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1	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance more books like this by Barack Obama In this memoir written at the age of 33, Barack Obama, son of a black African father and a white American mother, describes the search for meaning in his life as a black American. He begins in New York where he learns that his father, more a myth than a man to him, has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey ... see all copies from £8.58! new only from £8.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	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 £3.82! new only from £6.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	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 Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was ... see all copies from £5.51! new only from £8.83! \| signed copies
4	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson more books like this by Mitch Albom Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey more books like this by Jill Bolte Taylor Jill Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious scientist, she watched her mind deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Because of her understanding of the brain, her respect for the cells in her body, and an amazing ... see all copies from £4.82! new only from £13.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier more books like this by Ishmael Beah This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one ... see all copies from £6.20! new only from £6.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms ... see all copies from £2.24! new only from £3.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	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 £3.15! new only from £3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	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 £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	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 £5.65! new only from £5.98! \| first editions
11 view cover	Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality more books like this by Donald Miller "I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. . . . I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened." In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had ... see all copies from £4.24! new only from £4.24!
12 view cover	Infidel more books like this by Ayaan Hirsi Ali In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of "The Caged Virgin," Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia to her intellectual awakening in the Netherlands to her life under armed guard in the West. see all copies from £7.14! new only from £8.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together more books like this by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped "da Man" - in the 1960s - by hopping a train. Then, after another 18 homeless years on the streets of Dallas, God moved...and a godly woman prayed, and listened, and obeyed. And mountains began to move, beginning with her husband, Ron, an international art dealer ... see all copies from £9.35! new only from £9.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Audition: A Memoir more books like this by Barbara Walters 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 £6.27! new only from £16.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life more books like this by Steve Martin In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded on to the comedy scene. By 1978, he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away." Emmy and Grammy Award winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The ... see all copies from £2.15! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction more books like this by David Sheff Sheffs story tells of his teenage sons addiction to meth in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the familys gradual emergence into hope. see all copies from £6.29! new only from £7.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands more books like this by Chelsea Handler In this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often gratifying beast: the one-night stand. see all copies from £1.88! new only from £1.88! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother more books like this by James McBride As a boy in Brooklyn, James McBride knew that his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say, "I'm light-skinned". Later he wondered if he was different too, and asked his mother if he was black or white. "You're a human being", she snapped. "Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!" When James asked what the colour of God ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs more books like this by Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer This is the shocking, timely, and inspirational memoir of Elissa Wall, the former member of the FLDS polygamist sect whose powerful courtroom testimony helped convict controversial sect leader Warren Jeffs in September 2007. Detailing how Jeffs forced her into an unwanted marriage at age 14, Elissa speaks candidly about the horrifying reality she ... see all copies from £8.77! new only from £8.77! \| first editions
20 view cover	Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life more books like this by Tony Dungy (Read by), Nathan Whitaker In this inspiring and reflective memoir, Dungy, the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl title, tells the story of a life lived for God and family--and challenges readers to redefine their ideas of what it means to succeed. see all copies from £6.55! new only from £9.35! \| first editions
21 view cover	Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea more books like this by Chelsea Handler In her raucous new memoir, the star of the "Chelsea Handler Show" takes readers on a gut-busting whirlwind tour through her life story that includes misbegotten boyfriends, boozy nights, embarrassing moments, and atrocious parental behavior. see all copies from £8.78! new only from £10.43! \| signed copies
22 view cover	Stori Telling more books like this by Tori Spelling sTori Telling is a chance for Tori to set the record straight on her personal life and to let readers experience the truly unique life she's led - with its undeniable childhood privileges, tabloid misperceptions, career successes, and personal regrets. This is Tori's opportunity to define herself on her own terms. Whereas her VH1 show So Notorious ... see all copies from £11.58! new only from £13.07!
23 view cover	The Year of Magical Thinking more books like this by Joan Didion In THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion writes an account of her life since the 2003 death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. Didion's grief was profound and debilitating; she and Dunne had been married for nearly 40 years, during which they were hardly ever apart. But in the course of her mourning period, she also gained crucial insights ... see all copies from £3.25! new only from £6.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography more books like this by Sidney Poitier "I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite the contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in selfquestioning. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've ... see all copies from £3.29! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Lucky more books like this by Alice Sebold Raped and beaten as an 18-year-old Syracuse University student, Alice Sebold recounts the story of her rape, the trial and conviction of her rapist, and her recovery. Her book also tells the story of its own coming into being. Immediately after the rape, Sebold vowed to write about it, and worked it out in various forms before sculpting it into ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions

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