Autobiography: general

INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS'[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' ROBERT MACFARLANE'The feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead is a prospect of inconjecturable magic.

Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head.

Something in our world is changing.

When my father died, I stayed off school to look after my mother.

Cat has got it on with all sorts of guys and if it has taught her one thing it is this: forget conventional rules and follow your heart's desires.

'I relish every second of my sexual encounters: the good, the bad, the bizarre.

Will Lucy make it down the aisle?

When Oenone Crossley-Holland started teaching at an inner city school in London, she had no idea what to expect.

Colonel Stuart Tootal is the first senior commander to provide an account of the fighting in Afghanistan.

While in rehab, James Frey finds a father figure in a shady mafia boss called Leonard.

When Jenny and Robert fall in love in the late 1960s they decide to build a new future together, away from the city.

In April 1997-98 Camilla Carr and Jon James set off as volunteers in a GBP500 Lada stacked high with toys, games, footballs, paints and a parachute.

A moving account of how the author found the strength to bring up a profoundly disabled child, and how she survived when tragedy struck a second time.

John Butt came to Swat in 1970 as a young man in search of an education he couldn't get from his birthplace in England.

"e;The Muslim Heritage of Bengal is a multidimensional work.

Nana Asma'u was a devout, learned Muslim who was able to observe, record, interpret, and influence the major public events that happened around her.

The day Monica learns that her loveable, brilliant three-year-old son, Wills, has Autism, she takes him to buy an aquarium.

';This powerful memoir by the former EastEnders star will touch even the hardest heart' The Sun At 2.

When Neil Cross was five years old, his mother left him.

Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of legendary Motley Crue offers an unflinching and gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction.

In l998, Mark and his family welcomed into their lives a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi.

Remarkable .

When Johnny Cash died in September 2003, the world mourned the loss of the greatest country music star of all time.

Allison DuBois first realised her abilities at six years old when she saw her great-grandfather - after his funeral.

Steve Martin has been an international star for over thirty years.

It is almost unprecedented for a head of state to publish a memoir while still in office.

Even as a young girl, growing up in the Bronx, Mary Higgins Clark knew she wanted to be a writer.

Liz Smith, once called the nation's favourite fictional grandmother, is a familiar face to all TV and cinema viewers.

Before his resignation in April 2007, Duncan Fletcher had been the most successful England cricket coach of the modern era.

A memoir in three parts, Concertina spans five years of the author's life as she makes the extraordinary transition from culinary expert to professional dominatrix.

Even people who don't know football know Pel.

At nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home.

A harrowing yet inspiring portrait of a tormented consciousness struggling for reconciliation and peace, JARHEAD is authentic, revelatory and brilliantly crafted.

Shirley MacLaine has established herself as a fearless, iconoclastic thinker and seeker of truth.

Lord Michael Levy hit the headlines with his involvement in the alleged 'cash for peerages' scandal that rocked Tony Blair's government.

Comedian Mark Steel has spent most of his life a committed, signed-up member of the Socialist Workers Party.

On 11th September 2006 - exactly five years after the attacks on the Twin Towers - a modern day Rorke's Drift was played out in the town of Garmsir, known as the Taliban gateway to Helmand Province.

Following a seven-year battle with cancer, Jane Tomlinson died at the age of 43 in September 2007.

Rosie Boycott wasn't a typical 1960's Cheltenham Ladies College girl.

Don McRae grew up in a South Africa where his father would call the black men he met 'boy' and where his mother insisted that their black servants used tin mugs, plates and cutlery as they ate the family's left-over food in the backyard of their grand suburban property.

Best known as one of the stars of the Fast Show(where he played characters such as Dave Angel -- Eco-Warrior, Tommy Cockles and Competitive Dad) and Bellamy's Peopleco-starring Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day tells the shocking, sometimes sad and hilariously funny story of his life so far.

Legendary musician Peter Hook tells the whole story - the fun, the music, the vast loss of money, the legacy - of Manchester's most iconic nightclubPeter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years.

In an era when even the finest rugby coaches have a drastically short shelf-life, Ian McGeechan's longevity and adaptability is staggering.

Leila understands from early on that she is not part of normal Sudanese society.

One of Britain's best-loved comic actors, Peter Bowles is perhaps most famous for his role as nouveau riche lord of the manor, Richard de Vere, in the hit television comedy To the Manor Born.

The never-before-published narrative of Evander Holyfield's life reveals a man of character behind the larger-than-life public image.

Approaching 50, Mark Radcliffe decided to write about his life, most importantly, his time in music.

'Think of your house as an allegory for your body.

Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity.

After an idyllic early childhood in Surrey, Linda's life descended into poverty and chaos when her parents' marriage crumbled and her unstable mother's sanity declined.