While the world teems with the champions of fiction titles, there are those who find that the twists and turns of real life are more than enough to keep them hooked on a good book. They find the joys and nuances of nonfiction of great value, especially when it comes to the art of biography.
This is a genre that never gets old – from the heights of the royals to the kitchen sinks of your next door neighbour, a biography is a gateway to understanding a life and lifestyle that’s not your own. And by spending time with another person this closely, maybe you’ll find out something important about your own life.
There’s nothing like biography, actually, when it comes to showing that people are people and we all have something in common. No matter if you’re reading notes scribbled years ago by the movers and shakers of Scottish history, modern approaches to important figures or the tell-alls of popular celebrities, there’s always something to learn when you read biographies or memoirs.
And East Neuk Books is the best place to find the latest and greatest Scottish biographies. Flip through our pages to see our current stock of hundreds of books that are sure to interest and surprise you! Or peruse through our collection below and buy biography books online. No matter your taste, historical interests or approach to the art, you’re sure to find something that will captivate you and make it hard to put the book down!
If you’re not sure yet exactly what you’re looking for, feel free to take a glance through some of our more popular titles. From memoirs of Scottish childhoods to explorations of the highlands to to the reminiscence of school-days long past to ambitious studies of great lives like that of Mary, Queen of Scots, our collection is bound to educate and delight.
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The writer and broadcaster Paul Heiney set sail from the east coast of England bound for Iceland, propelled by a desire to breathe the cool, cl...
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A victim of violent abuse at the hands of his stepfather, Lenny spent much of his teenage life in borstal as he began to follow a life of crime. Ho...
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Originally published as Relish, a fully revised and updated edition of the eye-opening story of one woman's incredible appetite for life: Dame Prue...
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From school punk to modern day film producer, Richard Jobson has lived a full and colourful life. A harrowing incident as a child left him sufferin...
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Anne Cholawo was a typical 80s career girl working in a busy London advertising agency, when in 1989, holidaying in Skye, she noticed an advert for...
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Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize 2018. This is a memoir of intense physical and personal experience, exploring how swimming with seals, gulls...
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Telling Tales is a nostalgic and beautifully written account of growing up on a small family farm which vividly evokes a way of life that, although...
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'Peppered with humour, empathy and kindness' - Sunday Post Ever since her pet sheep Lulu accompanied her to school at the age of seven, animals and...
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