Autobiography: general
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Heat by Bill Buford
(Paperback 336 pages)The author was asked by the New Yorker to write a profile of Mario Batali who runs one of New York's most successful three-star restaurants. Buford accepted the commission, on the condition Batali allow him to work in his kitchen, as Read more...
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Junkie Love by Phil Shoenfelt(Paperback 160 pages)Phil and Cissy go about their daily routine of sex, shooting up and dodging the police. For a while they have each other and nothing else seems to matter. But as their addictions worsen, money runs short and Cissy's Read more...
€9.16
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Ocean Boulevard by David Baboulene(Paperback 320 pages)David Baboulene runs away to the sea in a cloud of romantic dust for the first of his shipboard adventures. A journey which takes him across the world and back to a triumphant homecoming in Liverpool. But despite Read more...
€10.01 (RRP €11.78)
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Daddy's Girl by Stella Black
(Paperback 224 pages)During a sad childhood, orphan Stella's absent father filled her imagination, but as a young woman her fantasies evolved into a sexual desire for an older man. As a young wild society girl, she met the perfect figure and Read more...
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Up From Slavery - An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
(Paperback 176 pages)€10.01 (RRP €11.78)
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Alone by Pip Granger
(Paperback 352 pages)The only daughter of alcoholic parents, novelist Pip Granger spent much of her childhood outside looking in. Just after her first birthday her family was evicted from their cottage in for non-payment of rent - a pattern that was to Read more...
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Sleeping Around by Catherine Townsend
(Paperback 288 pages)Threesomes, sorbet sex, drunk dialling, multiple orgasms, girly gossip-swaps, buying silk underwear - welcome to dating the modern girl's way. Read more...
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Against the Tide by Noel Browne
(Paperback 296 pages)The widely acclaimed autobiography of an iconic figure of twentieth century Irish politics. Read more...
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High by Brian O'Dea
(Paperback 352 pages)Abused as a child by his local priest, Brian O'Dea, became a rebel, using and selling drugs. Soon he was operating a $100 million a year business, and had developed a cocaine addiction. Eventually he quit the trade - and the drugs and Read more...
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Sarah's Diary by Sarah Griffin
(Paperback 240 pages)A personal diary of Sarah Griffin - an ordinary teenage girl learning to deal with the ups and downs of family life. On the outside hers was like any other family, but behind closed doors lay a sad secret. Sarah's Dad had Read more...
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The Scorpion's Sweet Venom by Bruna Surfistinha
(Paperback 176 pages)Bruna Surfistinha ran away from home at the age of seventeen to become a high-class call girl. This book portrays her estranged middle-class family, her drug use and her unbridled sexuality. This book Read more...
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
(Paperback 416 pages)Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age Read more...
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Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand by Samuel S. Hildebrand
(Paperback 312 pages)€25.56 (RRP €30.06)
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The Autobiography of Thomas Collier Platt by Thomas Collier Platt
(Paperback 580 pages)€30.01 (RRP €35.30)
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My Name Is Child of God...Not Those People by Julia Dinsmore
(Paperback 160 pages)Presents a personal and provocative look at poverty in America. This book tells the story of growing up in a large Irish Catholic working-class family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and draws Read more...
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North Face of Soho by Clive James
(Paperback 272 pages)The fourth volume of Clive James's bestselling memoirs Read more...
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A Blessing and a Curse by Caiseal Mor
(Paperback 208 pages)Growing up in Australia in the 1970s, Caiseal Mor was labelled 'retarded' and 'an idiot', and his parents were led to believe that physical punishment could cure his autism. Here, he captures his early experiences of Read more...
€17.80 (RRP €20.95)
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Watch Yourself Go by (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Al. G. Field
(Paperback 556 pages)€21.14 (RRP €24.88)
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Tabloid Love by Bridget Harrison
(Paperback 400 pages)The romantic disasters of Post dating columnist Bridget Harrison Read more...
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The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl by Belle De Jour
(Paperback 336 pages)What Belle de Jour did next... this is the sparkling, witty and titillating follow-up to the bestselling Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl Read more...
€8.89 (RRP €10.47)
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In Quisling's Shadow by Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff
(Paperback / Softback 484 pages)€12.81 (RRP €15.06)
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Memoirs of a Life Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania Within the Last Sixty Years by Alexander Graydon
(Paperback 444 pages)€28.90 (RRP €33.99)
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The Cat Who Came in From the Cold by Deric Longden
(Paperback 240 pages)The little cat Deric Longden saw sitting forlornly on an upturned bucket belonged to the neighbours, but somehow when it began to rain it seemed only natural to bring him inside. Once there he slipped Read more...
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Enough to Make a Cat Laugh by Deric Longden
(Paperback 288 pages)Throughout 1990s, Deric Longden has shared his life with Aileen Armitage and four cats: Thermal, Tigger, Frink and shabby old Arthur. And the cats have found that sharing a life with Aileen can be a painful Read more...
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Deric Longden
(Paperback 256 pages)A classic of travel literature. Read more...
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Underwater to Get Out of the Rain by Trevor Norton
(Paperback 400 pages)The treasures of a lifetime of global marine research and intrepid diving are gathered in this celebration of life underwater. Read more...
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Our Farm by Rosie Boycott
(Hardback 320 pages)Presents an account of life in the country. This book deals with Rosie who finds recovery in the rhythms of the seasons and the complex patterns of the natural world. It talks about Rosie who reflects deeply on the intimate Read more...
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Entertaining Eric by Maureen Wells
(Paperback 192 pages)In 1941, as the Second World War raged on, 20-year-old Maureen Bolster began writing to her boyfriend Eric Wells. Their letters would be the only communication between the young love-struck couple for four long years. Read more...
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Married by Force by Leila
(Paperback 256 pages)Leila's romantic dreams were shattered when she was forced by her father to marry a man she'd never met, fifteen years older than her, and whose language she couldn't understand. The husband she didn't love beat her regularly in an Read more...
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