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A Gift from Heaven: True-life stories of contact from the other side (HarperTrue Fate - A Short Read) by Jacky Newcomb
RRP: £6.99£5.13Millions of people around the world have experienced contact from the other side. In this inspiring and uplifting short story leading expert Jacky Newcomb shares some of the stories she's received about contact and life after death. When a... -
Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire by John Man
RRP: £10.99£7.77Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. Ruthless in defence of his faith, brilliant in... -
Generation Kill by Evan Wright
RRP: £10.99£7.77Generation Kill is about the young men sent to fight their nation's first open-ended war since Vietnam. Despite the flurry of media images to come of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, you have never really met any of these people, who serve as... -
Limited Edition of One by Steven Wilson
RRP: £12.99£8.60The more I thought about it, the more I realised my career has been unusual. How did I manage to do everything wrong but still end up on the front cover of magazines, headlining world tours and achieving Top 5 albums? How did I attract such obsessive and... -
Take It Like A Man by Spencer Bright
RRP: £16.99£15.24BOY GEORGE'S BESTSELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY - HONEST, FUNNY, MOVING AND ENTERTAINING.'Witty and outrageous' - Mail on SundayWhen he was a boy growing up in sixties London, the 'pink sheep' of his working-class Irish Catholic family, George Alan O'Dowd wanted... -
Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius by Otto Carius
RRP: £18.99£14.01WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one... -
Have A Little Faith by Mitch Albom
RRP: £10.99£7.40FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER WHOSE BOOKS HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 40 MILLION READERS'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecilia Ahern__________Will you do my eulogy?With those words, Mitch Albom begins a remarkable eight-year journey to... -
Flying Scotsman: The Eric Liddell Story by Sally Magnusson
RRP: £12.99£11.01Eric Liddell was Scotland's finest athlete. At the height of his fame he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp. This book tells his story.Book... -
The Autobiography: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Alastair Cook
RRP: £11.99£8.43Get to know England legend Alastair Cook in his fascinating and remarkably honest autobiographyTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR'He is England's greatest ever batsman . . . a hugely enjoyable book' Daily Mail, SPORTS BOOKS OF THE... -
Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In by Vera Brittain
RRP: £12.99£8.60NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still... -
Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz
RRP: £10.99£7.32I am glad I am alive to witness these things; giving words to this life of sensations is a relief. Smell the flowers while you can.Close to the Knives is the artist, writer and activist David Wojnarowicz's extraordinary memoir. Filthy, beautiful, and... -
Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia by Katherine Wilson
RRP: £10.99£7.40'See Naples and die', said Goethe. But Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live. Katherine is fresh out of college when she arrives in Naples to intern at the US Consulate. There she meets handsome, studious Salvatore, and finds herself enveloped... -
The Levelling Sea: The Story of a Cornish Haven and the Age of Sail by Philip Marsden
RRP: £10.99£6.52The story of Britain's colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth. Within the space of few years, during the 1560s and 1570s, a maritime revolution took place in England that would contribute... -
Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre by Nicholas Hytner 9781784704148
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Sunday Times BestsellerThis is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain's greatest theatre.It is a story of lunatic failures and spectacular successes such as The History Boys, War Horse and One Man, Two Guvnors; of opening the doors... -
A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah
RRP: £10.99£7.25The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. 'My new friends have begun to suspect that I haven't told them the full story of my life."Why did you leave Sierra Leone?""Because there is a... -
The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study by Stefano Harney 9781570272677
RRP: £18.00£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570272677Author Stefano HarneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Minor CompositionsPublisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 239g -
The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices by Paul McVeigh
RRP: £9.99£7.11We read because we want to experience lives and emotions beyond our own, to learn, to see with others' eyes.The 32 is a celebration of working-class voices from the island of Ireland. Edited by award-winning novelist Paul McVeigh, this intimate and... -
A Sense of Wonder: Van Morrison's Ireland by David Burke 9781908279484
RRP: £14.95£10.18A Sense Of Wonder is a new book about Van Morrison that concentrates on the Ireland that made him, and the Ireland that he has re-made through a stunning, sprawling body of work spanning almost six decades. Published to coincide with the 45th anniversary... -
Venice by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £18.99£13.61In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty. He leads us through the history of the city, from the first refugees... -
Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life and Business by Sir Richard Branson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Richard Branson is an iconic businessman. In Screw It, Let's Do It, he shares the secrets of his success and the invaluable lessons he has learned over the course of his remarkable career. As the world struggles with the twin problems of global recession... -
Wild Colonial Boys: A Belfast Punk Story by Thomas Paul Burgess 9781526173379
RRP: £16.99£12.48Ruefrex were one of Northern Ireland's most popular and uncompromising punk rock bands.Emerging from the Belfast street-gang culture of the late-1970s, the group, inspired by The Clash, enjoyed a turbulent, decade-long career. They played for millions on... -
Even in Our Darkness: A Story of Beauty in a Broken Life by Jack S. Deere 9780310538172
RRP: £12.99£8.29"Unmasked, unsettling, and unforgettable . . . this will change the landscape of your soul." -Ann Voskamp "Filled with the raw pain, beauty, mystery, and grace that our hearts were meant for." -Matt Chandler Prepare yourself for an... -
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Hunter S. Thompson
RRP: £12.99£8.48The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US... -
Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard
RRP: £10.99£7.77Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving... -
Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior by James B. Stockdale
RRP: £5.50£4.86When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal... -
Eye Can Write: A memoir of a child's silent soul emerging by Jonathan Bryan
RRP: £14.99£9.98Can you imagine not being able to speak or communicate? The silence, the loneliness, the pain. But, inside you disappear to magical places, and even meet your best friend there. However, most of the time you remain imprisoned within the isolation... -
Einstein in Time and Space: A Life in 99 Particles by Samuel Graydon 9781529372489
RRP: £20.00£11.65DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS.THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAINHis face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, he's a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of... -
First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger 9780593447574
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593447574Author Lilly DancygerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Leap: Making the jump to take netball to the top of the world by Geva Mentor
RRP: £10.99£6.47An inspiring memoir by England netball star and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Geva Mentor. **Includes an exclusive 15% discount code for Gilbert Netball**Geva Mentor is the best netballer in the world. In her honest, open and inspiring autobiography,... -
Deadly Quiet City: Stories From Wuhan, COVID Ground Zero by Murong Xuecun
RRP: £14.99£9.98From one of China's most celebrated and silenced literary authors, Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City is an unforgettable collection of true stories from the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. On 23 January 2020, Wuhan was placed in total... -
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro
RRP: £30.00£21.95'The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account... -
Notes on Suicide by Simon Critchley
RRP: £10.99£7.38Suicide is everywhere. It haunts history and current events. It haunts our own networks of friends and family. The spectre of suicide looms large, but the topic is taboo because any meaningful discussion must at the very least consider that the answer to... -
No Future Without Forgiveness by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
RRP: £14.99£10.95No Future Without Forgiveness is a quintessentially humane account of an extraordinary life. Desmond Tutu describes his childhood and coming of age in the apartheid era in South Africa. He examines his reactions on being able to vote for the first time... -
Women in the War by Lucy Fisher
RRP: £9.99£6.52'An important contribution to our recent history' ANDREW MARR 'Absorbing and important' JOAN BAKEWELL 'One of my favourite reads of 2021' GARETH RUSSELL ... -
Mercury and Me: An Intimate Memoir by the Man Freddie Loved by Jim Hutton
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Honest and moving' Independent on Sunday Freddie Mercury was a rock superstar like no other. Recently the focus of the Academy Award-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody, he generated over GBP1 billion worth of sales in a career spanning two decades. But... -
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World by Dan Cruickshank 9780753821251
RRP: £9.99£6.80A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost authorities.In his lifetime, Isambard Kingdom Brunel towered over his profession. Today, he remains the most famous engineer in history, the... -
The Men Who Flew the Halifax by Bowman, Martin W 9781526705686
RRP: £25.00£17.62This is the story of the air war over Western Europe, much of it told by the Halifax pilots and air crew who took part. It spans the period between 1942 and 1945 and covers the encounters between the Luftwaffe and the air forces of Britain and the... -
Pure: Now a major Channel 4 series by Rose Cartwright
RRP: £9.99£6.85Now a major Channel 4 seriesRose Cartwright has OCD, but not as you know it. Pure is the true story of her ten-year struggle with 'Pure O', a little-known form of the condition, which causes her to experience intrusive sexual thoughts of shocking... -
Elizabeth: England's Slandered Queen by Arlene Okerlund 9780752438078
RRP: £12.99£9.62Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen consort to Edward IV, has traditionally been portrayed as a scheming opportunist. But was she a cunning vixen or a tragic wife and mother? As this extraordinary biography shows, the first queen to bear the name Elizabeth lived... -
Head Over Heels in the Dales by Gervase Phinn
RRP: £10.99£7.77Join Gervase Phinn in the classroom where he faces his greatest challenge: keeping a straight face as teachers and children alike conspire to have him laughing out loud . . .'So funny, it will echo things that happen in your own life' 5***** Reader...