Biographies / Memoirs
-130x174.jpg "1666: Plague, War and Hellfire")
1666 was a watershed year for England. An outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the secon..
€ 8.90
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-130x174.jpg "A Ballad by Johannes Brahms")
Susanne Friedlander was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of a Jewish father and a Catholic m..
€ 4.40
-130x174.jpg "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius")
Eggers describes his parents' horrific deaths from cancer within a few weeks of each other du..
€ 4.90
-130x174.jpg "A Life on the Hop: Memoirs from a Career in Beer")
Well known and admired within the world of beer, Roger Protz has written many indispensible books..
€ 4.40
-130x174.jpg "A Monk Swimming")
Slapped with a libel suit after an appearance on a talk show, Malachy McCourt crows, "If the..
€ 4.90
-130x174.jpg "A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal")
Master storyteller Ben Macintyre’s most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth..
€ 5.40
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-130x174.jpg "Alchemists through the Ages")
Lives of the Famous Alchemistical Philosophers from the year 850 to the close of the 18th century..
€ 7.40
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-130x174.jpg "Alexander of Macedon")
Until recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with..
€ 5.40
-130x174.jpg "Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His Life")
One of the most important literary biographies of recent times, this is not only the story of one..
€ 7.90
-130x174.jpg "Ali: A Life")
The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with uniq..
€ 11.90
-130x174.jpg "Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson")
Bristling with inspired observations and wild anecdotes, this collection offers a unique insight ..
€ 9.40
-130x174.jpg "And Why Not? Memoirs of a Film Lover")
Barry Norman fronted the seminal BBC film programme since FILM 72 and many mourned the moment he ..
€ 4.40
-130x174.jpg "Angela\'s Ashes")
A Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt's..
€ 3.90
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-130x174.jpg "Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations")
Ava Gardner was one of Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars during the 1940s and '50s,..
€ 7.40
-130x174.jpg "Banco: The Further Adventures of Papillon")
The sensational sequel to 'Papillon'. 'Banco' continues the adventures of Henri C..
€ 4.40
-130x174.jpg "Between a Rock and a Hard Place")
On Saturday, 26 April 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, set off for a..
€ 4.90