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  • My Booky Wook

    A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up

    by Brand, Russell

    Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. From a troubled childhood in industrial Essex, England, to his descent into addictions to alcohol, drugs and sex in the seamy underbelly of London, Brand has seen his share of both and miraculously lived to tell the tale. In My Booky Wook he leads readers on a rollicking journey through his disastrous school career, his infamous antics on MTV and... (more)
  • Churchill

    A Biography

    by Roy Jenkins

    A brilliant new life of Britain's greatest modern prime minister Winston Churchill is an icon of modern history, but even though he was at the forefront of the political scene for almost sixty years, he might be remembered only as a minor player in the drama of British government had it not been for World War II. In this magesterial book, Roy Jenkin's unparalleled command of the political history of Britain and... (more)
  • My Life

    by Bill Clinton

    President Bill Clinton’s My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White House—a journey... (more)
  • Toast

    by Nigel Slater

    Toast is Nigel Slater’s truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as he takes readers on a tour of the contents of his family’s pantry—rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuits—we are transported.... His mother was a chops-and-peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental stove, a finicky little... (more)
  • Extreme

    My Autobiography

    by Sharon Osbourne

    As the daughter of notorious rock manager Don Arden, Sharon Osbourne's childhood was an unruly mix of glamour and violence. In her late 20s, Sharon finally made the painful decision to break with her family. Always irrepressible, Sharon flourished, creating a loving family of her own while becoming a legendary manager and rockband promoter. In rock star Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon found her soul mate, yet Ozzys drug and... (more)
  • The Sound of Laughter

    by Peter Kay

    A memoir filled with the unique brand of humour for which his TV series has made him so popular — endearing characters who rejoice in, not politics or sex, but far funnier areas of life: elderly relatives and answering machines, Dads dancing at weddings, Mom’s HRT. From the Hardcover edition.