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It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life

By Lance Armstrong, Armstrong, Lance

One Million Lovely Letters: When life is looking hopeless, one inspirational letter can change your life forever

By Bickley, Jodi Ann

Breast Beating: A personal odyssey in the quest for an understanding of breast cancer, the meaning of life and other easy questions

By Professor Michael Baum, MB ChB FRCS ChM MD(Hon) FRCR(Hon); (Professor Emeritus of Surgery, University College London)

Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing

By Tim Parks

The Broken Boy

By Patrick Cockburn

Hannah's Choice: A daughter's love for life. The mother who let her make the hardest decision of all.

By Kirsty Jones, Hannah Jones

A Matter of Death and Life: Love, Loss and What Matters in the End

By Irvin Yalom, Marilyn Yalom

And Finally: Matters of Life and Death, the Sunday Times bestseller from the author of DO NO HARM

By Henry Marsh

My Bonnie: How Dementia Stole the Love of My Life

By John Suchet

April Fool's Day

By Bryce Courtenay

Eating an Artichoke: A Mother's Perspective on Asperger Syndrome

By Echo R Fling, Dr Anthony Attwood

Rise: A first-aid kit for getting through tough times

By Sian Williams

The Courtship Dance of the Borderline

By Anthony Walker (Msc PhD Frics Fhkis McIob Emeritus Professor University of Hong Kong), Dr John G Gunderson, M.D., MD (McLean Hospital)

On Immunity: An Inoculation

By Eula Biss

Dropping the P Bomb

By Emma Lawton

A Pathway Through Pain

By Jane Grayshon

At Five in the Afternoon: From the Newsroom to the Cancer Ward

By Michael Murphy

The Book of Hope: 101 Voices on Overcoming Adversity

By Jonny Benjamin, Britt Pflüger

The Little Girl In The Radiator: Mum, Alzheimer's and Me

By Martin Slevin

Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book About Depression

By Gwyneth Lewis

The Power Of Hope: The moving no.1 bestselling memoir from TV's Kate Garraway

By Kate Garraway

Paula: Paula

By Isabel Allende

Chase the Rainbow

By Poorna Bell

A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind: My road to staying sane, and how to navigate yours

By Emily Reynolds

Beautiful: A beautiful girl. An evil man. One inspiring true story of courage

By Katie Piper

Une mort tres douce

By Simone de Beauvoir

Running with Scissors: A Memoir

By Augusten Burroughs

The Family Friend: Sometimes the danger is closer than you think

By Matt Lowe

Let Me Be Frank

By Frank Bruno, Nick Owens

A Smell of Burning: The Story of Epilepsy

By Colin Grant