After years of abuse at the hands of their step-father, Terrie and Paul tell their story of pain and courage and love.
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood....
Powell writes of his difficulties as well as the triumphs that marked his rise from a boyhood in the Bronx to the rank of four-star...
Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as...
On Boxing Day 2004, Rob, Paul, Matty and Rosie Forkan tragically lost their parents in the Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka. Aged from...
The biography of author John Broderick, whose powerful Balzacian novels of life in the Irish midlands, were banned for their depictions of Irish sexuality and...
Everybody Matters Moving memoir from the first female President of Ireland, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. Full description
Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for...
***Now an International Bestseller!*** I'm starting a service... available for any situation in which all you want is a person to be there. Maybe there's...
A razor-sharp and achingly funny memoir of the men and movies that shaped one woman’s life...
The frozen land of Antarctica is not for ordinary people but Tom Crean was no ordinary man. Tom explored the unknown, crossed ice fields and...
In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the all-white, upper-crust US Lawn Tennis Association opened its door...
This title traces Marshall Mathers' rise to fame from the schools and workplaces of his native Detroit to global superstardom. Eminem's dark history is presented...
From the bestselling author of Girlhood, an examination of celibacy as well as the solitude, the freedoms and the feminist heroes discovered along the way...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 600-618) and index. Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, c1966.
A RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK' Sometimes it's hard to be a woman and sometimes it's time to be a hard woman . ....
A biography of Grace Kelly, an American actress who later became the Princess of Monaco and died in a car crash in 1982.
'The only wise prediction to make about a new Brian Moore novel is that it will be unpredictable and wise,' wrote Christopher Ricks reviewing BLACK...
When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she...
'Wonderfully funny, utterly charming and sharp as all Hell' SARAH MILLICAN 'Tom Allen is one of the funniest comedians in the UK, the best dressed...
Features photographs of the author's pet coonhound Maddie as they road trip all over the United States, including Maddie standing on a horse, Maddie standing...
A biography of the Little Flower supplemented by imagery depicting the Thérèse's life and the world in which she lived.
A revealing chronicle of the iconic American writer's formative years evaluates the decade between his graduation from Harvard and his departure for his Walden Pond...
'The greatest Gaelic footballer of all time.' Pat Spillane When Colm Cooper retired from inter-county football in 2017, he left behind a remarkable legacy. The...
This is a vividly shocking misery memoir about Ann Kenny’s abusive childhood in rural Ireland. A foster child in a household where she wasn’t wanted,...
The author relates his work with dogs in mountain search and rescue, drowned victim recovery, collapsed structure searching, and optical disc and drug detection situations...
Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, has become one of Britain's most popular politicians; a woman who evokes immense personal empathy among politicians...
From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours...
'Utterly engrossing and timely' INDIA KNIGHT 'A true act of bravery and sisterhood' ELIZABETH DAY 'Fascinating...truly valuable' JULIA SAMUEL 'I gobbled this book up. It's...
This memoir will make you question our definition of the "perfect life", laugh at the absurdity of the modern workplace and be warmed by the...
A story about the early life of Jeannette Walls. The memoir is an exposing work about her early life and growing up on the run...
The ultimate Queen's bible written by Australian blogger Constance Hall.
In 2005, at the age of 20, Andy Lee decided he was going to try to make it in the harsh and unforgiving world of...
Daniel Mattson once believed he was gay. Raised in a Christian family, and aware of attractions to other boys at age six, Mattson's life was...
In this “vivid…lovely and inviting” (The New York Times) coming-of-age memoir—the “best piece of nature writing since H Is for Hawk” (Neil Gaiman)—a young man...
