed who navigated these dating streets for years before learning how to attract the love of her dreams. When she turned 35 without a wedding ring in sight, like most women, she started getting tons of questions about not being married. But she made a decision: I. Will. Not. Settle. As an attorney and arbitrator, Faith has presided over hundreds of cases, and has helped couples avoid and resolve a wealth of drama. And she''s seen it all! In Sis, Don''t Settle, she''s gathered an arsenal of love, wisdom and advice for women on how to play it smart.Modern culture would have women believe they can''t have it all-and be smart, successful, strong women with authentic love to boot. Wrong. Told in her signature style-sometimes salty and sometimes sweet-Faith provides real solutions that will teach you how to thrive in relation
£21.84
Harper Perennial Wild Game
Book Synopsis“This electrifying, gorgeously written memoir will hold you captive until the last word.” —People A daughter’s tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity.NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NAMED A BEST FALL BOOK BY People * Refinery29 * Entertainment Weekly * BuzzFeed * NPR’s On Point * Town & Country * Real Simple * New York Post * Palm Beach Post * Toronto Star * Orange Country Register * Bustle * Bookish * BookPage * Kirkus* BBC Culture* DebutifulOn a hot July night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just kissed me.Adrienne instantly became her mother’s confidante and helpmate, blossoming in the sudden light of her attention, and from then on, Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband’s closest friend. The affair would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved, impacting Adrienne’s life in profound ways, driving her into a precarious marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. Only years later will she find the strength to embrace her life—and her mother—on her own terms. Wild Game is a brilliant, timeless memoir about how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. It’s a remarkable story of resilience, a reminder that we need not be the parents our parents were to us.“Exquisite and harrowing.” —New York Times Book Review
£17.09
Random House USA Inc Stay True
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£17.02
University of California Press George Grosz
Book SynopsisAn autobiography of George Grosz, one of the twentieth century's greatest satirical artists. It presents a graphic portrait of Germany in chaos after the Treaty of Versailles. It includes a chapter on Grosz's experience in the Soviet Union as well as writings about his twenty-year self-imposed exile in America, and a fable written in English.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD PREFACE BEGINNINGS: POMERANIA PEEKING INTO THE THIRTEENTH ROOM IKNOWWHATIWANT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART BROADENING HORIZONS STARTING MY OWN LIFE TO BERLIN PRIVATE GROSZ HOME TO BERLIN DADA THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC RUSSIA IN 1922 FRIENDS AND OTHER FACES A FAIRY STORY A CHANGE OF AIR NEW YORK IN JUNE ON BECOMING AMERICAN MAKING GOOD IN AMERICA ART LOOKS FOR BREAD GERMANS IN AMERICA AMERICA, THE BIG 2 THE PAINTER ENTERS HIS STUDIO EPILOGUE
£999.99
Alfred A. Knopf Surrender
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ? Bono?artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2?has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he?s lived, the challenges he?s faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. ? A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ?A brilliant, very funny, very revealing autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar.? ?Caitlin Moran, award-winning journalist?When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I?d previously only sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender is a word freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the seventies with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a natural concept. A word I only circled until I gathered my thoughts for the book. I am still grappling with this most humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of one pilgrim?s lack of progress ... With a fair amount of fun along the way.? ?BonoAs one of the music world?s most iconic artists and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono?s career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it?s Bono who picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was fourteen, to U2?s unlikely journey to become one of the world?s most influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor, self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his life?and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained, challenged, and shaped him.Surrender?s subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, is a nod to the book?s forty chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created forty original drawings for Surrender, which appear throughout the book.
£22.50
Faber & Faber Black Teacher
Book SynopsisThe rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo (''I dare anyone to read it and not come away shocked, moved and entertained'')Benjamin Zephaniah: ''A must-read. Her life makes you laugh. Her life makes you cry. Get to know her.''Jacqueline Wilson: ''A superb but shocking memoir ... Imaginative, resilient and inspiring.''Christie Watson: ''A beautiful memoir of one woman''s strength and dignity against the odds.''Steve McQueen: ''Gilroy blazed a path that empowered generations of Black British educators.''David Lammy: ''This empowering tale of courage, resistance, and triumph is a breath of fresh air.''Diana Evans: ''Important, enlightening and very entertaining, full of real-life drama ... Inspirational.''Paul Mendez: ''Written with a novelist's ear and sense of atmo
£9.74
Random House USA Inc The Light We Carry
Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME’S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 • In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles—the earned wisdom that helps her continue to “become.” She details her most valuable practices, like “starting kind,” “going high,” and assembling a “kitchen table” of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. “When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it,” writes Michelle Obama. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice that will ignite conversation, The Light We Carry inspires readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.
£21.25
Alfred A. Knopf What Have We Here
Book SynopsisA film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.“The story of a legend, written by the legend himself! Impressive, inspiring, entertaining and endearing.” —J. J. AbramsBilly Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill production where Williams ended up feeding Lenya her lines. He studied painting, first at the High School of Music and Art, with fellow student Diahann Carroll, and then at the National Academy of Fine Art, before setting out to pursue acting with Herbert Berghoff, Stella Adler, and Sidney Poitier.His first film role was
£24.00
Penguin Putnam Inc Hijab Butch Blues
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£12.41
Hogarth Solito
Book SynopsisNew York Times Bestseller ? Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today ? Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography ? Winner of the American Library Association Alex AwardA young poet tells the inspiring story of hismigration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this?gripping memoir? (NPR) of bravery, hope, and finding family. Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction ? One of the New York Public Library?s Ten Best Books of the Year Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the PEN/Open Book Award?I read Solito with my heart in my throat and did not burst into tears until the last sentence. What a person, what a writer, what a book.??Emma Straub ?A riveting tale of perseverance and the lengths humans will go to help each other in times of struggle.??Dave EggersONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Vulture, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago??one day, you?ll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.? Javier Zamora?s adventure is athree-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and acrossthe U.S. border.He will leave behindhis beloved aunt and grandparentsto reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling aloneamida group of strangers and a ?coyote? hired to lead them to safety, Javierexpects histriptolast two short weeks.At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents? arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito providesan immediate and intimate accountnot onlyof a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but alsoofthe miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is JavierZamora?sstory, but it?s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.
£20.00
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Grieg and Delius A Chronicle of Their Friendship
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£17.95
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd Copland Since 1943
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£17.95
International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. My Life as a Political Prisoner The Rebel Girl
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£17.09
John Murray Press Sleeping Around Secrets of a Sexual Adventuress
Book SynopsisThreesomes, sorbet sex, drunk dialling, multiple orgasms, girly gossip-swaps, buying silk underwear - welcome to dating the modern girl's way.Trade Review'Sexy, confident and brimming with attitude' * Cosmopolitan *'Sexy ... laugh-out-loud funny ... very Carrie Bradshaw: witty,bracing, packed with handy advice' * Observer Woman *'She's frank. She's funny. And she doesn't mind admitting she's filthy too.' * Independent *'A no-holds-barred account of Catherine's erotic adventures ... Lots of fun and very Sex and the City' * Closer *'Phew!' * News of the World *
£12.58
Hachette Australia Back on Track
Book SynopsisAs a kid, Bernie Shakeshaft''s mischievous and reckless behaviour led him to became known as the wild one of his devout Catholic family. It isn''t surprising that his path led him to the Northern Territory, a place where people often go to either lose themselves or find themselves. Bernie, a searcher for his purpose in life, found himself.He had many jobs, firstly as a ringer on a cattle station owned by the Packer family, and later as a dingo trapper for the Parks and Wildlife Service. Throughout it all, he drank, he swore, he fought, and took chances with his own well-being. But, crucially, he also developed deep connections with the Indigenous people, and it was these connections that helped lay the foundations for what was to come. He worked for youth welfare organisations, and all the while he built up his knowledge about helping wayward youths, particularly those from Indigenous communities.Years later, Bernie was living in Armidale. He''d been visiting Trade ReviewThis fella Bernie, he's a good fella, a bit of a genius really. What a great story. * Russell Crowe about the documentary, BackTrack Boys *
£18.00
Hachette Australia Shine It Up
Book SynopsisSassy and adventurous, Jackie Gillies devours life with style and a smile - and lives it to the shiny brim. Well known to Australian audiences from The Real Housewives of Melbourne and I''m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Jackie has another surprising side: she also works as a psychic medium, booked out months in advance.Jackie was aware of her psychic gift from a very young age, but her career began in banking, where she developed her business skills and entrepreneurial flair. A series of events in 2004 encouraged her to follow her intuition to her true life''s purpose. Jackie believes your thoughts create your reality - and her positive energy and inspiring spiritual guidance have earned her the reputation as one of Australia''s most sought-after psychic mediums.This is the story of a young woman from Newcastle who was on the corporate path, doing all the conventional things, but who found the courage to fo
£14.24
The History Press Ltd The London Cabbie
Book SynopsisForty years ago Alf Townsend passed The Knowledge - after 14,000 miles on a moped round central London. Since then he has covered millions of miles in his taxi. This book includes a selection of his extraordinary and hilarious tales of everyday life as a cabbie, in which we meet Mr Whippy and Violent Pete, Bread Roll Mick and the Motorway Mouse, Claude the Bastard and the mysterious Mr X. Alf also examines the history of cab-driving in the capital - including the variety of taxis that have been used - and even tries to shed some light on the most ancient and obscure Hackney Carriage laws that are still on the statute book. (Do you know why a taxi is so tall? So a passenger can get on board wearing a top hat: it''s true...) Concluding with a look at the seamy side of night work, the rise and rise of the mini-cab, and what the future may hold for the London cabbie, Alf Townsend''s book will be entertaining reading for all Londoners, and anyone else who has tr
£12.34
Little, Brown Book Group An American Family
Book Synopsis''Khan''s aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands'' Kirkus ReviewsIn fewer than three hundred words, Khizr Khan electrified viewers around the world when he took the stage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And when he offered to lend Donald Trump his own much-read and dog-eared pocket Constitution, his gesture perfectly encapsulated the feelings of millions. But who was that man, standing beside his wife, extolling the promises and virtues of the U.S. Constitution?In this urgent and timeless immigrant story, we learn that Khizr Khan has been many things. He was the oldest of ten children born to farmers in Pakistan, and a curious and thoughtful boy who listened rapt as his grandfather recited Rumi beneath the moonlight. He was a university student who read the Declaration of Independence and was awestruck by what might be possible in life. He was a hopeful suitor, trying to win the heart of a wo
£18.00
