Biographies & Autobiographies books

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The Nine Years War (1593-1603), sometimes known as Tyrone's Rebellion, was one of the most devastating and brutal...  Read More >>

The definitive recounting of the mysterious assassination of one of Louisiana's most powerful politicians  Read More >>

Anna wouldn't ordinarily introduce herself as a six-time cancer survivor. Her diagnoses do not define her-her recovery...  Read More >>

Tom Boardman was a talented ukulele player from Leigh in Lancashire. At the start of the Second World War, he joined...  Read More >>

Grounds itself in the critical trajectory related to what Sara Ahmed calls affective economies to offer fresh insights...  Read More >>

Instant National Bestseller A book of small rescues against despair. In this deftly comedic and deeply contemplative...  Read More >>

The Burn List follows Julie Cruse from an abusive childhood into two decades of escalating academic exploitation,...  Read More >>

In the search for her truth, Sally Dukes takes the reader on a difficult yet compelling pursuit, the unfolding of...  Read More >>

A story about the sound and silence of survival, and the rhythms that carry us home. In Mixtape: A Memoir, therapist...  Read More >>

Mystery of Misery is a long form confessional written by a fragmented boy with the mind of a middle aged man. Consummated...  Read More >>

Mystery of Misery is a long form confessional written by a fragmented boy with the mind of a middle aged man. Consummated...  Read More >>

Eat Darling, Eat - Is Anything Alright? From a young boy in a small dairy store to a seasoned consultant in the...  Read More >>

Clear-eyed and unsentimental, this memoir shows how a life shaped by neglect and silence can still open into strength,...  Read More >>

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A woman replays her abandonment by her mother, who is sometimes addressed as a male mother-god. She is also abandoned...  Read More >>

The powerful NYT bestseller is now in paperback. “Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe...  Read More >>

Evil, Goodness, and Creating Active Bystandership shares the remarkable journey of Ervin Staub, a scholar and actor...  Read More >>

Ranging across centuries and continents, this book explores the lives of eight remarkable people who introduced...  Read More >>

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The Coterel Gang, who flourished in the Midlands of England during the late 1320s and early 1330s, was led by James...  Read More >>

From the beginning, America was a land of pioneers and outlaws, and lawlessness has always been a distinctively...  Read More >>

Braiding together biography and criticism, Adam Plunkett challenges our understanding of Robert Frost’s life and...  Read More >>

From the New York Times bestselling author of Provence, 1970, a lively and riveting account of the revolutionary...  Read More >>

England’s best-loved landscape painter John Constable’s letters, sharing his ideas and practices – selected, arranged...  Read More >>