A Woman of Firsts by Edna Adan Ismail; Wendy Holden (As told to)
6.13 USD
13.99 (56% off)
Category: Biography
'The Muslim Mother Teresa' Huffington Post Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. Edna Adan Ismail endured it all - for the women of Africa. Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastating effects on Somaliland's people, especially its women. When ...Show more
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
13.56 USD
49.02 (72% off)
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of th ...Show more
The Louder I Will Sing by Lee Lawrence
6.30 USD
17.99 (64% off)
Category: Biography
Shortlisted for the Costa Prize 2020'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee's journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging' AKALAWhat would you do if the people you trusted to uphold the law committed a crime again ...Show more
The Prison Doctor - My Time on the Wards of Britain's Most Notorious Jails by Amanda Brown
5.51 USD
12.59 (56% off)
Category: Biography
Horrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent behind bars. The no-holds-barred memoirs of a GP who went from working at a quiet suburban practice to treating the country's most dangerous criminals - first in young offe ...Show more
Everything I Know About Love: Now a Major BBC One Series by Dolly Alderton
4.29 USD
12.59 (65% off)
Category: Biography
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed house party, getting drunk, getting du ...Show more
Florence Nightingale (Life Stories) by Kitson Jazynka
3.68 USD
8.39 (56% off)
Category: Biography | Series: Life Stories
In this biography, discover the fascinating story of Florence Nightingale, who cared for British soldiers during wartime as the "Lady of the Lamp." Florence Nightingale was a pioneer of nursing at a time when women were discouraged from working outside the home, especially in the field of science. She s ...Show more
Expedition - Adventures into Undiscovered Worlds by Steve Backshall
6.13 USD
13.99 (56% off)
Category: Biography
Shine a light into the unknown There are still dark corners of our planet that are yet to be explored. In this remarkable book, Steve Backshall offers an unflinching account of his adventures into these uncharted territories around the globe, in search of world firsts. Each location brings its own epic ...Show more
Keeping Hope Alive: How One Somalian Woman Changed 90,000 Lives by Dr. Hawa Abdi
9.47 USD
19.59 (51% off)
Category: Biography
For the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from Mogadishu which has grown to shelter 90,000 displaced Somalis: men, women, and children in urgent need of medical attention. As Islamist militia groups have been battling for control of th ...Show more
Desert Flower by Waris Dirie
6.30 USD
12.59 (49% off)
Category: Biography
"Desert Flower is the compelling autobiography of supermodel Waris Dirie, born into a traditional Somali family of nomads who believed in such archaic customs as female genital mutilation and arranged marriages between prepubescent girls and elderly men, for a dowry of a few goats and camels." "The youn ...Show more
DK Life Stories Harriet Tubman by DK
3.68 USD
8.39 (56% off)
Category: Biography | Series: Life Stories Ser.
Discover the inspiring story of Harriet Tubman, a fearless activist and abolitionist who helped guide many slaves to freedom, in this fascinating kids' biography. Born into slavery in the 1820s, Harriet Tubman would later run away and later help scores of other African American slaves escape to freedom ...Show more
DK Life Stories Queen Elizabeth II - Amazing People Who Have Shaped Our World by DK
3.68 USD
8.39 (56% off)
Category: Biography | Series: Life Stories Ser.
Discover the inspiring story of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, in this fascinating kids' biography.At just 25 years of age, Princess Elizabeth succeeded King George VI to the British throne. This compelling book looks at Elizabeth's life, both as a public and privat ...Show more
Long Walk To Freedom: 'Essential reading' Barack Obama by Nelson Mandela
10.50 USD
20.99 (49% off)
Category: Biography
2018 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth 'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book . . . humane, dignified and magnificently unembittered' The Times The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly re-creates the dra ...Show more