This story is the sequel to Princess Sultana's bestselling memoir 'Princess', where readers were gripped by her revelations about a life of unimaginable privilege and wealth inside the royal family of Saudi Arabia.
Biography
- Author:SASSON, Jean PSummary:
- Author:DIRIE, WarisSummary:
Waris ran away from her desert nomad family at the age of 12 when her father arranged her marriage to a sixty-year-old stranger in exchange for five camels. She escaped through the harsh Somalian desert and travelled to London.
- Author:DIRIE, WarisSummary:
Although Waris Dirie fled her homeland, she never forgot the country and culture that moulded her. The world of famine and violence, where women have no voice. This is the story of her return to Somalia where she traces the roots of her...
- Author:Fraser, DawnSummary:
Dawn Fraser tells us, in her own words, what is behind the rumours that have swirled around her from the beginning, and shines a spotlight on many other aspects of her life. Strong, warm-hearted and unique, Dawn has come through it all...
- Author:BOWYER, AlisonSummary:
Having worked herself up from the early days of seven-pound-a-night comedy clubs, Dawn French is the doyenne of British comedy. From her childhood to meeting Jennifer Saunders, her 18-year marriage to Lenny Henry and beyond.
- Author:SHEPHERD, JanineSummary:
After the horrific traffic-accident, the author was not expected to live, let alone walk. But she did, and in this sequel, the former Olympic contender describes her rehabilitation and her new-found love of flying, with the support of...
- Author:Grossman, ValerieSummary:
- Author:Greer, GermaineSummary:
- Author:GLASS, CathySummary:
The story of the Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever...
- Author:McMurtry, LarrySummary:
McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little Bighorn,...
- Author:Plant, JudithSummary:
The time is the early 1980s. Judith Plant and her new partner, Kip, are ready for a change. Inspired by the charismatic Fred Brown, their communications professor at Simon Fraser University, they join a commune in a remote valley near...
- Author:Sanderson, DerekSummary:
Derek Sanderson, one of the most flamboyant NHL players of his era (that of the Big Bad Bruins) holds nothing back in this memoir about his hockey career, his drug and alcohol abuse, and the tough road back. Sanderson was a legend on...
- Author:Boudreau, JackSummary:
- Author:Henderson, JeffSummary:
Barely old enough to drink legally, Henderson was clearing $35,000 per week as one of the most successful cocaine dealers in San Diego. But when he was 23, he was indicted on federal drug trafficking charges and sentenced to almost 20...
- Author:FISHER, GrahamSummary:
More than 30 years of research and study have produced this fascinating book ... richly anecdotal.
- Author:Kang, ZhengguoSummary:
- Author:AugustineSummary:
Written shortly after he became Biship of Hippo, "Confessions" highlights Augustine's childhood in Numidia and his riotous youth and early manhood in Carthage, Rome, and Milan. It also chronicles his continuing struggle...
- Author:Renehan, EdwardSummary:
Renehan draws upon previously unreleased documents to deliver the definitive biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the 19th-century transportation tycoon who accumulated the largest private fortune in U.S. history.
- Author:Fuller, AlexandraSummary:
This engaging follow-up explores Fuller's parents' childhoods and charts the trajectories of their lives through all the British couple's experiences in war-torn Africa. With the same sharply etched narrative that has...
- Author:Knighton, RyanSummary:
On his eighteenth birthday, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa. Follow his story from absolute denial to acceptance of a life without vision and reliance on a cane. An irreverent memoir.