Skip to content
Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

Autobiographies, Biographies & True Stories

All titles in this collection are in stock and available for immediate shipping unless marked for pre-order.

  • Billion Dollar Whale: the bestselling investigation into the financial fraud of the century

    Wordsworth Books
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00

    A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND FORTUNE MAGAZINE. The epic story of how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the ...

    View full details
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00

  • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork (Paperback)

    Reeves Wiedeman
    R 355.01 - R 355.01
    R 355.01
    R 355.01
    R 355.01 - R 355.01
    R 355.01

    A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller: This "vivid" inside story of WeWork and its CEO tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, ...

    View full details
    R 355.01 - R 355.01
    R 355.01
    R 355.01
    R 355.01 - R 355.01
    R 355.01
  • Save 50% Save %

    Angola Reisjoernaal (Paperback)

    Esther Badenhorst
    R 300.00
    R 300.00 - R 300.00
    R 300.00
    R 150.00
    R 150.00 - R 150.00
    R 150.00

    Die reis op soek na antwoorde begin in Augustus 2018 met 'n toer deur Angola. Die ongenaakbare terrein en taal hindernisse in Angola, maak toerlede...

    View full details
    R 300.00
    R 300.00 - R 300.00
    R 300.00
    R 150.00
    R 150.00 - R 150.00
    R 150.00
    Save 50% Save %
  • Save 49% Save %

    A Dark Secret

    Casey Watson
    R 295.00
    R 295.00 - R 295.00
    R 295.00
    R 149.00
    R 149.00 - R 149.00
    R 149.00

    Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she's asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his...

    View full details
    R 295.00
    R 295.00 - R 295.00
    R 295.00
    R 149.00
    R 149.00 - R 149.00
    R 149.00
    Save 49% Save %

  • A Dog Named Beautiful: The true story of the Labrador who taught a Marine to love life again

    Wordsworth Books
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00

    For fans of Nala's World and Arthur, this is an uplifting and unforgettable true story about how the love of a good dog can save your life.Rob Kug...

    View full details
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00

  • A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid From the Taliban in Plain Sight

    Wordsworth Books
    R 230.00 - R 230.00
    R 230.00
    R 230.00
    R 230.00 - R 230.00
    R 230.00

    'Armed with a squash racket and enormous will, Maria Toorpakai has risen from the turmoil of tribal life in Pakistan to become not only a world-cla...

    View full details
    R 230.00 - R 230.00
    R 230.00
    R 230.00
    R 230.00 - R 230.00
    R 230.00

  • Can You Hear Me?: An NHS Paramedic's Encounters with Life and Death

    Wordsworth Books
    R 355.00 - R 355.00
    R 355.00
    R 355.00
    R 355.00 - R 355.00
    R 355.00

    A memoir of the chaos, intensity and occasional beauty of life as a paramedic.A young man has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet. A pedestri...

    View full details
    R 355.00 - R 355.00
    R 355.00
    R 355.00
    R 355.00 - R 355.00
    R 355.00

  • Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel

    Wordsworth Books
    R 280.00 - R 280.00
    R 280.00
    R 280.00
    R 280.00 - R 280.00
    R 280.00

    Ronnie Kasrils's memoir reflects on compelling questions as to what turned a white youngster from a modest background into a life-long revolutionar...

    View full details
    R 280.00 - R 280.00
    R 280.00
    R 280.00
    R 280.00 - R 280.00
    R 280.00

  • Catherine the Great and Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair

    Wordsworth Books
    R 310.01 - R 310.01
    R 310.01
    R 310.01
    R 310.01 - R 310.01
    R 310.01

    'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery o...

    View full details
    R 310.01 - R 310.01
    R 310.01
    R 310.01
    R 310.01 - R 310.01
    R 310.01

  • Challenge Accepted!: 253 Steps to Becoming an Anti-It Girl

    Celeste Barber
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00

    'Prepare to laugh' - Reese Witherspoon 253 steps to becoming an anti-it girl. Funny woman, Instagram st...

    View full details
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00

  • Charles: The Heart of a King

    Catherine Mayer
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00

    The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller '[The book that] made headlines around the world.' Independent He has lived his whole life in the public eye...

    View full details
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00
    R 320.00 - R 320.00
    R 320.00

  • Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    Wordsworth Books
    R 310.00 - R 310.00
    R 310.00
    R 310.00
    R 310.00 - R 310.00
    R 310.00

    *** "I loved it. An amazing book." - Louis Theroux "A rip-roaring read. It left me breathless." - Chris Evans, Virgin Radio Breakfast Show "Rivet...

    View full details
    R 310.00 - R 310.00
    R 310.00
    R 310.00
    R 310.00 - R 310.00
    R 310.00

  • Childless Voices: Stories of Longing, Loss, Resistance and Choice

    Lorna Gibb
    R 260.00 - R 260.00
    R 260.00
    R 260.00
    R 260.00 - R 260.00
    R 260.00

    From the playgrounds of Glasgow to the villages of Bangladesh; from religious rites to ancient superstitions; from the world's richest people to it...

    View full details
    R 260.00 - R 260.00
    R 260.00
    R 260.00
    R 260.00 - R 260.00
    R 260.00

  • Chris Hani: A Jacana Pocket Biography (Paperback)

    Hugh Macmillan
    R 175.00 - R 175.00
    R 175.00
    R 175.00
    R 175.00 - R 175.00
    R 175.00

    The assassination of Chris Hani outside his home in Dawn Park on 10 April 1993 by a right-wing extremist was a decisive moment in the transition to...

    View full details
    R 175.00 - R 175.00
    R 175.00
    R 175.00
    R 175.00 - R 175.00
    R 175.00

  • Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared

    Wordsworth Books
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00

    From humble beginnings as a `barefoot boy' in a small town in the heart of South Africa, he learned to mix with presidents and prime ministers, wit...

    View full details
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00

  • Christo Wiese: Risk and Riches (Paperback)

    T. J. Strydom
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00

    Once the owner of a diamond mine, a wine farm and the most expensive house in Cape Town. Former chairman of South Africa’s largest retailer, direct...

    View full details
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00

  • Christo Wiese: Risiko en Rykdom (Paperback)

    TJ Strydom
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00

    Op sy dag eienaar van ’n diamantmyn, ’n wynplaas én die duurste huis in Kaapstad. Voorsitter van Suid-Afrika se grootste kleinhandelaar. Direkteur ...

    View full details
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00
    R 395.00 - R 395.00
    R 395.00

  • CHURCHILL & SON TPB

    Wordsworth Books
    R 375.00 - R 375.00
    R 375.00
    R 375.00
    R 375.00 - R 375.00
    R 375.00

    'In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows how central Winston and Randolph were to ea...

    View full details
    R 375.00 - R 375.00
    R 375.00
    R 375.00
    R 375.00 - R 375.00
    R 375.00

  • Churchill and the Jews

    Martin Gilbert
    R 347.00 - R 347.00
    R 347.00
    R 347.00
    R 347.00 - R 347.00
    R 347.00

    CHURCHILL AND THE JEWS covers the whole life of this greatest of Britons -- from his youth, when he was shocked by the anti-Semitism displayed duri...

    View full details
    R 347.00 - R 347.00
    R 347.00
    R 347.00
    R 347.00 - R 347.00
    R 347.00

  • Angels in My Hair (Paperback)

    Lorna Byrne
    R 295.00 - R 295.00
    R 295.00
    R 295.00
    R 295.00 - R 295.00
    R 295.00

    **The iconic bestseller, now celebrating its tenth anniversary**When she was a child, people wondered why Lorna Byrne didn't seem present in the wo...

    View full details
    R 295.00 - R 295.00
    R 295.00
    R 295.00
    R 295.00 - R 295.00
    R 295.00

  • Arik

    Wordsworth Books
    R 360.00 - R 360.00
    R 360.00
    R 360.00
    R 360.00 - R 360.00
    R 360.00

    R 360.00 - R 360.00
    R 360.00
    R 360.00
    R 360.00 - R 360.00
    R 360.00

  • Carry On, Warrior: From Glennon Doyle, the #1 bestselling author of Untamed

    Wordsworth Books
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00

    Discover the journey that led to the No. 1 international bestseller Untamed, from the life-changing guru that every woman needs'Do it. Read it. Liv...

    View full details
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00
    R 215.00 - R 215.00
    R 215.00

  • Caspar Lee

    Caspar Lee
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00

    This is a book about me. Unfortunately, I didn't write it - my mum did. WTF! Let me tell you now that 98% of it is total lies. Actually, I'm prett...

    View full details
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00
    R 255.00 - R 255.00
    R 255.00

  • An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants

    Wordsworth Books
    R 285.00 - R 285.00
    R 285.00
    R 285.00
    R 285.00 - R 285.00
    R 285.00

    Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance, life and elephants, An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants is an incredible story f...

    View full details
    R 285.00 - R 285.00
    R 285.00
    R 285.00
    R 285.00 - R 285.00
    R 285.00

x

x