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Ruby: The Autobiography by Ruby Walsh
RRP: £12.99£8.60Autobiography of champion jockey and much-loved sports personality Ruby Walsh. A much-loved sports personality throughout Ireland and Great Britain, Ruby has had a career of outstanding success, which includes having won all four of the home Grand... -
The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers by Ben Jacob
RRP: £20.00£13.35'A daring, delightful and galvanising call to save the world, one plant at a time' Bookseller, Editor's ChoiceTEN YEARS AGO, BEN JACOB TURNED OUTLAW TO SAVE OUR RAREST FLOWERS. THIS IS HIS STORY.Obsessed by orchids since childhood, Ben spent years... -
William at 40: The Making of a Modern Monarch by Robert Jobson
RRP: £20.00£13.75"A landmark new book" - Daily Mail Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is destined one day to be king. Determined to serve his country as his grandmother, the Queen has so selflessly done for seven decades, William is the epitome of a loving husband to... -
Fracture: Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma by Matthew Parris
RRP: £9.99£6.52A Times Biography of the Year 'I learned a lot reading this ... the strength of Fracture is that it is very much like a cracking radio script: entertaining and easy to digest' Spectator Ada Lovelace. Frederick Douglass. Vladimir Lenin. Marie Curie... -
Redemption: A Street Fighter's Path to Peace by Michael Clarke 9781594393785
RRP: £11.99£8.00FINALIST - Autobiography / Memoirs, 2016 Best Books Award "A British karateka" offers a bone-crushing, lip-splitting, and often elegant memoir of a tough guy searching for higher meaning through the study of martial arts." Kirkus Reviews "In this memoir... -
Everything is True: A junior doctor's story of life, death and grief in a time of pandemic by Dr Roopa Farooki
RRP: £9.99£7.11CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN AND THE NEW STATESMAN 'A STAND OUT' SUNDAY TIMES 'STARTLINGLY HONEST AND DEVASTATINGLY GOOD' RACHEL CLARKE, GUARDIAN 'BRILLIANT' OBSERVER 'POWERFUL AND EVOCATIVE' ADAM KAY 'YOU EMERGE KNOWING HOW LUCKY YOU... -
McDonalds: Behind The Arches by John F. Love
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553347593Author John F. LoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm) 228mm *... -
The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives by Aidan Dodson 9781649031631
RRP: £29.99£24.16An innovative account of the careers of the Nubians who occupied the Egyptian throne, written by a leading Egyptologist and author of Tutankhamun, King of EgyptThe region of Nubia-now spanning the modern border between Egypt and Sudan-was long a subject... -
Things I Didn't Throw Out by Marcin Wicha 9781914198021
RRP: £9.99£6.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198021Author Marcin WichaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
Where's Sharawrah?: A Truck Driver's Adventure Across the Arabian Desert by Gordon Pearce
RRP: £14.95£9.24Three articulated trucks load in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: two Volvo 4X2 European road artics and a Mercedes 6X6 desert artic. Their destination is Sharawrah, somewhere south of The Empty Quarter. Seven days to travel a thousand kilometers, a third of which... -
Lady Killmore by Robert Wainwright 9781911630845
RRP: £16.99£11.98Enid Lindeman stood almost six feet tall, with silver hair and flashing turquoise eyes. She stopped traffic in Manhattan, silenced gamblers in Monte Carlo and walked her pet cheetah through Hyde Park on a diamond collar. In early twentieth century... -
How Not to Kill Yourself: Portrait of a Suicidal Mind by Clancy Martin 9780861540488
RRP: £18.99£13.61'Illuminating, riveting, and - for those of us who are suffering, or know people who are - potentially life-savingly helpful.' Scott Stossel The last time Clancy Martin tried to kill himself was in his basement with a dog leash. He didn't write a note... -
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey
RRP: £8.99£6.45A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Classics edition of Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is edited with an introduction by Barry Milligan.Confessions is a remarkable... -
Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa by Brian J. Peterson
RRP: £27.99£24.14Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa offers the first complete biography in English of the dynamic revolutionary leader from Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara. Coming to power in 1983, Sankara set his sights on combating social injustice,... -
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil 9781787334014
RRP: £18.99£13.61A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history***LITHUB'S #1 BEST-REVIEWED NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023*****A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023****AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***WINNER OF THE... -
Sobering: Lessons Learnt the Hard Way on Drinking, Thinking and Quitting by Melissa Rice
RRP: £12.99£8.60'I don't know if I was born with it, caught it or bought it; I just know that, at some point in my life, a line was crossed: I needed a drink to get through life, to calm the nerves and quiet the head, and I became reliant on alcohol to change how I felt... -
Light My Fire - My Life With The Doors by Ray Manzarek
RRP: £12.99£9.09The Doors were arguably the most important rock-and-roll band of the 1960s, unquestionably a catalyst for American music as we know it. Their music was the product of late-sixties southern California, with its idyllic facades. The Doors looked beyond... -
David Hockney by James Cahill
RRP: £12.99£8.13The latest addition to the 'Lives of the Artists' series: highly readable short biographies of the world's greatest artistsDavid Hockney is the most famous living British artist. And he is arguably one of the more famous American artists as well... -
Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero by Mordechai Bar-On
RRP: £19.99£16.97From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a vivid portrait of one of the most powerful leaders in Israel's first decades of statehood Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was one of Israel's most charismatic-and... -
Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls by Marlene Wagman-Geller 9781642500172
RRP: £12.99£11.04A Glimpse Behind the Facade of Rich and Famous Women"...wild, witty, gossipy, and glamourous. A sheer delight." Becca Anderson, author of Badass Women Give the Best Advice#1 Best Seller in Women's Studies and Biographies of the Rich & Famous and... -
Kubrick: An Odyssey by Robert P. Kolker 9780571370368
RRP: £30.00£21.66The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Stanley Kubrick: An Odyssey fills that gap. It is based on access to the latest research, especially into his archive at the... -
This Will Only Hurt a Little: The New York Times Bestseller by Busy Philipps
RRP: £14.99£10.95THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Busy is a legit writer with a voice as clear as a bell' Tina Fey 'Funny, refreshingly candid memoir about Hollywood, motherhood and BFFhood' Cosmopolitan'Judy Blume meets Karl Ove Knausgaard meets one brave woman from... -
Would It Surprise You To Know…? by Ronnie Archer-Morgan
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Ronnie has overcome a heart-breaking start in life to achieve great success and no one deserves it more. What a dude, what a life!' - Fiona Bruce'Brilliant...a mercurial memoir of a meritorious life.' - Lemn Sissay For decades, Ronnie Archer-Morgan has... -
Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson
RRP: £14.99£9.70A fascinating account from award-winning author Adam Nicolson of the history of Nicolson's own national treasure, his family home: Sissinghurst. Sissinghurst is world-famous as a place of calm and beauty, a garden slipped into the ruins of a... -
South: The Endurance Expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
RRP: £9.99£6.52The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was perhaps the most ambitious, elaborate and confident of all the British attempts to master the South Pole. Like the others it ended in disaster, with the Endeavour first trapped and then crushed to pieces in... -
Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace by Leo McKinstry
RRP: £14.99£10.20Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail'A masterpiece' Frederick Forsyth 'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' Simon Heffer'Superb' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'Terrific' ObserverThroughout history there have been... -
Soul Survivor: The Autobiography by P.P. Arnold
RRP: £22.00£15.31Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeAn Uncut Magazine Book of the Year A Rough Trade Book of the Year A Resident Book of the YearThe story of soul legend P.P. Arnold is one of musical highs, personal lows and extraordinary endurance.From her... -
Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
RRP: £20.00£10.78'I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow.'Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life... -
Slowly Down the Ganges by Eric Newby
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a... -
Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family by Melissa Shapiro 9781982167165
RRP: £18.99£17.18In the tradition of the beloved New York Times bestsellers Marley and Me and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, a charming, inspirational memoir about empathy, resilience, kindness, and an adorable deaf blind pink dog.When Connecticut veterinarian... -
The Lady In The Palazzo: At Home in Umbria by Marlena De Blasi
RRP: £10.99£7.40When Marlena moves with her husband to the small town of Orvieto to renovate a dilapidated medieval palazzo, she knows that the fastest way into the hearts and homes of her new neighbours is through their stomachs. In her third memoir about life in... -
Booked!: The Gospel According to our Football Heroes by John Smith
RRP: £19.99£14.28Booked! The Gospel According to our Football Heroes is a funny, fascinating digest of over 120 footballer autobiographies. Authors John Smith and Dan Trelfer have forensically examined the life stories of legends, hard-cases, cult heroes and one or two... -
Just Sayin' by Malorie Blackman
RRP: £16.99£12.28'It's very candid, and movingly so.... Not only in Blackman a grafter- even more, and in the face of more, than we already knew. She's someone with whom you do not mess. Good on her. She's earned it' The Telegraph Malorie Blackman is one of Britain's... -
Broken Greek by Pete Paphides 9781529404432
RRP: £20.00£18.02*AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'*'Lip-lickingly, dance-around-the-living-room good... A smash hit' Observer'Unflinching and heartwarming' - Adam Kay'Tender, clever and as funny as it gets ... a heart-piercing joy' - Lauren Laverne'An... -
As Time Goes By by Derek Taylor
RRP: £10.99£7.32'The sharpest memoir written by one of the Beatles' inner circle.' ObserverDerek Taylor's iconic memoir is a rare opportunity to be immersed in one of the most whirlwind music sensations in history: Beatlemania. As Time Goes By tells the remarkable... -
To Lawra with Love: The True Story of One Woman, Two Villages, Infinite Optimism and Thousands of Lives Changed by Sarah Annable-Gardner 9781839526978
£11.51'Tomorrow I will be leaving the delights of beautiful, snowy Ramsbury and setting off on my adventure to Ghana ...' The inspirational true story of one woman, two villages, infinite optimism and thousands of lives transformed - TO LAWRA WITH LOVE is... -
Catherine the Great and Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: £14.99£9.80'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair' EconomistIt was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual... -
First of the Summer Wine: George Hirst, Schofield Haigh, Wilfred Rhodes and the Gentle Heart of Yorkshire Cricket by Harry Pearson 9781398501546
RRP: £10.99£7.00SHORTLISTED FOR THE MCC / CRICKET SOCIETY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD George Hirst, Schofield Haigh and Wilfred Rhodes were known as The Triumvirate. Inseparable pals off the field and a devastating combination on it, the trio helped turn Yorkshire into the... -
Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows by Jean Sasson
RRP: £8.99£6.45In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey... -
Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton
RRP: £12.99£8.60'A tale of Machiavellian plots and coups d'etat, it's just all so gripping' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2THE ULTIMATE 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS STORYSince 2006, Twitter has grown from the accidental side project of a failing internet start-up, to a global icon...