Autobiography: literary books

7721 books were found.

Mom and Me and Mom

Mom and Me and Mom

Author: Dr Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780349017129
Format: Paperback
$24.99

In this treasured modern classic, one of America's most celebrated memoirists and poets, Maya Angelou, shares the...  Read More >>

The Heart Of A Woman

The Heart Of A Woman

Author: Dr Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780349017082
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The fourth title in Maya Angelou's bestselling seven-volume autobiography is reissued in a new look to celebrate...  Read More >>

Gather Together In My Name

Gather Together In My Name

Author: Dr Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780349017105
Format: Paperback
$24.99

For Virago's 50th anniversary, we are reissuing the second title in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography series...  Read More >>

A Song Flung Up to Heaven

A Song Flung Up to Heaven

Author: Dr Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780349017099
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The sixth volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to coincide with its induction...  Read More >>

All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

Author: Dr Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780349017112
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The fifth volume in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to mark its induction to...  Read More >>

Somewhere Towards The End

Somewhere Towards The End

Author: Diana Athill (Y)
ISBN: 9781803510927
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Included in the BEST OF GRANTA series: the Costa-award winning memoir on what it means to grow old.  Read More >>

Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas...

Author: Dr Maya Angelou
ISBN: 9780349017075
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Reading Shakespeare Reading Me

Reading Shakespeare Reading Me

Author: Leonard Barkan
ISBN: 9781531507312
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A gripping, funny, joyful account of how the books you read shape your own life in surprising and profound ways....  Read More >>

Reading Van Gogh: An Amateur's Search for God

Reading Van Gogh: An Amateur's Search for God

Author: Elizabeth Barks Cox
ISBN: 9780881469202
Format: Paperback
$40.70

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Escaped at Thirteen: The True Story of a War Child's Rise to Success

Escaped at Thirteen: The True Story of a War Child's...

Author: Alieza Mogadam
ISBN: 9781038307422
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European

The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European

Author: Stefan Zweig (Author) ,  Anthea Bell (Translator (GER))
ISBN: 9781805331155
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A truthful and passionate account of the golden age of literary Vienna; its seeming permanence, its promise, and...  Read More >>

Escaped at Thirteen: The True Story of a War Child's Rise to Success

Escaped at Thirteen: The True Story of a War Child's...

Author: Alieza Mogadam
ISBN: 9781038307439
Format: Hardback
$84.45

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Journey from the North: A Memoir

Journey from the North: A Memoir

Author: Storm Jameson ,  Vivian Gornick
ISBN: 9781805330448
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Towards the end of her life, the writer Storm Jameson began her memoir by asking, 'can I make sense of my life?'...  Read More >>

A Swarthy Boy: A Childhood in British Guiana

A Swarthy Boy: A Childhood in British Guiana

Author: Edgar Mittelholzer
ISBN: 9781845233556
Format: Paperback
$47.49

An autobiography of Edgar Mittelholzer years growing up in colonial British Guiana as a mixed-race boy in a colour-conscious...  Read More >>

Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East

Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the...

Author: Gaar Adams
ISBN: 9781787303706
Format: Hardback
$42.99

An intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a...  Read More >>

The Nature of Things Fragile: Poems

The Nature of Things Fragile: Poems

Author: Peter Vertacnik
ISBN: 9781641773652
Format: Hardback
$44.99

In his debut poetry collection, TheNature of Things Fragiledetails while laying them to rest. The Nature of Things...  Read More >>

Big Sur

Big Sur

Author: Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 9798869208637
Format: Paperback
$34.29

In 1960 Jack Kerouac was near breaking point. Driven mad by constant press attention in the wake of the publication...  Read More >>

Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives

Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical...

Author: Dr Emma Parker
ISBN: 9781350353794
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The dismantlement of the British Empire had a profound impact on many celebrated white Anglophone writers of the...  Read More >>

Mary and Mr. Eliot: A Sort of Love Story

Mary and Mr. Eliot: A Sort of Love Story

Author: Mary Trevelyan ,  Erica Wagner
ISBN: 9781250321831
Format: Paperback
$52.80

"Mary and Mr. Eliot is a twin portrait of T. S. Eliot and its author, the formidable Mary Trevelyan. In 1938 T....  Read More >>

Notes from the Henhouse: On Marrying a Poet, Raising Children and Chickens, and Writing

Notes from the Henhouse: On Marrying a Poet, Raising...

Author: Elspeth Barker
ISBN: 9781668022153
Format: Paperback
$47.52

"A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker--acclaimed journalist and author...  Read More >>

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Author: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 9780593913659
Format: Paperback
$79.20

""Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman...  Read More >>

My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat...

Author: Caleb Carr
ISBN: 9780316503600
Format: Hardback
$84.48

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ""The most brilliant feline portrait in literary history."" -People Magazine...  Read More >>

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Author: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 9780593730249
Format: Hardback
$73.92

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account...  Read More >>

An Improbable Series of Risky Events: The Memoirs of Gary Lindberg

An Improbable Series of Risky Events: The Memoirs of...

Author: Gary Lindberg
ISBN: 9781962834094
Format: Paperback
$58.05

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May the Owl Call Again: A Return to Poet John Meade Haines, 1924-2011

May the Owl Call Again: A Return to Poet John Meade...

Author: Rachel Epstein ,  Sandra Kleven
ISBN: 9798891455900
Format: Hardback
$105.60

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