In My Own Process by Bruce Lee
Category: Biography/Memoir
'Many of you know that I am a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, and, by daily actualizing my potentiality through soulful discoveries and daily exercising, I hope to become also an artist of life.' - Bruce Lee'I venture that 95% of people have heard of Bruce Lee. They might not know ever ...Show more
Capote's Women: The book behind TV's FEUD: CAPOTE VS THE SWANS by Laurence Leamer
Category: Biography/Memoir
'DREAM HOLIDAY READING....I ENJOYED LEAMER'S BOOK A LOT.' SUNDAY TIMES'ABSOLUTELY PERFECT POOLSIDE READING AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE MINI-SERIES.' THE TIMES'BARRELING AND WELL-RESEARCHED.' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A JUICY, ENGAGING READ.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'There are certain women,' Truman Capote wrote, 'who, th ...Show more
The Twat Files: A Hilarious Sort-Of Memoir of Mistakes, Mishaps and Mess-Ups by Dawn French
Category: Biography/Memoir
A hugely relatable, funny, honest and inspirational 'memoir of sorts' in which Dawn celebrates what it means to be gloriously, messily human. When I was younger I wanted to be an interesting, sophisticated, semi-heroic, multi-layered person. BUT. That kind of perfect is impossible. Being an actual twa ...Show more
The Last Secret Agent: The untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines by Pippa Latour
Category: Poppies Hot Picks This Month
The extraordinary true story of one of the last female special operation agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII. Born in 1921, Pippa Latour was a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British as a Special Operations ...Show more
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
Category: Biography/Memoir
Raw and radical, unfamiliar and beguiling - a journey through Britain's breathtaking flatlands and a reckoning with the painful memories and hidden histories contained in those landscapes. Noreen Masud has always loved flat landscapes - their stark beauty, their formidable calm, their refusal to cooper ...Show more
MORE Late Life Adventures in London & Beyond by Annemarie Rawson
Category: Biography/Memoir
Join Annemarie and her husband Steve in their inspiring travelogue as they explore London’s hidden gems, the UK, and a host of enticing European destinations. Experience the beauty of the fascinating places they visit, immerse yourself in local history and culture, meeting local characters while savouri ...Show more
An Angel at My Table - The Complete Autobiography by Janet Frame; Jane Campion (Introduction by)
Category: Biography/Memoir | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'Janet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life. It is one of the classics of autobiography. She knew that a writer must search her soul in order to say anything that is essential' HILARY MANTEL'Janet Frame is the greatest Ne ...Show more
CSNY: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young by Peter Doggett
Category: Biography/Memoir
An engaging and illuminating biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of "rock's first supergroup" (Rolling Stone) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young--when they were the most successful, influential, and politically potent band in America. After making their marks in popular ba ...Show more
Run for Your Life: The Remarkable True Story of a Family Forced Into Hiding After Leaking Russian Secrets by Sue Williams
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The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world. Nick moved to R ...Show more
Hine Toa: A Story of Bravery by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
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An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Maori liberation movements. In the 1950s, a young Ngahuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living. But whanau dismiss her ...Show more
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
Category: Biography/Memoir
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumat ...Show more
Dame Suzy D: My Story by Susan Devoy
Category: Poppies Hot Picks This Month
A four-time world squash champion, Dame Susan Devoy has led a remarkably varied life. She's been Race Relations Commissioner, a television star, a newspaper columnist, raised four boys and met Bill Clinton and King Charles. Fiercely driven and wildly competitive, her straight up style and hilarious turn ...Show more