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1	Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia more books like this by Elizabeth Gilbert A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. see all copies from £4.89! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Last Lecture more books like this by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy. Photos. see all copies from £8.77! new only from £9.32! \| first editions
3	The Glass Castle: A Memoir more books like this by Jeannette Walls Jeannette Walls's memoir revolves around her parents, who give the concept of bad parenting a whole new meaning. Her irresponsible romantic of a father was an inventor of outlandishly useless devices, and her mother, an artist, was his abettor. As the two of them dragged the family around the country on the run from creditors and from one bad idea ... see all copies from £4.69! new only from £5.56! \| first editions
4	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time more books like this by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Talibanas backyard Anyone who despairs of the individualas power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistanas treacherous K2, was ... see all copies from £6.86! new only from £6.86!
5	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson more books like this by Mitch Albom Upon learning of his former college professor and mentor's impending death, Mitch Albom--award-winning sportswriter, "New York Times" bestselling author, and TV commentator--visited Morrie Schwartz every week. "Tuesdays with Morrie" is Albom's extraordinary chronicle of their time together, a book filled with laughter, sadness, joy and peace. see all copies from £1.63! new only from £4.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel Wiesel's account of his own experiences in the camps during World War II has become a classic of the genre. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £4.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life more books like this by Don Piper, Cecil B Murphey Baptist minister Piper tells of experiencing heaven for the 90 minutes he was pronounced dead at the scene of a car accident. After miraculously coming back to life and working through a long and painful recovery, friends and family finally convinced him to share his remarkable story. see all copies from £4.91! new only from £6.01! \| first editions
8	John Adams more books like this by David McCullough In his first book since "Truman", one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers breathes life into history with this compelling look at the second president of the United States, John Adams. More than just a biography, this book looks at the birth of a young republic and explores the extraordinary factors that transformed 13 colonies ... see all copies from £4.38! new only from £4.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog more books like this by John Grogan John and Jenny had just begun their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. see all copies from £1.10! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster more books like this by Jon Krakauer (Introduction by) In 1996, on a magazine assignment, Krakauer joined an expedition up Mount Everest led by the New Zealand climber Rob Hall. He arrived at the summit just before a blizzard struck in which Hall and nine other climbers were killed. This book is Krakauer's first-person account of the tragedy. see all copies from £1.10! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Mans Search for Meaning more books like this by Viktor Emil Frankl Psychiatrist Victor Frankl tells the story of the three years he spent as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, where he discovered that the will to find meaning in life motivates human existence. One of the 10 most influential books in the Library of Congress/Book-of-the-Month Club's 1991 "Survey of Lifetime Readers." see all copies from £2.42! new only from £2.42! \| first editions
12 view cover	Into the Wild more books like this by Jon Krakauer Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, Krakauer searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled 24-year-old Chris McCandless to leave civilization behind and head into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Four months later, McCandless's emaciated corpse was found at his campsite by a hunter. Mesmerizing and heartbreaking, ... see all copies from £4.76! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Child Called "It" more books like this by Dave Pelzer In this moving memoir, Dave Pelzer recalls his childhood, when he was abused by an alcoholic mother. He recounts the strategies he used to survive the "games" she devised that reduced him from a human being to an "it." Dave somehow survives, frees himself of his mother's tyranny, and eventually finds success in the Air Force. see all copies from £1.10! new only from £6.01! \| first editions
14 view cover	Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life more books like this by Barbara Kingsolver (Read by), Steven L Hopp, Camille Kingsolver In her first full-length nonfiction narrative, bestselling author Kingsolver opens readers' eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: you are what you eat. The bestselling author returns with a wise and compelling celebration of family, food, nature, and community. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother more books like this by James McBride A young black man's search to uncover his white mother's past and his own identity. Born in Poland, the daughter of a rabbi, James McBride's mother grew up in the Southern United States, ran away to Harlem, married a black man and founded a Baptist church, and then proceeded to put 12 children through college. McBride examines her life, his own ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £4.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Million Little Pieces more books like this by James Frey A 2005 selection for Oprah's Book Club, this addiction memoir opens with the author's awakening on an airplane with a broken nose, a hole in his cheek, and four missing teeth--and no knowledge of how he received those injuries or, indeed, of how he got on the plane or where he's going. James Frey writes candidly about his monumental problems with ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream more books like this by Barack Obama Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to the Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. see all copies from £5.04! new only from £5.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius more books like this by Dave Eggers The literary bestseller that redefines both family and narrative for the 21st century, this moving memoir is the story of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. This is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Diary of a Young Girl more books like this by Anne Frank One of the most valuable and informative artifacts of the holocaust, THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL is the actual diary of Anne Frank, a German-Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during World War II. The Diary begins on June 14, 1942, shortly after Anne's 13th birthday. While initial entries focus on Anne's life at school and her relationships with her ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £4.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Mein Kampf more books like this by Adolf Hitler Hitler outlines a program of blood and terror in this self-revealing classic. see all copies from £6.01! new only from £8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Ishmael more books like this by Daniel Quinn A man and a gorilla set out on an intellectual adventure and in the process define what it means to be a human being. see all copies from £6.03! new only from £8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft more books like this by Stephen King In this combination memoir and writing guide, best-selling author Stephen King tells of how he came to be a writer and, in the process, explores many aspects of writing, from plot construction through some of the nuts and bolts of getting a book published. Much of his advice is quite traditional: find a quiet place to work, concentrate on ... see all copies from £3.83! new only from £3.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly more books like this by Anthony Bourdain, Lord (Read by) New York chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir and expos. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable. "Kitchen Confidential" reveals what Bourdain calls "25 years of sex, ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £2.04! \| first editions
24 view cover	An Unquiet Mind more books like this by Kay Redfield Jamison, PH.D. With this memoir, Jamison, a psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of mood research, revealed her own struggle with manic-depressive, or bipolar, illness. Interspersing humorous descriptions of the strange logic that permeated her manic episodes with haunting recollections of the depressions that would follow, she chronicles her professional ... see all copies from £4.65! new only from £6.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation more books like this by Joseph J Ellis This group portrait of the Founding Fathers emphasizes the sometimes intense associations and rivalries among Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr, Adams, Franklin, Madison, and Washington.The author examines six defining moments when the personal and the political collided, and shows how their distinctive styles and visions forged a new nation. A New York ... see all copies from £3.39! new only from £6.86! \| signed copies \| first editions

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