Autobiography: literary books

'A glowing masterpiece.' - Hilary Mantel; the moving story of the great Irish novelist's childhood and family  Read More >>

The runaway national bestseller now becomes a motion picture starring Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow, directed...  Read More >>

Born in Vienna in 1936, David Pryce-Jones is the son of the well-known writer and editor of theTimes Literary SupplementAlan...  Read More >>

"Selected by O, The Oprah Magazine: * Best Memoirs * Best Beach Reads * Best First Lines * Top Books to Pick Up...  Read More >>

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Excerpt: ...of him. No more unpromising undertaking could be imagined. The very material for the task seemed wanting....  Read More >>

""Forthright, sensitive, and compelling"" (Edan Lepucki, New York Times bestselling author of California), this...  Read More >>

The memoirs of Olaudah Equiano, originally published in 1789, recounts his remarkable life story. Born in 1745 in...  Read More >>

Joseph Conrad (born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish author who wrote...  Read More >>

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A 20th-anniversary edition of Mary Karr's pathbreaking, award-winning, mega-bestselling memoir, featuring a new...  Read More >>

The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay - Volume I from Frances Burney. English novelist, diarist and playwright...  Read More >>

The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay - Volume III from Frances Burney. English novelist, diarist and playwright...  Read More >>

The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay - Volume II from Frances Burney. English novelist, diarist and playwright...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called ""the best chef in America"" tells the story of...  Read More >>

This two-volume collection of reminiscences by historian and social critic Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was edited...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This two-volume collection of reminiscences by historian and social critic Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was edited...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative historians.  Read More >>

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Victor Hugo's classic work.  Read More >>

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