Memoirs

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor [9781509858613]

As soon as Adam Kay set foot on a hospital ward for the first time, he realized there's quite a lot they don't teach you at medical school ...His diar…

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The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken [9781509841103]

I'm a barrister, a job which requires the skills of a social worker, relationship counsellor, arm-twister, hostage negotiator, named driver, bus fare-…

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Somebody I Used to Know [9781408893364]

A phenomenal memoir - the first of its kind - it is both a heart-rending tribute to the woman Wendy once was, and a brave affirmation of the woman dem…

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The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story [9781784741976]

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Lang…

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Secrets for the Mad: Obsessions, Confessions and Life Lessons [9781785036804]

When I feel like I'm going mad, I write. A lot of my worst fears have come true; fears that felt so big I could barely hold them in my head. I was con…

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Open Side [9780008336578]

Sam Warburton OBE was not only a titan of Welsh rugby, but an icon of the game. Having represented his country as a player and team captain at all ju…

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The Salt Path [9780241349649]

Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Biography Award Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, their home and liv…

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A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess [9781447295266]

Every day at Ravenseat, a remote Yorkshire hill farm, brings new adventures for shepherdess Amanda Owen, her husband Clive and their children. In her …

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Gotta Get Theroux This: My life and strange times in television [9781509880362]

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. …

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The Beautiful Ones [9781780899176]

The Beautiful Ones is the deeply personal account of how Prince Rogers Nelson became the Prince we know: the real-time story of a kid absorbing the wo…

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Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames [9781408889213]

A lyrical and evocative narrative history of London and its people, told through objects found on the banks of the Thames by the city's most prominent…

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The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Despair to Hope [9781509846429]

In 2008, twenty year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his distress and stopped to talk with him - a decision…

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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor - The Sunday Times Bestseller [9781509858637]

Winner of the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Book of the Year * Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Choice Award * Winner of Blackwell's Debut Book o…

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Break Point: Fear. Courage. Strength. Survival. [9781788702065]

Where is your break point? Is it here? Facing the gruelling SAS selection process on one leg, with a busted ankle and the finish line nowhere in sight…

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The Salt Path: The uplifting true story. [9781405937184]

The uplifting true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey of salvation across the windswept South West coastline. THE SUND…

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Becoming [9780241334140]

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle…

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Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens [9780718181727]

'I had never heard of Eddie Izzard before, but judging by this delightful memoir, he has a glittering career ahead of him' - John Cleese 'Eddie Izzard…

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Wham! George & Me [9780241385807]

For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley - one half of one of the most famous bands in the world - tells the inside story of Wham!, his life-long friendshi…

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The Yorkshire Shepherdess [9781447251781]

Now a Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller. Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales, living a life that has almost gone in today's modern …

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Cruel to be Kind: Saying No Can Save a Child's Life [9780008252007]

One remarkable woman. Over 25 years of fostering. Carer to more than 150 children. Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered b…

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