Pierke
Pierke

Biography Memoir

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#105
In Search of Tusitala: Travels in the Pacific after Robert Louis Stevenson
In Search of Tusitala: Travels in the Pacific after Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Gavin Bell
51 read
#106
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Mama's Girl

Mama's Girl
  • Veronica Chambers
41 read
#107
The Tennis Partner
The Tennis Partner
  • Abraham Verghese
3.59 reads
#108
An Italian Education
An Italian Education
  • Tim Parks
42 reads
#109
Child of Happy Valley
Child of Happy Valley
  • Juanita Carberry
  • Nicola Tyrer
41 read
#110
Wait Till Next Year
Wait Till Next Year
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin
45 reads
#111
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The Other Side of the Dale

The Other Side of the Dale
  • Gervase Phinn
2.53 reads
#112
Indische Tantes
Indische Tantes
  • Yvonne Keuls
41 read
#113
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
  • Frank McCourt
3.84247 reads
#114
Cover 8

Give Me My Father's Body

Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
  • Kenn Harper
41 read
#115
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
  • Chris Stewart
3.510 reads
#116
Comfort Me with Apples
Comfort Me with Apples
  • Ruth Reichl
4.3312 reads
#117
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
  • Anthony Bourdain
4.14411 reads
#118
Cover 5

Fossils, Finches and Fuegians

Fossils, Finches and Fuegians: Charles Darwin's Adventures and Discoveries on the "Beagle"
  • Richard D. Keynes
41 read
#119
Extra Virgin
Extra Virgin
  • Annie Hawes
43 reads
#120
Tender at the Bone
Tender at the Bone
  • Ruth Reichl
426 reads
#121
The Kitchen Congregation: A Daughter's Story of Wives and Women Friends
The Kitchen Congregation: A Daughter's Story of Wives and Women Friends
  • Nora Seton
41 read
#122
Home cooking
Home cooking
  • Laurie Colwin
46 reads
#123
Lilla's Feast: One Woman's True Story of Love and War in the Orient
Lilla's Feast: One Woman's True Story of Love and War in the Orient
  • Frances Osborne
41 read
#124
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The Lunar Men

The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
  • Jenny Uglow
52 reads
#125
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
  • Alexandra Fuller
3.8625 reads
#126
Chutzpah
Chutzpah
  • Alan M. Dershowitz
31 read
#127
Two Lives
Two Lives
  • Vikram Seth
33 reads
#128
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Beverley Nichols

Beverley Nichols : A Life
  • Bryan Connon
41 read
#129
FDR
FDR
  • Jean Edward Smith
413 reads
#130
Dutch Girl
Dutch Girl
  • Robert Matzen
3.65 reads
#131
Paula
Paula
  • Isabel Allende
3.8924 reads
#132
Crossing Ocean Parkway
Crossing Ocean Parkway
  • Marianna De Marco Torgovnick
41 read
#133
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Burmese Legacy

Burmese Legacy
  • Sue Arnold
41 read
#134
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A Chainless Soul

A Chainless Soul: A Life of Emily Brontë
  • Katherine Frank
41 read
#135
Nee heb je: Notities over ziek zijn
Nee heb je: Notities over ziek zijn
  • Renate Rubinstein
31 read
#136
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Dreams of Exile

Dreams of Exile: Robert Louis Stevenson: A Biography
  • Ian Bell
41 read
#137
Cover 8

Dead Man's Chest

Dead Man's Chest: Travels after Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Nicholas Rankin
41 read
#138
Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt
Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt
  • Katherine Frank
41 read
#139
Hidden Lives
Hidden Lives
  • Margaret Forster
51 read
#140
Whatever Happened to Margo?
Whatever Happened to Margo?
  • Margaret Durrell
31 read
#141
Cover 6

About Time

About Time
  • Penelope Mortimer
31 read
#142
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Vita and Harold

Vita and Harold: The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson 1919–1962
  • Vita Sackville-West
  • Harold Nicolson
  • Nigel Nicolson
41 read
#143
A Room With a View
A Room With a View
  • E.M. Forster
3.65144 reads
#144
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Letters from Menabilly

Letters from Menabilly: Portrait of a Friendship
  • Daphne du Maurier
  • Oriel Malet
41 read
#145
Cover 1

Gertrude Jekyll

Gertrude Jekyll
  • Sally Festing
31 read
#146
Oleander, Jacaranda
Oleander, Jacaranda
  • Penelope Lively
41 read
#147
Daisy Bates in the desert
Daisy Bates in the desert
  • Julia Blackburn
41 read
#148
Cover 4

Grandmother's Footsteps

Grandmother's Footsteps: A Journey in Search of Penelope Betjeman
  • Imogen Lycett Green
41 read
#149
Private words: Letters and diaries from the Second World War
Private words: Letters and diaries from the Second World War
    41 read
    #150
    Roommates: My Grandfather's Story
    Roommates: My Grandfather's Story
    • Max Apple
    51 read
    #151
    Cover 8

    Young Betjeman

    Young Betjeman
    • Bevis Hillier
    41 read
    #152
    Daphne du Maurier
    Daphne du Maurier
    • Margaret Forster
    51 read
    #153
    Cover 6

    A House in the Sunflowers

    A House in the Sunflowers
    • Ruth Silvestre
    31 read
    #154
    Diaries and Letters, 1930-1939
    Diaries and Letters, 1930-1939
    • Harold Nicolson
    41 read
    #155
    Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language
    Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language
    • Eva Hoffman
    3.55 reads
    #156
    Cover 3

    Talking to High Monks in the Snow

    Talking to High Monks in the Snow: An Asian-American Odyssey
    • Lydia Minatoya
    41 read
    #157
    Short walk from Harrods
    Short walk from Harrods
    • Dirk Bogarde
    41 read
    #158
    Cover 2

    Wishing on the Moon

    Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
    • Donald Clarke
    00 reads
    #159
    Letters Of An Indian Judge
    Letters Of An Indian Judge
      41 read
      #160
      Cover 8

      The Ladies of Llangollen

      The Ladies of Llangollen
      • Elizabeth Mavor
      41 read
      #161
      Isak Dinesen Her Life in Pictures
      Isak Dinesen Her Life in Pictures
        31 read
        #162
        Going Solo
        Going Solo
        • Roald Dahl
        3.9751 reads
        #163
        The Day Gone By: An Autobiography
        The Day Gone By: An Autobiography
        • Richard Adams
        3.52 reads
        #164
        Touch of Genius: The Life of T.E. Lawrence
        Touch of Genius: The Life of T.E. Lawrence
        • Malcolm Brown
        31 read
        #165
        The mighty Nimrod: A life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917
        The mighty Nimrod: A life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917
        • Stephen Taylor
        51 read
        #166
        Letter from New York
        Letter from New York
        • Helene Hanff
        41 read
        #167
        Cover 3

        Apple of My Eye

        Apple of My Eye
        • Helene Hanff
        31 read
        #168
        A donkey in the meadow
        A donkey in the meadow
        • Derek Tangye
        31 read
        #169
        The Invisible Woman
        The Invisible Woman
        • Claire Tomalin
        41 read
        #170
        Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley
        Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley
        • John Bierman
        41 read
        #171
        The boys and the butterflies: A wartime rural childhood
        The boys and the butterflies: A wartime rural childhood
        • James Birdsall
        51 read
        #172
        Cover 2

        Walled Gardens

        Walled Gardens: Scenes from an Anglo-Irish Childhood
        • Annabel Davis-Goff
        41 read
        #173
        The Life of My Choice
        The Life of My Choice
        • Wilfred Thesiger
        41 read
        #174
        The Mottled Lizard
        The Mottled Lizard
        • Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley
        41 read
        #175
        Sun On The Lintel
        Sun On The Lintel
        • Derek Tangye
        31 read
        #176
        Everybody Who Was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein
        Everybody Who Was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein
        • Janet Hobhouse
        41 read
        #177
        Cover 5

        Charles Waterton 1782-1865

        Charles Waterton 1782-1865: Traveller and Conservationist: Conservationist and Traveller
        • Julia Blackburn
        41 read
        #178
        Darwin and the Beagle
        Darwin and the Beagle
        • Alan Moorehead
        41 read
        #179
        The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
        The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
        • Elspeth Huxley
        42 reads
        #180
        In Clive's Footsteps
        In Clive's Footsteps
        • Peter Holt
        41 read
        #181
        The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton
        The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton
        • Fawn M. Brodie
        41 read
        #182
        Cover 3

        Diaries & Letters, 1930-1964

        Diaries & Letters, 1930-1964
        • Harold Nicolson
        41 read
        #183
        Cover 1

        Some People

        Some People
        • Harold Nicolson
        41 read
        #184
        A.A. Milne. His life
        A.A. Milne. His life
        • Ann Thwaite
        41 read
        #185
        A Particular Friendship
        A Particular Friendship
        • Dirk Bogarde
        41 read
        #186
        Cover 4

        De vrienden van mijn vader

        De vrienden van mijn vader
        • Nico Rost
        41 read
        #187
        Hoe ver we zullen komen, weet ik niet: het avontuurlijke leven van Alexandrine Tinne
        Hoe ver we zullen komen, weet ik niet: het avontuurlijke leven van Alexandrine Tinne
        • J.G. Kikkert
        31 read
        #188
        Cover 7

        Eminent Gardeners

        Eminent Gardeners: Some People of Influence and Their Gardens, 1880-1980
        • Jane Brown
        41 read
        #189
        Dearest Andrew: Letters from V. Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber, 1951-1962
        Dearest Andrew: Letters from V. Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber, 1951-1962
        • Andrew Reiber
        41 read
        #190
        Underfoot in show business
        Underfoot in show business
        • Helene Hanff
        31 read
        #191
        Cover 0

        Rebecca West

        Rebecca West : A Life
        • Victoria Glendinning
        41 read
        #192
        Cover 5

        Travels in Imperial China

        Travels in Imperial China: The Explorations and Discoveries of Père David
        • George Bishop
        41 read
        #193
        Anton Pieck : zijn leven, zijn werk
        Anton Pieck : zijn leven, zijn werk
        • Ben van Eysselsteijn
        41 read
        #194
        De laatste zeven maanden: vrouwen in het spoor van Anne Frank
        De laatste zeven maanden: vrouwen in het spoor van Anne Frank
        • Willy Lindwer
        41 read
        #195
        84, Charing Cross Road
        84, Charing Cross Road
        • Helene Hanff
        4.38137 reads
        #196
        Cover 5

        Wind in the Ash Tree

        Wind in the Ash Tree
        • Jeanine McMullen
        51 read
        #197
        Cover 0

        My Dearest Mouse

        My Dearest Mouse: The Wind in the Willows Letters
        • Kenneth Grahame
        • David Gooderson
        42 reads
        #198
        Return to the Marshes
        Return to the Marshes
        • Gavin Young
        43 reads
        #199
        In My Wildest Dreams
        In My Wildest Dreams
        • Leslie Thomas
        41 read
        #200
        Edwardian Lady: Life of Edith Holden
        Edwardian Lady: Life of Edith Holden
        • Ina Taylor
        41 read
        #201
        Cover 2

        Quiller Couch

        Quiller Couch: A portrait of 'Q.'
        • A.L. Rowse
        41 read
        #202
        Cover 8

        Freya Stark

        Freya Stark
        • Caroline Moorehead
        31 read
        #203
        Vita's Other World: A Gardening Biography of Vita Sackville-West
        Vita's Other World: A Gardening Biography of Vita Sackville-West
        • Jane Brown
        41 read
        #204
        A Millstone Round My Neck: The Restoration of a Cornish Water Mill
        A Millstone Round My Neck: The Restoration of a Cornish Water Mill
        • Norman Thelwell
        41 read