Biographies & Memoirs
Sharon And My Mother-In-Law
JOD 9.00
Surprisingly funny, and refreshingly different from any other writings on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sharon and My Mother-in-Law, describes Suad Amiry s experience of living on the West Bank from the early eighties to the present. Amiry tells us about the life and gossip of her neighbourhood ..
Shattered
JOD 21.00
On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, in a pool of blood, he was horrified to realise he had lost the use of his limbs. He could no longer walk, write or wash himself. He could do nothing without the help of others, and required constant care in a hospital. So beg..
She Wants It
JOD 5.80
JOD 11.50
‘ A funny and brutally honest book about what it means to be a woman and what it takes to be a creator , She Wants It is deeply personal but always universal in its unapologetic recounting of a life lived and raw talent shared. Good. Detailed. Honest. Needed ’ - Amy Poehler One morning, half-awake ..
Shefighter: from Trouble Maker to Global Change Ma...
JOD 22.00
In 2004, Lina Khalifeh, a young Jordanian woman with a championship background in Taekwondo, had chance encounter with a fellow college student that initiated a worldwide movement.SheFighter, the first self-defense studio exclusively for women in the Middle East, came to life after Lina talked to “S..
Shoe Dog
JOD 13.00
In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business schoo..
Shoot for the Moon
JOD 10.60
JOD 26.30
For the 50th anniversary, the epic story of Apollo 11 and the astronauts, flight controllers, and engineers who made it happen, by the author of the bestselling A Terrible Glory and The Blood of Heroes. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a ..
Sick a Memoir
JOD 4.00
JOD 10.00
For as long as Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn't know why. A story of survival, pain and transformation, Sick examines the colossal impact of illness on one woman's life. It is a journey that took Porochista Khakpour from Tehran, the town of her b..
Sleeping On Islands: A Life In Poetry
JOD 22.00
Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years. Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes us from scenes of a teenage home-life coloured by tragedy and silence - where writing was as much a refuge as an a..
Small Fry
JOD 6.80
JOD 16.90
A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents--artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs--Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythica..
Son of a Silverback
JOD 7.20
JOD 18.00
Brilliantly written. Very funny and heartbreaking.' Davina McCall From one of Britain’s most popular and prolific comedians comes a hilarious and deeply moving memoir of life lived under the rule of a Silverback dad. The Silverback is considered the undisputed king, a creature whose authority is n..
Sonny Boy
JOD 27.50
To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies - The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon - that were not just successes, but la..
Source Code
JOD 27.50
Bill Gates is one of the most transformative figures of our age. In Source Code he takes us back to his beginnings. He describes with candour his childhood in Seattle, the centrality of family – his close relationship with his card-playing grandmother and his demanding but caring parents – his stru..