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1	All Over But the Shoutin more books like this by Rick Bragg add to wishlist A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's account of making his way in the world, from a humble beginning in poverty-stricken rural Alabama to international fame as a "New York Times" reporter. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise more books like this by Ruth Reichl add to wishlist Ruth Reichl spills the beans (and the sushi, salads, and steak) about her years as a restaurant critic, first at the LA Times, then at the New York Times. Famous for her absurd (but useful) disguises, Reichl spent years on the Manhattan restaurant circuit, awarding and subtracting stars as she searched for a truly good meal. Besides her ... see all copies from £3.18! new only from £5.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Glass Castle: A Memoir more books like this by Jeannette Walls add to wishlist 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 £4.67! new only from £5.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Audition: A Memoir more books like this by Barbara Walters add to wishlist The most important woman in the history of television journalism offers this memoir that is heartbreaking and inspiring, surprising and fun, sometimes startling, and always riveting. Illustrated. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Big Russ & Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life more books like this by Timothy J Russert add to wishlist NBC-TVUs senior vice Washington bureau chief and host of "Meet the Press" offers an intensely personal and charming memoir of American life in the 1950s and the special bond he shares with his fatherQthe irrepressible Big Russ. From the lessons he learned from his father and his Catholic upbringing to his passion for the Buffalo Bills and the New ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Growing up more books like this by Russell Baker add to wishlist A reissue of the original prize-winning memoir by journalist Russell Baker. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Tender Bar: A Memoir more books like this by J R Moehringer add to wishlist This warmhearted but clear-eyed memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer spotlights the somewhat unorthodox location that served as his refuge in childhood and early adulthood. After Moehringer's mother left his abusive, alcoholic DJ father, the two lived with his grandparents in Manhasset, Long Island. As his grandfather was ... see all copies from £1.31! new only from £3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Fear and loathing: on the campaign trail '72 more books like this by Hunter S Thompson add to wishlist The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US presidential campaign for Rolling Stone magazine alongside the establishment newsmen of Washington. The ... see all copies from £1.61! new only from £5.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing more books like this by Lee Woodruff, Bob Woodruff add to wishlist ABCs "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife share the never-before-told story about the attack in Iraq that left Bob seriously injured. This honest, frank account is a love story of two people and how they have recovered and renewed their lives. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography more books like this by William F Buckley, Jr. (Read by) add to wishlist Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Included are essays that capture Buckley's joyful boyhood and family life; his years as a conservative firebrand at Yale; the life of a young army officer; his love of ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	My War more books like this by Andy Rooney add to wishlist Rooney's vivid, poignant memoir of coming of age as a reporter and as a man during World War II--a story featured in The Greatest Generation--now in a beautiful hardcover gift edition. . A great story and a first hand account of one man's role in history, My War is a wise, moving memoir from one of America's most engaging personalities. As a nave, ... see all copies from £3.03! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time more books like this by Rob Sheffield add to wishlist Sheffield relates the two important love affairs of his life, the first with music and the fine art of the perfect mix tape, and the second with a woman who changes him forever. see all copies from £2.55! new only from £2.55! \| first editions
13 view cover	Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman more books like this by Nuala O'Faolain add to wishlist A memoir by an Irish journalist who grew up in poverty, one of nine children, and escaped her background through a love of books. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska more books like this by Heather Lende add to wishlist Heather Lende lives in a tiny, frigid Alaskan town with her husband, five children, three dogs, seven chickens, and a rabbit. Closely involved in the life of her community, she is an NPR commentator, columnist for the Anchorage Daily News, and obituary writer for the local paper. In this chronicle of her experiences, she introduces some of the ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	A Drinking Life: A Memoir more books like this by Mr. Pete Hamill add to wishlist Twenty years after his last drink, Peter Hamill looks back on his early life. Growing up during the depression and World War II, he learnt that drinking was an essential part of being a man. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy the important tools of clarity, consciousness and memory. see all copies from £1.25! new only from £6.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks more books like this by Susan Casey add to wishlist Susan Casey was a journalist who became enthralled with the world of the great white shark after seeing a BBC documentary on the subject. She spent three weeks in the forbidding waters around the Farallon Islands (aka "the devil's teeth") just off the coast of San Francisco, where the sharks go every fall to prey on the hapless sea lions that live ... see all copies from £1.96! new only from £1.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	From This Day Forward more books like this by Cokie Roberts (Read by), Steven Roberts add to wishlist Cokie and Steve Roberts, reflecting on their own marriage, provide an inspiring narrative about the institution, how it has changed and how it has remained the same. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda more books like this by Gretchen Peters add to wishlist "Seeds of Terror" reveals the astonishing never-before-told story of Afghanistan's booming opium trade. For the first time Peters shares the complete story of her exclusive investigation into the area's most dangerous and shadowy heroin kingpin. With the breakneck pace of a thoroughly gripping thriller, Peters follows the drugs from the fields of ... see all copies from £12.08! new only from £12.08! \| first editions
19 view cover	Chronicles of wasted time more books like this by Malcolm Muggeridge add to wishlist Back in print for the first time since Muggeridge's death in 1990, both published volumes of his acclaimed biography, "The Green Stick" and "The Infernal Grove," plus the previously unpublished start to an unfinished third volume entitled "The Right Eye," are all brought together in one unabridged volume. (Motivation) see all copies from £1.24! new only from £13.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman more books like this by Nuala O'Faolain (Read by) add to wishlist O'Faolain begins her story from the moment her life began to change in all manner of ways--subtle, radical, predictable, and unforeseen. It is a provocative meditation on the "crucible of middle age." It is also a story of good fortune chasing out bad--of an accidental harvest of happiness. see all copies from £3.09! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal more books like this by Asne Seierstad, Ingrid Christophersen (Translator) add to wishlist For one hundred and one days Asne Seierstad worked as a reporter in Baghdad. Always in search of a story far less obvious than the American military invasion, Seierstad brings to life the world behind the headlines in this compelling- and heartbreaking-account of her time among the people of Iraq. From the moment she first arrived in Baghdad on ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.90! \| first editions
22 view cover	Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival more books like this by Anderson Cooper add to wishlist From one of America's leading reporters comes a deeply personal, extraordinarily powerful look at the most volatile crises he has witnessed around the world, from New Orleans to Baghdad and beyond. "Dispatches from the Edge of the World" is a book that gives us a rare up-close glimpse of what happens when the normal order of things is suddenly ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Road to Wigan Pier more books like this by George Orwell add to wishlist A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, "The Road to Wigan Pier" is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact over time. His graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, ... see all copies from £1.53! new only from £6.18! \| first editions
24 view cover	Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson more books like this by Jann S Wenner, Corey Seymour, Johnny Depp (Introduction by) add to wishlist The star-studded, rollicking, juicy story of Hunter S. Thompsons life brings to vivid focus a man who was more complicated and talented than any previous portrait has shown. Its all here: the creative frenzies, the love affairs, the drugs, booze, guns, and, ultimately, the tragic suicide.Little, Brown and Company see all copies from £6.01! new only from £6.20! \| first editions
25 view cover	Almost a Woman more books like this by Esmeralda Santiago add to wishlist Sequel to WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN, this volume continues the story of Esmeralda Santiago's growing up torn between her Puerto Rican roots and her new life in New York. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.52! \| signed copies \| first editions

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