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    Biography books giving you an insight into the private lives of the rich and famous, as well as amazing stories from individuals you may not have heard of.

    Patti Smith: Woolgathering [2012] hardback

    €19.50

    A story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock'n'roll: the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids Patti Smith 'A poet of distinction' New York Times'Glorious' NPR'Rare and...

    Konstantin Kisin: An Immigrant's Love Letter To The West [2023] paperback

    €13.00

    For all the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up...

    Simon Hooper: Dadlife [2018] hardback

    €9.99€22.10

    'This is the story of my journey into parenthood, from being a 24 year old man-child with no idea of what being a dad involved, to where I find myself...

    Susanna Kaysen: Girl, Interrupted [2025] paperback

    €10.99

    Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be...

    Rose Tremain: Rosie [2018] hardback

    €18.75

    *A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2018**The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Rose Tremain grew up in post-war London, a city of grey austerity, still partly in ruins, where both...

    Shari Franke: The House of My Mother [2025] paperback

    €19.99

    From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how,...

    Julia Markus: Dared and Done [1997] paperback

    €4.99

    Defying her tyrannical father and despite poor health, Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in 1846 after an intense courtship, and they spent the next 15 years in Italy until her...

    Barbie Probert-Wright: Little girl lost [2006] paperback

    €4.99€9.70

    Two sisters. A broken childhood. A heartbreaking journey.The extraordinary true story of surviving the unimaginable ... In 1945, seven-year-old Barbie and her sister Eva were trapped, terrified, in wartorn Germany....

    John Lyons: Balcony Over Jerusalem [2017] paperback

    €9.99€19.50

    A gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia's most experienced Middle East correspondents. Leading Australian journalist John Lyons will take readers on a fascinating personal journey through...

    Tim Heald: Princess Margaret [2007] paperback

    €6.99€18.56

    The almost universal conception is that the life of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) was a tragic failure, a history of unfulfilment. Tim Heald's vivid and elegant biography portrays a woman who...

    Hyok Kang: This Is Paradise! [2007] paperback

    €5.99€14.27

    Hyok Kang was eighteen when he escaped from North Korea, a country locked away from the outside world. This personal, illustrated account of school days in a rigidly communist institution...

    Christie Watson and Rowan Egberongbe: No Filters [2025] hardback

    €14.99

    'Fascinating... a much needed conversation between generations' THE TIMESHow can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and...

    James Fox: Langhorne Sisters [1999] paperback

    €12.99

    Lizzie, the eldest, was trapped in post-Civil War Richmond. Irene was the flirtatious and golden Southern belle. Nancy, an unpredictable, elemental force, conquered Edwardian society in England and was the...

    Arman Azadi: Across Mountains, Land and Sea [2024] paperback

    €22.10

    Arman is just a boy when he is forced to leave his home and embark on the most extraordinary journey. Separated from family and friends, he travels across mountains, land...

    Emily Jenkins: Tongue First [2000] paperback

    €5.99€9.99

    Your perception of your body will change when you read this book. You will be pulling on your jeans or your black lace bra, & suddenly consider why you decorate...

    John Lanchester: Family Romance [2008] paperback

    €4.99€18.56

    In this acclaimed memoir from the award-winning author of Fragrant Harbour and Capital, John Lanchester pieces together his family's past and uncovers their extraordinary secrets - from his grandparents' life...

    Mr Jimmy Buchan: Trawlerman [2011] paperback

    €4.99

    TRAWLERMAN is the memoir of Jimmy Buchan - skipper of the Amity II, a fishing vessel based in Peterhead, Europe's largest fishing port. Jimmy's story is one of incredible highs...

    Roger Cohen: The Girl From Human Street [2015] hardback

    €4.99€26.00

    It has taken me a long time to piece all this together. Memories come not like heavy rain but the drops falling from leaves after it. There were elements missing....

    Neville Sexton: Craig: The Boy Who Lives [2011] paperback

    €4.99€12.99

    'This is a beautiful, unforgettably moving story about the true meaning of Life and Death . . . and what makes sense of both - Love.'Gabriel ByrneTo see Neville Sexton...

    Der Stap Sophie Van: The Girl with Nine Wigs [2015] paperback

    €4.99€11.99

    Sophie is 21 when she is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of cancer. A striking, fun-loving student, she finds her world reduced overnight to the sterile confines of a...

    Luisa Weiss: My Berlin Kitchen [2014] paperback

    €6.99€14.27

    Chocolate and Zucchini. 101 Cookbooks. The Julie/Julia Project. In the early days of food blogs, these were the pioneers whose warmth and recipes turned their creators' kitchens into beloved web...

    Chelsea Manning: README.txt [2022] hardback

    €12.99€26.00

    An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous transparency activists and trans women.In 2010, Chelsea Manning was working as an intelligence analyst for the US...

    Rubina Ali: Slumgirl Dreaming [2009] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old.Rubina is a one-in-a-million-star....

    Dr Gladys McGarey: The Well-Lived Life [2023] hardback

    €9.99€24.27

    Discover the six secrets to health and happiness at any age from the woman who knows better than anyone'Astonishing. Contains so many lightbulb moments it could power the national grid....

    John Niven: O Brother [2024] paperback

    €14.30

    AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA GUARDIAN BEST MEMOIR OF 2023A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023John Niven's little brother Gary was...

    W. F. Deedes: Dear Bill [2005] hardback

    €4.99€21.41

    William Deedes is a national institution. Over the course of a career spanning seventy years, `dear Bill' has become one of the most respected and admired journalists of the last...

    Jay Jayamohan: Everything That Makes Us Human [2021] paperback

    €6.99€12.84

    'There are two ways to open a child's head. The pretty way and the quick way. Usually I shave the hair, use a scalpel to nick the skin then apply...

    Constance Briscoe: Beyond Ugly [2008] paperback

    €5.99€16.50

    It was Constance's mother who told her she was ugly. Over and over again. And that was just one strand of a childhood blighted by physical and emotional abuse. But...

    Aminatta Forna: The Devil That Danced on the Water [2003] paperback

    €5.99€12.99

    An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period. Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a...

    Paul Flynn: The Clockwinder Who Wouldn't Say No [2012] hardback

    €6.99€26.00

    David Taylor was a supremely resourceful backbencher, a polymath and a unique parliamentary craftsman whose sudden death on Boxing Day 2009 shocked and saddened all of Westminster. In this biography,...

    Shy Keenan and Sara Payne: Where Angels Fear [2009] paperback

    €4.99€19.99

    Shy Keenan and Sara Payne met because their lives had been destroyed by the same evil. Shy had finally won justice in a court of law, where her stepfather was...

    Jane Yeadon: Call Me Sister [2013] paperback

    €4.99€9.99

    Who'd have thought a missing bacon rasher and a teaspoon would play a part in advancing someone's career? It's the late '60s and Jane Yeadon has always wanted to be...

    Lyndall Gordon: Divided Lives [2014] paperback

    €5.99€19.50

    'As a child, I'm to be my mother's "sister" because she wants one so. My part is to be there if she's ill. At four years old, it's a privilege...

    Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy [2018] paperback

    €6.99€15.99

    The critically acclaimed number 1 bestseller in paperback. A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of Ozrock - there isn't an accolade or cliche that doesn't apply...

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