Autobiography

For many years Ann Widdecombe was best known as a forthright Member of Parliament and for her broadcasting and journalism. Her popular success on one of BBC1's flagship programmes Strictly Come Dancing transformed that perception, and literally millions of viewers followed her fortunes each week on… More

A hugely entertaining career autobiography from a true legend of Welsh rugby, and a genuine cult figure. More

A newly edited, single-volume commemorative edition of `The Path to Power' and `The Downing Street Years'; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words. More

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This is the true story of one of Britain's most iconic entertainers, a man who has never flinched from doing what he was born for - performing. In a book which for critics and fans have been united in praise, Joe Longthorne lays bare his incredible life in this, his official autobiography. More

Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and Strictly Come Dancing star, Ann Widdecombe. More

Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and STRICTLY COME DANCING star, Ann Widdecombe. Unabridged edition More

A hugely entertaining career autobiography from a true legend of Welsh rugby, and a genuine cult figure. More

This autobiography of the first Dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University offers an unconventional account of farm life in New York and the Middle West during the nineteenth century, and of the difficulties attendant upon building up... More

A hugely enjoyable and life-affirming memoir from the ever-popular ex-cricketer and now successful broadcaster. More

A hugely enjoyable and life-affirming memoir from the ever-popular ex-cricketer and now successful broadcaster. More

Ben Cohen's dad didn't know anything about the sport his young son had taken up, but he was happy to drive him to practice, and was soon helping out at the club. Ben was doing an England press conference at the time, and it was down to coach Clive Woodward to deliver the devastating news. More

When Peter Stringer played youth rugby, he was so small that people told his parents he shouldn't be allowed on the pitch. Fortunately for Munster and for Ireland, they paid no attention. Over 200 provincial caps and 98 international caps later, Stringer is a legend. This is his autobiography. More

An account of the life of Jurgen Moltmann, an accomplished and of the most popular theologian of the last 100 years. More

Equally, in his glittering Celtic career that included the winning of four Scottish League titles, three Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup, Packie Bonner played alongside some great Celtic names like Tommy Burns, Paul McStay, and Murdo Macleod. More

In her own words, the remarkable life of one of the world's greatest humanitarians. More

The long-awaited and outspoken memoir of Nigel Mansell, one of the true greats of Formula One More

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A gripping autobiography by missionary and Bible courier Paul Hattaway, author of The Heavenly Man. More

The Portuguese Creole author Alfred H. Mendes was an important member of the Beacon Group of writers in Trinidad in the 1930s. His autobiography offers a private perspective of the man behind a popular West Indian personality, and includes annotations and an introduction by Michele Levy. More

Ralph Roberts discovered the Carlin Belt gold deposits that created a major mining boom in Nevada during the last four decades of the 20th century. This autobiography traces Roberts' life from its beginnings in eastern Washington State to his fame as a world-renowned geologist. More

"When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn't complain. It's been good!". The updated autobiography of the greatest frontman of the loudest rock band there has ever been. Accept no other story from journalists. This is Lemmy's story from his own mouth. More

The autobiography of Mildred Bennett, Cather archivist and president of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The book covers the first 25 years of her life, and is published in celebration of Bennett's 80th birthday, September 8, 1989, shortly before her death. More

The Autobiography of James T. Kirk chronicles the greatest Starfleet captain's life (2233-2371), in his own words. From his youth spent on Tarsus IV, his time in the Starfleet Academy, his meteoric raise through the ranks of Starfleet, and his illustrious career at the helm of the Enterprise. More

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A newly edited, single-volume commemorative edition of `The Path to Power' and `The Downing Street Years'; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words. More

Updated edition - 25 years on More

One of the world's best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movement More

Paul Sturrock is widely admired as a manager, having turned around football clubs' fortunes both in England and his native Scotland. As a player he represented his beloved Dundee United and Scotland, later meeting with notable success as boss of St Johnstone, Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield Wednesday… More

Michael Powell lived intimately, and abundantly, with the movies - entering the business at the end of the silent era, growing up in the industry, becoming one of Britain's most respected and influential directors. This title presents his portrait. More

Regis Debray is one of France's leading intellectuals and commentators, whose life has intersected with some of the key moments of the 20th century. This memoir traces Debray's life from the Parisian lecture theatres of the Rue d'Ulm to the state offices of the Elysee Palace where he served as an… More

In a series of biographical case studies, Portraits from Life examines how seven canonical Modernist writers - Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, Henry James, Wyndham Lewis, Gertrude Stein, H.G. Wells and Edith Wharton - depicted themselves in their memoirs and autobiographies. More

Takes you behind the scenes of jazz history and introduces scores of legendary greats -Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, and Dianne Reeves, among many others. More

The history of WWII from September 1939 to VJ day through the personal accounts of soldiers, speeches, diaries and official records. The War as told by those who were there. More

A study of the autobiographical writings of Mexican Americans in the century following the US-Mexican War of 1846-1848. Faced with the deliberate obliteration of their culture, these people set down the stories of their lives and communities, as a means of both remembering and resisting. More

A study of the autobiographical writings of Mexican Americans in the century following the US-Mexican War of 1846-1848. Faced with the deliberate obliteration of their culture, these people set down the stories of their lives and communities, as a means of both remembering and resisting. More

This study of autobiographers from the 1960s demonstrates how they often claimed to speak on behalf of all members of their generation. It argues that the autobiographies are instead constructed with specific agendas in an effort to define the generation's and the writers' own identities. More

An autobiography of one of Scotland's most important and influential female writers More

* The inspirational autobiography of Shirley Williams - a good and much-loved politician - out now in paperback More

The autobiography of the renowned German preacher, theologian and spiritual opponent of Nazism. Setting Thielicke's ideas in the context of his life, this book also offers a witness to the some of the most significant events of the 20th century. More

This is the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000), providing a portrait of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradtion amid the changes that shook China during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. More

Finished only weeks before his death in 1994, this autobiography traces the trajectory that led Feyerabend him from an isolated, lower-middle-class childhood in Vienna to the height of international academic success as one of this century's most influential intellectuals. More

The autobiography of Emily Newell Blair, a woman who successfully reconciled a productive public life with the traditional values of housewife and mother. Because her life spanned two eras, from the end of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century, she thought of herself as a bridge builder. More

…in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. He became identified in the white press as a teacher of race hatred. This autobiography reveals his integrity and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism. More

This is the unique and entertaining autobiography of a man who took the good, bad and ugly of his football life on the chin, shrugged it off and ended up having the last laugh. A former Player of the Year, Steve Nicol is one of the last remaining LFC legends of the glorious '80s era to write his… More

Beginning by recording his birth in his grandmother's cottage in Chinley, Derbyshire, Brian Fish recounts the story of his early life in his third book, Tokens of Youth. More

* Covers Zhukov's rise from peasant boy to Marshal of the Soviet Union * Detailed inside view of the operations of Stalin's high command throughout the Second World War * Zhukov's own insights into the major battles fought on the Eastern Front More

Being shot at five times propels anyone into the public eye. Jamie Moore generated more attention than average - and it had nothing to do with the shooting. His presence in the ring earned him British, Irish, Commonwealth and European light middleweight titles. The Fighter's Fighter is an honest… More

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From the high-rise flats of Kirkby to the pinnacle of European football, Terry Mac lifts the lid on his successes at Liverpool, the near misses at Newcastle, controversies he found himself in and on those he played alongside or coached in his explosive and often hilarious new book. More

From his days in the all-conquering Liverpool team of the 70s and 80s to his rollercoaster life on the pitch and in the dugout as a Toon hero, the 1980 Footballer of the Year tells all about his colourful life. More

This autobiography, published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army, highlights Lieutenant General Becton's remarkable career, reflects on his youth, his almost forty years of service in the US Army, and his subsequent civilian appointments. Devotion to leadership, education,… More

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With hits including `Child in Time', and the iconic `Smoke on the Water', Deep Purple established themselves as one of Britain's greatest rock bands More

Known to his fans as the Dark Destroyer, all of his first 22 professional fights ended with him knocking out his opponents - half of them before the first round was over. More

In the annals of espionage, one name towers above all others: that of H. A. R. "Kim" Philby, the ringleader of the legendary Cambridge spies. A member of the British establishment, Philby joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1940, rose to the head of Soviet counterintelligence, and, as M16's… More

Kieran Donaghy has been one of the most influential, charismatic and successful Gaelic football players of the last dozen years, winning four All Ireland senior medals and three All Stars as well as being Footballer of the Year. Brimming with honesty, insight and humour, this is one of the most… More

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The recipient of the 1993 Elizabeth Agee Prize in American Literature, this book identifies a literary genre that flourished between the Civil War and World War I - the American boy book. It distinguishes the boy book tradition from the didactic story for boys and the developmental autobiography. More