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Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie 9780306810381
£16.20Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie's daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography... -
The Kings & Queens of Scotland by Timothy Venning
RRP: £12.99£8.48The kingdom of Scots was the last of the non-Anglo-Saxon states of Britain to survive as a political entity. Alone of the 'Celtic' nations, it was not absorbed into England by conquest. James VI of Scotland came to the throne of England in 1603, and when... -
We Need to Talk About Money by Otegha Uwagba 9780008350383
RRP: £14.99£9.70'One of the most original and talented young writers we have.' Sathnam Sanghera 'A must-read.' Elizabeth Day ... -
The Journey Within by Brenig Davies 9780993086212
RRP: £10.00£7.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993086212Author Brenig DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Cambria BooksPublisher Cambria PublishingWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life by Rose Tremain
RRP: £10.99£7.77*The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Rose Tremain (or Rosie as she was then) grew up in post-war London - a city still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. But when she is ten years old, everything changes. She loses her... -
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt 9780143039884
RRP: £18.00£11.70'A profound and documented analysis ... Bound to stir our minds and trouble our consciences' Chicago TribuneHannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in... -
Our King: Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed - Commemorate the historic coronation of the new King by Robert Jobson 9781789467086
RRP: £9.99£6.85NOW REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE CORONATION 'To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power - he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.' When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it... -
Hilda Matheson: A Life of Secrets and Broadcasts by Michael Professor Carney 9781912766727
RRP: £13.99£9.26Vita Sackville-West was infatuated with her. Virginia Woolf hated her. Sir John Reith resented her but couldn't do without her skills: she transformed the BBC into a broadcaster for the people. Lady Astor was her close friend, making a way for her into... -
Wartime Women: A Mass Observation Anthology by Dorothy Sheridan
RRP: £9.99£6.80A unique document offering unrivalled insight into women's minds and lives during the Second World War.The Mass-Observation organisation was set up in 1937 with the aim of recording everyday life in Britain. Dorothy Sheridan has plundered its... -
Henry II (Penguin Monarchs): A Prince Among Princes by Richard Barber
RRP: £7.99£5.79The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackHenry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous European empire. One of the most dynamic,... -
The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise by Brix Smith Start
RRP: £12.99£8.56SHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 2017The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise is the extraordinary story, in her own words, of Brix Smith Start. Best known for her work in The Fall at the time when they were perhaps the most powerful and influential... -
Words Without Music by Philip Glass
RRP: £14.99£9.80The long-awaited memoir by 'the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers' (New York Times)Rapturous in its ability to depict the creative process, Words Without Music allows readers to experience that sublime moment of creative fusion... -
Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill by Andrew Adonis 9781785905988
RRP: £20.00£14.88As a statesman, Ernest Bevin is second only to Churchill in impact and legacy. Born in abject poverty to a single mother, and with virtually no formal education, Bevin went on to become the founder of the largest trade union in British history and then... -
The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown by Katie Nicholl
RRP: £22.00£15.62For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a trustworthy steward of the British people and the Commonwealth. In the face of her... -
Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir by Lisa F. Smith 9781590793213
RRP: £18.99£12.96Lisa Smith was a bright, young lawyer at a prestigious firm in NYC in the early nineties when alcoholism started to take over her life. What was once a way of escaping her insecurity and negativity became a means of coping with the anxiety and stress of... -
Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Historian by Blair Worden
RRP: £21.99£20.59Hugh Trevor-Roper was one of the most gifted historians of the 20th century. His scholarly interests ranged widely - from the Puritan Revolution to the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet he was also fascinated by the events of his own lifetime and wrote widely... -
Dangerous Hero: Corbyn's Ruthless Plot for Power by Tom Bower 9780008299613
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Sunday Times Bestseller 'THE BOOK EVERY VOTER MUST READ' Mail on Sunday 'Meticulous and highly readable ... Funny and devastating' Daily Telegraph ... -
The Story of The Streets by Mike Skinner
RRP: £11.99£8.43**WINNER OF THE NME BEST BOOK AWARD**'This book is going to try and get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets. Obviously that's something I should be fairly well-qualified to know about, and I'm going to be as... -
Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence: The Oral History by Nick Soulsby 9781911036395
RRP: £14.95£10.18'I'm no stranger to failure, and I'm aware it can arrive at any minute-as it often has. You have to keep things close to your chest and be aware of what's really important: the work, not everything around it. If you have faith in the work, then the... -
Spitfire, A Test Pilot's Story by Jeffrey Quill 9781910809303
RRP: £11.95£8.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809303Author Jeffery QuillFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy by Robin Waterfield
RRP: £21.99£15.61The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his... -
Life Is What You Make It by Peter Buffett
RRP: £19.00£11.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307464729Author Peter BuffettFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 194mm *... -
Skeletons On The Zahara by Dean King
RRP: £9.99£7.11The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery... -
Quilt on Fire: The Messy Magic of Mid-Life by Christie Watson
RRP: £16.99£12.28'A wildly entertaining and necessary book' Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie An honest conversation about Christie Watson's journey through midlife and how to navigate new challenges of a changing body. In her early twenties, Christie Watson was convinced... -
Capability Brown: and His Landscape Gardens by Sarah Rutherford 9781909881549
RRP: £20.00£13.74A fascinating look at the life, influences, techniques and works of 18th-century landscape gardener Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. His transformation of unpromising countryside into beautiful parks changed the face of a nation and created a landscape style... -
Alain Prost - McLaren by Maurice Hamilton 9781905825981
RRP: £35.00£24.67Four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion Alain Prost is one of the best racing drivers of all time. Having discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday, Prost progressed through motorsport's junior ranks, winning the French and European... -
For Freddie: A Mother's Final Gift to Her Son by Rachael Bland
RRP: £16.99£3.38THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe inspirational memoir from the founder of the You, Me and the Big C podcast, Rachael Bland. Courageous and life-affirming, this is a mother's final gift to her son. My beautiful son, I so wish that I didn't have to leave you... -
The Three Degrees: The Men Who Changed British Football Forever by Paul Rees
RRP: £10.99£7.40When Cyrille Regis became one of the first black players to be selected for the full England team, he was sent a package in the mail. Inside it was a silver bullet and a note that read: 'You'll get one of these through your knees if you step on our... -
The Rage Against God by Peter Hitchens
RRP: £14.99£11.75Peter Hitchens lost faith as a teenager. But eventually finding atheism barren, he came by a logical process to his current affiliation to an unmodernised belief in Christianity. Hitchens describes his return from the far political left. Familiar... -
Revelations of a TV Director by Royston Mayoh 9781739247676
RRP: £13.99£13.45Royston Mayoh was one of the biggest names in British television production. In a career spanning seven decades, he went from sweeping the studio floor at ABC TV to being responsible for such household names as Opportunity Knocks, This Is Your Life and... -
Ubuntu: One woman's motorcycle odyssey across Africa by Heather Ellis 9781863958202
RRP: £26.99£23.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781863958202Author Heather EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint NeroPublisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 154mm * 29mm -
David Bowie: Starman by Paul Trynka 9780316032254
£34.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316032254Author Paul TrynkaFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)... -
BAPTISM OF FIRE: A year living and working with Duran Duran: 2022 by Ian Little 9781916039643
£20.30Ian Little, a young musical novice, lucked into minding Roxy Music's studio while the band were on the road. By the time they returned, he had a record contract and was promoted to production assistant for their swansong Avalon. And that's just the... -
Regicide: The Trials of Henry Marten by John Worthen 9781913368357
RRP: £20.00£14.06The Civil War, the Protectorate, and the Restoration - the extraordinary upheavals at the fulcrum of English history - are embodied here in the story of a remarkable man, politician, and prisoner: the regicide Henry Marten. As an organiser of the trial... -
The Water Kingdom by Philip Ball 9781784701543
RRP: £12.99£9.09Selected as a Book of the Year by The Times and The EconomistChina's history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue. Yet, over five thousand years, one ancient element has so dramatically shaped the country's... -
Rafa: My Story by Rafael Nadal
RRP: £12.99£7.51The Sunday Times bestselling autobiography from the greatest tennis player of his generation'A winner' Independent 'A terrific sporting memoir, full of memorable anecdotes' New Statesman 'As exciting as Rafa himself' Woman's OwnNo tennis player since... -
The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy by Andrew Lambert
RRP: £25.00£21.92How a strategist's ideas were catastrophically ignored in 1914-but shaped Britain's success in the Second World War and beyond Leading historian Andrew Lambert shows how, as a lawyer, civilian, and Liberal, Julian Corbett (1854-1922) brought a new level... -
Dolly Parton: Smart Blonde, the Life of by Stephen Miller 9781783056224
RRP: £12.95£12.32In this revised edition of his definitive biography of Dolly Parton, Stephen Miller has updated his original book on the superstar. Going behind the larger-than-life image to discover what makes Dolly tick, Miller gets to the core of a remarkable... -
Jon Bon Jovi: The Biography by Laura Jackson
RRP: £10.99£7.40This fascinating biography provides a detailed portrait of the high-energy, charismatic international superstar and frontman of the ever-popular band, Bon Jovi. The book charts Jon's relationship with the other band members who have their fair share of... -
Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers (Revised): Things to Remember Along the Way by Fred Rogers
RRP: £14.99£9.80For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don't, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, and some insights to share. Whether you're facing graduation, a new job, a new baby, marriage, any change in your life--expected or not--the wisdom...