Biographies & Autobiographies books

A bestselling biographer takes on the most successful female broadcaster of all time, a woman whose insecurity fueled...  Read More >>

The unknown book editor, featured in the HBO show “Julia,” finally gets her due in this colorful biography of Judith...  Read More >>

""A lifelong Emerson lover, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson's...  Read More >>

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A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey: it's a tribute...  Read More >>

This book is the first comprehensive biography on Jordan's King Abdullah.  Read More >>

The remarkable true story of the first man to come out as gay  Read More >>

The pages of the novel resurrect before the reader the events of a hundred years ago from 1912 to 1925 in the Balkans,...  Read More >>

Raised by Children is a story about the impact of childhood trauma and PTSD, and a young woman’s resilience as she...  Read More >>

In this true story of redemption, a woman on the brink of despair turns to God, desperate for a new beginning after...  Read More >>

If you have a fear of death and are unsure what life means, take a step back from yourself and embark on an adventure—any...  Read More >>

One woman's solo sailing odyssey - from Land's End to the shores of Greece - explores the unexpected joy of solitude...  Read More >>

Guide-dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner, Jaina, talk on the radio about what would...  Read More >>

Formula 1 sensation Guenther Steiner, author of the number one bestseller Surviving to Drive, takes readers into...  Read More >>

Ted's sniff and tell. It’s hard to believe Ted was once a skinny, unwanted pup who was dumped outside an animal...  Read More >>

Sue Barker first walked through those famous wrought-iron gates aged 13 in 1969 to play in the National Schools...  Read More >>

A fascinating and original biography of Eadward Muybridge, charting how his pioneering work in motion picture ushered...  Read More >>

A beautiful, humorous memoir of a single mother's move to a Sicilian island to give her daughters a childhood to...  Read More >>

An esoteric and magical portrait of Elvis Presley  Read More >>

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling...  Read More >>

In The City and the World Gregor Hens threads memoir with travelogue, philosophy, photography and references from...  Read More >>

Published in the UK for the first time, The Possession is a striking meditation on jealousy and a major work by...  Read More >>

'Like hanging with your funniest, sunniest, most sound, wise friend.' Marian Keyes  Read More >>

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER ‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’...  Read More >>

In the New York Times bestselling tradition of Seinfeldia, this is a fascinating dive into the history and evolution...  Read More >>