Biography & Autobiography

There were 32 items found.
Showing page 1 from 4

first
prev
1
2
3
4
next
last

Add to Basket
£8.50
The Naked Soul Of Iceberg Slim: Robert Beck's Real Story
Iceberg Slim - Paperback - Canongate
Iceberg Slim's frank portrayals of life in the Chicago ghettos have caused controversy ever since they first appeared in the late 1960s. 'The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim' is a departure in that it is a collection of short personal recollections.
£21.25
Napoleon
Sir Walter Scott - Hardback - Gibson Square
Sir Walter Scott infuriated the more jingoistic of the British when his biography of Napoleon first appeared. The biography is of course coloured by the fact that it was written by a novelist but this only adds to its freshness and analytical features.
£6.79
No Mean Glasgow: Revelations Of A Gorbals Guy
Colin MacFarlane - Paperback - Mainstream
Following on from his 'The Real Gorbals Story', Colin MacFarlane charts his eventful, fun-packed passage from Gorbals street boy to grown man. In an attempt to escape his Gorbals gang days, he took a job in a top restaurant, but struggled to integrate into an area that was considered to be affluent.
Add to Basket
£7.64
Nileism: The Strange Course Of The Blue Nile
Allan Brown - Paperback - Polygon
This is a personal memoir and critical study, on the strange and elusive mythology of The Blue Nile. It analyses the band's agonisingly slow progress through access to unreleased recordings and encounters with those who have been central to the strange and elusive mythology of The Blue Nile.
Add to Basket
£7.64
Nicholas Parsons: With Just A Touch Of Hesitation, Repetition And Deviation
Nicholas Parsons - Paperback - Mainstream
Widely regarded as the finest straight man in comedy, Nicholas Parsons has enjoyed a long and varied career to date and is perhaps best known for chairing the long-running panel game 'Just a Minute'. In this memoir, he reflects on the changes that he has seen in the entertainment business over the past two decades.
Add to Basket
£16.14
Not Dead & Not For Sale: The Earthling Papers
Scott Weiland - Hardback - Canongate
Scott Weiland delivers an exhilarating memoir of scaling the pinnacle of rock stardom, plunging into the chasm of addiction and incarceration, and then - unlike so many others - clawing his way back to the top again and again.
Add to Basket
£6.74
Night Falls On Ardnamurchan: The Twilight Of A Crofting Family
Alasdair Maclean - Paperback - Birlinn
This title weaves the author's own account of crofting with extracts from his father's journal - detailing the day-to-day tasks of crofting life. The book also reveals the author's struggle to comes to terms with his background.
Add to Basket
£5.94
No More Silence
David Whelan - Paperback - HarperElement
David had everything. No-one knew the London businessman was born into a world beyond poverty, the son of a rapist father and disturbed mother. Abandoned as a baby, he spent most of his childhood in care and suffered appalling sexual abuse. A call from his abuser's wife, 30 years on, proved he was living in a house of cards.
Add to Basket
£15.29
Nicholas Parsons: My Life In Comedy: With Just A Touch Of Hesitation, Repetition And Deviation
Nicholas Parsons - Hardback - Mainstream
Widely regarded as the finest straight man in comedy, Nicholas Parsons has enjoyed a long and varied career to date and is perhaps best known for chairing the long-running panel game 'Just a Minute'. In this memoir, he reflects on the changes that he has seen in the entertainment business over the past two decades.
Add to Basket
£6.79
Nothing Like A Dame: My Autobiography
Elaine C. Smith - Paperback - Mainstream
In this autobiography, Elaine charts the many highs and lows of her showbiz career thus far. She reveals the heartache she has hidden behind the laughs, not least following the death of her mother, which took her to a dark place from which she thought she'd never return.