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Contemporary autobiographies and true-life stories

Diaries
Compelling books that reveal lives written in diary form

Biographies
Historic lives brought up to date with new biographies

No Legs To Dance On
Loving and living - a Thalidomide survivor's story. While the battle for the compensation of Thalidomide victims was raging in the 1970s, former Labour MP Jack Ashley asked in a parliamentary debate how Louise, then 11 years old, could look forward to “laughing and loving with no hand to hold and no legs to dance on”. This is a survivor’s story, a triumph of the human spirit over adversity.

Price: £9.99

The Dark Threads
A vivid memoir of one young woman’s psychiatric treatment in the Sixties which raises questions, that are still relevant today.

Price: £7.99

Aim High
Aim High is an inspirational book written by the UK’s leading wheelchair athlete.

Price: £1.99

Anorexia - A Stranger in the Family
Katie Metcalfe takes readers through the daily struggle with this potentially lethal obsession. Life After Anorexia is not only for recovering anorexics, but for friends and family, struggling to cope, or for anyone who wishes to have better knowledge of this illness which ruins so many lives worldwide.

Price: £7.99

Beyond Belief
Extract from the introduction… I needed to crack what I dubbed The Defoe Code. The application of the Code to his fiction is explained in this book. It led me to the most stunning, exciting – and ultimately disturbing – revelations about Defoe’s life which, in my opinion, change fundamentally all published understanding of him as a writer and a man, and for ever.

Price: £19.99

Diary of a Diet
"Diary of a Diet" is about Hannah Jones' ongoing struggle to commit to get fit, stick to a sensible eating plan or think, once and for all, that she's simply fabulous just the way she is right now.

Price: £6.99

Hole
“A true Welsh hero” Rhodri Morgan

Price: £7.99

Life's New Hurdles
In 2003 Colin retired from athletics in front of an adoring home crowd. Then real life began. In Life’s New Hurdles Colin describes the shock of adjusting to sudden change.

Price: £1.99

My Mummy Wears A Wig - Does Yours?
A frank, honest and humorous account of her battle against breast cancer by a mother with young children.

Price: £7.99

Remembering Judith
“This hauntingly moving tale of a daughter’s devotion to her anorexic mother tugs at the heartstrings and plays on the mind for long after you’ve finished it.” PRIMA MAGAZINE

Price: £7.99

The Hardest Test
The true and honest account of a rugby superhero’s battle to conquer dyslexia and learn to read.

Price: £1.99

The True Confessions of a London Spank Daddy
Discover an underworld of sex, spanking and submission. A world where high-powered female executives and cuddly mums go to be spanked, caned and disciplined.

Price: £9.99

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