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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 £3.56! new only from £6.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	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 £2.71! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
3	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 £1.92! new only from £1.92! \| first editions
4	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 £1.20! new only from £4.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	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 £3.16! new only from £6.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down more books like this by Kaylene Johnson In 2006 an angel-faced but tough 42-year-old former small-town mayor named Sarah Palin became a long-shot candidate for Alaska governor demanding a higher ethical standard in state government. The timing of her reform message and a widening scandal produced a tornado that reshaped the political landscape. Surprising everyone, Palin thumped by wide ... see all copies from £10.40! new only from £10.40!
7	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 £7.99! new only from £7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	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 £9.26! new only from £13.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith more books like this by Anne Lamott In "Grace (Eventually)," the bestselling author of "Traveling Mercies" and "Plan B" delivers a poignant, funny, and bittersweet primer of faith, as she comes to discover what it means to be fully alive. see all copies from £4.82! new only from £6.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	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 In this shocking, timely, and inspirational memoir, Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. see all copies from £6.65! new only from £8.50! \| first editions
11 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 £5.88! new only from £10.63! \| signed copies
12 view cover	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books more books like this by Azar Nafisi Azar Nafasi formed a book club in Tehran comprised of seven young women who got together to discuss such books as THE GREAT GATSBY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, DAISY MILLER, and, of course, LOLITA--books forbidden by the Islamic government. In this memoir, Nafasi, who was expelled from the country for refusing to wear the veil, writes about those women, ... see all copies from £2.10! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China more books like this by Jung Chang An international bestseller with over three million copies in print, this is the story of three generations, mostly of women, in a Chinese family. see all copies from £1.20! new only from £2.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 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 £4.82! new only from £5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 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 £1.20! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire more books like this by Amanda Foreman This biography of Georgiana Cavendish reveals the important role she played in the social and political circle of Whigs in 17th-century England. It shows her to be a woman of high influence but also one caught up in scandalous behavior in her household. see all copies from £1.68! new only from £6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	West with the Night more books like this by Beryl Markham In this moving autobiography, Beryl Markham describes growing up in East Africa with her horse-breeder father, who taught her to care for and train the animals for racing. In her 20s, Markham discovered flying, and worked as an airborne deliverer of supplies and mail. In 1936, she became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic ... see all copies from £1.20! new only from £5.73! \| first editions
18 view cover	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation more books like this by Cokie Roberts Drawing upon personal correspondence, private journals, and even favored recipes, Roberts reveals the often surprising stories of the fascinating women--such as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinckney, and Deborah Read Franklin--who fought the Revolution as valiantly as the men. see all copies from £4.82! new only from £5.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Incidents in the life of a slave girl more books like this by Harriet Jacobs This classic memoir of slave life, written by a highly-literate North Carolina slave, was first published at the beginning of the Civil War when Jacobs had escaped to the North and begun campaigning for abolition. Her narrative focused especially clearly on the ways that slavery degraded women through sexual abuse and the separation of mothers ... see all copies from £2.87! new only from £2.87! \| first editions
20 view cover	Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith more books like this by Anne Lamott Lamott collects her heartfelt columns from the online magazine Salon, which deal mainly with her religious faith, her recovery from drug and alcohol abuse, and her son, Sam. see all copies from £4.82! new only from £5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts more books like this by Maxine Hong Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston writes about the bonds as well as the conflicts between women in Chinese-American culture--how the traditional Asian way of life is transformed in the new world for better and for worse. In the process, Kingston tells the story of her life, her coming of age, and her assimilation into American culture. see all copies from £4.82! new only from £6.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood more books like this by Marjane Satrapi The critics made the inevitable comparisons to MAUS when reviewing this graphic novel-style memoir. But this deeply personal child's-eye view of Iran during the fall of the Shah deserves to be considered in its own right. Marjane Satrapi is related both to the old Persian royal family and to Communist rebels. Therefore, it's not surprising that ... see all copies from £4.85! new only from £7.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Escape more books like this by Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer Choosing freedom from polygamy over fear, Carolyn Jessop flees her life within the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and now tells her harrowing story. Not only did she manage a daring escape from a brutal environment, she became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the ... see all copies from £2.12! new only from £5.94! \| first editions
24 view cover	Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer more books like this by Jen Lancaster From the bestselling author of "Bright Lights, Big Ass" and "Bitter is the New Black" comes her latest hilarious memoir. Lancaster is like David Sedaris with pearls and a super-cute handbag--Jennifer Coburn, author of "The Queen Gene." see all copies from £7.20! new only from £7.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil more books like this by Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson Rodriguez went to Afghanistan in 2002, just after the fall of the Taliban, volunteering as a nurse's aide, but soon found that her skills as a trained hairdresser were far more in demand. "Kabul Beauty School" is her witty and insightful memoir of friendship and perseverance. see all copies from £5.38! new only from £7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions

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