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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.

Alexander Selkirk: The Real Robinson Crusoe - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Alexander Selkirk: The Real Robinson Crusoe

Short Books Ltd

This is the story of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish mariner and adventurer, who was delighted to be rescued by passing sailors after four years alone ...

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F.C.B. Cadell: The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883-1937 - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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F.C.B. Cadell: The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883-1937

Lund Humphries

Originally published in 1988, F.C.B. Cadell: The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883-1937 was the first book devoted entirely to the life o...

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Pan Macmillan

The most famous memoir of its kind and a key text in the anti-slavery movement, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass tells the striking and ...

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Night Song of the Last Tram: A Glasgow Memoir by Robert Douglas - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Night Song of the Last Tram: A Glasgow Memoir by Robert Douglas

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

A wonderfully colourful and deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end' - one room in a Glasgow tenement - during and immediately after ...

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Pan Macmillan

James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a powerful, trailblazing novel that exposes the intricate relationship between rac...

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The Man Who Gave Away His Island
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The Man Who Gave Away His Island

Birlinn General

In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Hebridean isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent it becoming a rich man's playground (like so many other island...

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