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Starvation Heights: The chilling true story of the doctor who starved her patients to death by Gregg Olsen
RRP: £8.99£6.20The shocking true-crime story of two orphaned sisters who arrived at a health retreat as patients - but only one would ever make it out alive... An extraordinary and gripping account of the starvation doctor from the #1 New York Times bestselling author... -
When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster by Lucy Easthope
RRP: £20.00£11.65THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TELEGRAPH AND THE NEW STATESMAN"A marvellous book" Rev Richard Coles"Gripping... filled with compassion." Sunday Times"Remarkable... hopeful and uplifting." Mail on... -
George VI (Penguin Monarchs): The Dutiful King by Philip Ziegler
RRP: £4.99£3.80The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackIf Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout his life... -
A Wing and A Prayer: My Life and Times by Malcolm Weisman 9781803710518
RRP: £18.95£14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803710518Author Malcolm WeismanFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan by Shrabani Basu
RRP: £10.99£8.94This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of an Indian prince, Tipu Sultan (the Tiger of Mysore), who became a British secret agent for SOE during World War II. Shrabani Basu tells the moving story of Noor's life, from her birth in... -
Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford
RRP: £9.99£7.11When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how... -
Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide by Edward Feser 9781851686902
RRP: £10.99£7.00One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the history of Western thought, St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is infamous for his arguments for the existence of God. In this... -
Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox 9780753823866
RRP: £10.99£7.40The story of Henry VIII's queens - as seen through the eyes of Jane Rochford, sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and cousin to Katherine Howard.'Outstanding ... fascinating and moving' Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of THE DUCHESSJane Rochford was... -
Matt Monro: The Singer's Singer by Michele Monro
RRP: £12.99£6.42"The Singer's Singer" is the highly-anticipated story of one of Britain's most iconic singers, the man who recorded the very first James Bond theme song ("From Russia with Love"), represented his country in Eurovision's Song Contest and Royal Command and... -
Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and What He Wants to Do with You by John F. MacArthur
RRP: £14.99£10.95Twelve Extraordinary Women offers a poignant and personal look into the lives of some of the Bible's most faithful women, teaching modern believers that true faith can leave a lasting legacy. These women were ordinary, common, and in some cases even... -
Thatcher Stole My Trousers by Alexei Sayle
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Enlightening ... Funny, smart, original and provocative ... It is hard to imagine the stalwarts of Mock the Week recognising the Druze militia leader Walid Jumblatt in a London cinema' NEW STATESMAN 'Few standups have come close to capturing a... -
Dream. Believe. Achieve. My Autobiography by Jonathan Rea
RRP: £10.99£7.25'If I had to lose my record to anyone, I couldn't be happier that it was Jonathan. Family connections aside, there is nobody more talented, more determined or more deserving.' - Carl Fogarty Within the staggeringly... -
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
RRP: £9.99£6.41In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were... -
Joni: An Unforgettable Story by Joni Eareckson Tada
RRP: £14.99£10.95One of the most beloved Christian autobiographies of modern times, Joni highlights the unforgettable story of a young woman's courageous struggle to find hope after a broken neck left her completely paralyzed. On a hot July afternoon, Joni Eareckson... -
Henry: Virtuous Prince by David Starkey 9780007247721
RRP: £14.99£9.70Bestselling royal historian David Starkey's captivating biography is a radical re-evaluation of Henry VIII, the British monarchy's most enduring icon. Larger than life in every sense, Henry VIII was Britain's most absolute monarch - but he was... -
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin 9781853264764
RRP: £4.99£3.46With an Introduction by David Amigoni. Charles Darwin's travels around the world as an independent naturalist on HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836 impressed upon him a sense of the natural world's beauty and sublimity which language could barely capture... -
Mark Johnston: Phenomenon by Nick Townsend
RRP: £20.00£12.05A new, fully authorised biography of the most successful trainer in British horse racing history.In the stratified and often secretive world of racehorse training, Mark Johnston has always been different: forthright, combative, provocative, and candid -... -
Amy, My Daughter by Mitch Winehouse
RRP: £10.99£7.25Amy Winehouse needs no introduction. A critically acclaimed recording artist, she touched millions with her music during her short but extraordinary life. Following her tragic death in July 2011, Mitch Winehouse wants... -
The Daughter of Auschwitz by Tova Friedman
RRP: £20.00£13.75The harrowing, moving and poignant account of one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz: a girl who was only five years old when she was sent to an extermination camp, and was one of the few people who entered a gas chamber and lived to tell her story... -
Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin
RRP: £10.99£7.77*Shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Observer, The Millions and Emerald Street'Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French... -
The Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, The World's Worst Golfer by Scott Murray 9780224083171
RRP: £11.99£8.43The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst GolferWhen 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open - having never before played a round of golf in his life - he ran up a... -
An Interrupted Life: Diaries and Letters of Etty Hillesum [1941-43] by Etty Hillesum 9780953478057
RRP: £16.00£15.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953478057Author Etty HillesumFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books Ltd -
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
RRP: £10.99£6.10A hilarious collection of essays from 'the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses,' New York Times bestselling author David Sedaris (Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt)Anyone who has heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio... -
Agatha Christie by Laura Thompson
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Laura Thompson's outstanding biography . . . is a pretty much perfect capturing of a life' - Kate MosseIt has been 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. In this biography, Laura Thompson... -
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork: A Sunday Times Book of the Year by Reeves Wiedeman
RRP: £20.00£13.75**The Sunday Times Best Business Book of the Year 2020**'A satisfying ticktock of the company's rapid rise and crash, culminating in its disastrous I.P.O. in 2019 and Neumann's ouster.' New York Times 'This absorbing book exposes the sheer madness of... -
Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy
RRP: £14.99£9.80The official biography of Queen Mary, grandmother of the current Queen, originally commissioned in 1959 - with a new foreword by Hugo Vickers.When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her -... -
A Riot of Our Own by Johnny Green
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Hugely enjoyable ... Green's great achievement is to recapture exactly how those moments felt, but remain sufficiently detached about the whole thing to render the experience honestly' MOJOJohnny Green first met the Clash in 1977. A RIOT OF OUR OWN is... -
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
RRP: £12.99£8.78A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business-and for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking... -
Who Are You?: With one click she found her perfect man. And he found his perfect victim. A true story of the ultimate deception. by Megan Henley 9780008144333
RRP: £8.99£6.87A dramatic and terrifying memoir of a 'catfish' scenario - when a woman meets a man online but nothing is what it seems. 25-year-old Megan Henley put her five-year-old daughter to bed one evening and switched on her laptop. A Facebook 'friend... -
Born in Blackness: Africa and the Making of the Modern World by Howard W. French
RRP: £15.99£13.04In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the... -
The Mirror and the Road: Conversations with William Boyd by Alistair Owen 9780241987339
RRP: £10.99£7.77'One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists' Sunday TimesIn this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them. The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive... -
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
RRP: £10.00£6.65A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can... -
Blown Away: From Drug Dealer to Life Bringer by Pastor Mick Fleming
RRP: £19.99£14.28'It's impossible to visit Church on the Street and not be deeply moved by the work the organisation does for those in need. It is an extraordinary place ... 'HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES, from the Foreword 'There are so few people like Pastor Mick that... -
Letters to a Young Poet: A New Translation and Commentary by Rainer Maria Rilke
RRP: £15.99£9.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806861Author Rainer Maria RilkeFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Porcelain by Moby
RRP: £14.99£9.80In the late eighties and early nineties, Moby, then an underground DJ and musician, was scraping out a living in New York City. In a scene popular chiefly among working-class African-Americans and Latinos, Moby - a poor, skinny, white Christian, vegan... -
There Are No Grown-Ups: A midlife coming-of-age story by Pamela Druckerman
RRP: £10.99£6.45*MUCH RAVED ABOUT BY CHRIS EVANS ON HIS BBC RADIO 2 BREAKFAST SHOW*EVERYONE ELSE IS WINGING IT TOO. You know you're a grown-up when... *You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. * You've lost and gained the same 10lbs so many times... -
Manchester City: The Official Illustrated History by David Clayton
RRP: £25.00£17.38Manchester City: The Official Illustrated History celebrates the illustrious history and modern dominance of one of English football's most storied teams. Few clubs can boast a story as dramatic and fascinating as Manchester City. This officially... -
Strange Places, Questionable People by John Simpson
RRP: £16.99£12.47For over thirty years, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. From being punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson on one of his first days as a reporter, to escaping summary execution in Beirut, flying... -
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank 9780670919796
RRP: £20.00£14.29One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive... -
London: Immigrant City by Nazneen Khan-Ostrem
RRP: £20.00£13.75TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so...