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A Teenagers War: A true-story of one young boy's fight for the liberation of Europe during World War II by James Brearley 9781861511270
RRP: £10.00£8.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861511270Author James BrearleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Memoirs PublishingPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 425g -
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne
RRP: £18.99£10.95'Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously' JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April... -
Winter Journal by Paul Auster
RRP: £10.99£7.32'You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else... -
A. A. Milne: His Life by Ann Thwaite
£19.44A.A. Milne is one of the most successful English writers ever. His heart-warming creations-Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Tigger and Piglet-have become some of the best-loved children's characters of all time, and readers the world over are... -
Aleister Crowley in Paris: Sex, Art, and Magick in the City of Light by Tobias Churton
RRP: £26.00£16.83Exploring occultist, magician, poet, painter, and writer Aleister Crowley's longstanding and intimate association with Paris, Tobias Churton provides the first detailed account of Crowley's activities in the City of Light. Using previously unpublished... -
Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story by Stephen Davis
RRP: £14.99£11.66In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Their pretty boy looks made them the stars of fledgling MTV, but it was their brilliant musicianship that led to... -
Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor by Simon Elliott
RRP: £25.00£17.62The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. Born in AD 126, he made a late career change from working as a grammar... -
An Area of Darkness: His Discovery of India by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: £10.99£7.77The first book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy - with a preface by the author. An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul's semi-autobiographical account - at once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered - of his first visit to... -
Belonging: A Memoir by Catherine Corless
RRP: £15.99£11.33ONE WOMAN, THE SECRETS OF A SMALL TOWN, AND A QUEST FOR JUSTICE THAT ROCKED A NATION. Catherine Corless could not have known where her interest in local history would lead her, as she began researching the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in Galway in 2010... -
Troy Deeney: A Hornet in Your Face by Troy Deeney
RRP: £20.00£13.75***'Footie book of the year.' - The SunTROY DEENEY is best known as Watford FC's former captain and a thorn in Arsenal's side. But behind the successful and gritty football persona is a remarkable story of resilience.In this brutally honest and... -
Everything Happens For A Reason And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler
RRP: £10.99£7.77NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 'A meditation on sense-making when there's no sense to be made, on letting go when we can't hold on, and on being unafraid even when we're terrified.' LUCY KALANITHI 'Belongs on the shelf alongside other terrific books... -
Palmerston: A Biography by David Brown
RRP: £19.99£17.37A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John... -
Marram: Memories of Sea and Spider Silk by Leonie Charlton
RRP: £9.99£7.11Seven years after her mother's death, Leonie Charlton is still gripped by memories of their fraught relationship. In May 2017, Leonie trekked through the Outer Hebrides in the company of a friend and their Highland Ponies in search of closure. When... -
And Then What?: Despatches From the Heart of 21st-Century Diplomacy, From Kosovo to Kiev by Baroness Catherine Ashton 9781783967117
RRP: £10.99£7.47Financial Times - BEST BOOKS OF 2023 'And Then What? is breathless and conversational - and all the more readable for that. But while her tone is down-to-earth, the events that Ashton played a part in were dramatic and often historic.' Gideon... -
Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of The Awakened One by Vishvapani Blomfield
RRP: £12.99£9.09The words and example of Gautama (often known by the title, 'Buddha') have affected billions of people. But what do we really know about him? While there is much we cannot say for certain about the historical Gautama, this persuasive new biography... -
For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics by Walter H. G. Lewin
RRP: £10.99£7.00Beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures have made him a YouTube super-star, offers a mind-opening and delightful journey through the most intriguing discoveries in physics. A wonderful raconteur, Lewin takes readers on a... -
The Ultimate Tampa Bay Buccaneers Trivia Book: A Collection of Amazing Trivia Quizzes and Fun Facts for Die-Hard Bucs Fans! by Ray Walker 9781956908008
RRP: £11.95£7.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956908008Author Ray WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Hrp HousePublisher Hrp HouseWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea's elite by Suki Kim
RRP: £14.99£10.95It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Over the next six months she will... -
Known And Unknown by Donald Rumsfeld 9781595230843
RRP: £10.99£7.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595230843Author Donald RumsfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint SentinelPublisher Sentinel -
The Last Secret of the Secret Annex by Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl 9781398518216
RRP: £20.00£15.76The extraordinary, never-before-told story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank’s closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret Annex. Bep was just twenty-three when the Franks went into hiding and she risked her life to protect them, plunging into... -
A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice by Hana Walker-Brown 9781529348088
RRP: £10.99£7.40A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should.A teenage rugby player plays on through multiple blows - and never wakes up from the last one.A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited.From the gladiator arenas of... -
Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest by Bear Grylls
RRP: £12.99£9.26'No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime' IndependentAt the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At extreme... -
Man Enough to Be a Woman by Jayne County
RRP: £12.99£9.09'If you stay alive long enough, people eventually catch up' Born in rural Georgia in 1947, Jayne moved to New York and became part of the 60s art scene surrounding Andy Warhol's Factory. Jayne's story follows the arc of LGBT liberation in the US - she... -
Forgotten Victorian Generals: Studies in the Exercise of Command and Control in the British Army 1837-1901 by Christopher Brice 9781910777206
RRP: £25.00£20.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910777206Author Christopher BriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
This is My Sea by Miriam Mulcahy 9781804184004
RRP: £14.99£9.98'Prose written with the pen of a poet' - Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape'Full of wisdom and poetry and epic emotion, This is My Sea explores grief, memory and loss through vivid words and striking imagery. It echoes lost summers and the beauty of... -
SAS: The Illustrated History of the SAS by Joshua Levine
RRP: £25.00£16.53The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS's wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. ... -
Enchantment: Reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age by Katherine May 9780571378340
RRP: £12.99£9.92THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'It will do your soul good to read this.' NIGELLA LAWSONA balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering.Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the... -
The Emperor Of Scent by Chandler Burr
RRP: £10.99£7.77In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell,... -
Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto
RRP: £12.99£9.09Born in Brussels in 1929, Audrey Hepburn was the daughter of a British father and a Dutch Baroness. But when she was five, her father deserted the family. With the outbreak of war in 1939, her mother thought they would be safer in Holland than Holland... -
Laura Knight: A life by Barbara C. Morden
RRP: £14.99£10.95Laura Knight (1877-1970) was one of the most distinguished women artist of the early 20th century with an international reputation. This highly readable and objective biography covers her early years in Nottingham, her relationship with her husband... -
The Closet: A coming-of-age story of love, awakenings and the clothes that made (and saved) me by Teo van den Broeke 9780008501532
RRP: £18.99£12.71Throughout his life, clothes have provided an outlet through which journalist Teo van den Broeke understands both himself and the world around him. From the blue princess dress he coveted as a child, that first led... -
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland
RRP: £12.99£9.09When Misty Copeland first placed her hands on the ballet barre at an after-school community centre, no one expected the undersized, underprivileged and anxious thirteen-year-old to become one of America's most groundbreaking dancers. A true prodigy, she... -
Autobiography by Bertrand Russell
RRP: £19.99£18.69Bertrand Russell remains one of the greatest philosophers and most complex and controversial figures of the twentieth century. Here, in this frank, humorous and decidedly charming autobiography, Russell offers readers the story of his life - introducing... -
Dennis Fire Engines by Barry Hutchinson
RRP: £15.99£11.61In this comprehensive book, the author charts the development and production of one of the most famous fire engine manufacturers in the world. After an introduction that outlines Dennis's early days of manufacturing bicycles and cars in Guildford, the... -
Gone 'Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island by Lil Wayne
RRP: £18.99£13.02In 2010, recording artist Lil Wayne was at the height of his career. A fixture in the rap game for more than a decade, Lil Wayne (aka Weezy) had established himself as both a prolific musician and a savvy businessman, smashing long-held industry records,... -
Apollo 11: The Inside Story by David Whitehouse 9781785786181
RRP: £9.99£6.70'Terrific and enthralling' New Scientist'An authoritative account of Apollo 11 and the end of the space race, shedding light on the true drama behind the mission.' ObserverFifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land... -
The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition by Elizabeth Kendall 9781419744853
RRP: £19.99£13.92The inspiration for the five-part Amazon Original docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer This updated, expanded edition of The Phantom Prince, Elizabeth Kendall's 1981 memoir detailing her six-year relationship with serial killer... -
Pioneer Woman: Girl Meets Cowboy - A True Love Story by Ree Drummond
RRP: £9.99£7.27Living the high life in LA - cocktail parties, exotic restaurants and a cosmopolitan boyfriend - Ree Drummond thinks she's got it all figured out. But, try as she might, she can't shake the feeling that something is missing. Returning to her hometown to... -
Pretty Happy: The Healthy Way to Love Your Body by Kate Hudson
RRP: £16.99£11.87A smart health and fitness bible from inspirational actress Kate Hudson. A smart beautiful book from a smart inspirational actress and fitness icon. Kate Hudson will share her insights into how every woman can live healthy, strong and... -
The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger
RRP: £12.99£9.09During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing...