Biographies & Autobiographies books

In Dance for Me When I Die-first published in Argentina in 2004 and appearing here in English for the first time-Cristian...  Read More >>

Adam Thorpe's home for the past 25 years has been an old house in the Cevennes, a wild range of mountains in southern...  Read More >>

'A vivid, searing account of a life at war.' BEAR GRYLLS'The most important book you'll ever read... Battle Scars...  Read More >>

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And, let me tell you, that question can take you all sorts of strange places...'In Made in Scotland, legendary comic...  Read More >>

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'I find it impossible to imagine anyone better read than White ... Wisdom and a certain kind of tenderness are to...  Read More >>

What is the role of fate in our lives? Why should we avoid repeating patterns?...  Read More >>

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'Fat' Freddie Thompson first appeared in court in 1997. He was seventeen and already aspiring to be a major crime...  Read More >>

'The whistle blows and I set off for the one kick I know will stay with me for the rest of my life, maybe even define...  Read More >>

How, in 1930, did Alfred Wegener, the son of minister from Berlin, find himself in the most isolated spot on earth,...  Read More >>

A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. An...  Read More >>

Aftermath chronicles this perilous journey as the author redefines herself as a single woman and creates a new version...  Read More >>

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In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account...  Read More >>

The million-copy selling truck fitter returns***Featured on Channel 4***'I can't stop biting off more than I can...  Read More >>

But is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? Adharanand Finn travelled to the heart...  Read More >>

When socialist barrister and aspiring member of parliament Maurice Blackburn met Doris Hordern, ardent feminist...  Read More >>

Common-the Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globe-winning musician, actor, and activist-follows up his New...  Read More >>

A heady mix of nostalgia, superb car design and reckless spirit. The best book you will ever read about the glory...  Read More >>

A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride...  Read More >>