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One Woman Walks Wales by Ursula Martin 9781909983601
RRP: £12.99£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909983601Author Ursula MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Welsh Women's ClassicsPublisher Honno Ltd -
A Fish Supper and a Chippy Smile: Love, Hardship and Laughter in a South East London Fish-and-Chip Shop by Hilda Kemp
RRP: £8.99£6.20'Oi, Hilda, the sign outside says you're frying today but I ain't seeing nothing done in ere!' The voice cut through my daydream, startling me into remembering where I was: standing in the fish-and-chip shop I worked in. We opened for business at 5 p.m... -
America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Sarah Bradford
RRP: £18.99£13.61The definitive biography of Jackie Kennedy, by Britain's best royal biographer Jackie Kennedy was a twentieth-century icon of glamour, elegance and grace. As the beautiful young wife of President John F. Kennedy, she was adored, her style imitated... -
The Young Survivors by Debra Barnes
RRP: £8.99£6.48What if everyone you loved was suddenly taken away? Five siblings struggle to stay together as the tides of war threaten to tear them apart. When Germany invades France in the Second World War, the five Laskowski children lose everything: their home,... -
Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories: From Lady Chatterley's Lover to Howard Marks by Thomas Grant
RRP: £12.99£8.60THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NON-FICTION DAGGER'Thomas Grant has brought together Hutchinson's greatest legal hits, producing a fascinating episodic cultural history of post-war Britain that chronicles the end of deference and... -
Life, Almost: Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood by Jennie Agg
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia Bueno'Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written' Pippa VosperAfter losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand... -
The First Survivors of Alzheimer's: How Patients Recovered Life and Hope in Their Own Words by Dale Bredesen
RRP: £18.00£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593192429Author Dale BredesenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm)... -
The Diary and Memoirs of an Incarcerated Granny by Angela Lister
RRP: £9.99£8.17'The Diary and Memoirs of an Incarcerated Granny' is a frank 'lockdown diary' full of anecdotes, musings, reminiscences and irreverent commentary. Author Angela Lister has looked at an unprecedented year through the prism of lockdown, to produce a... -
At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities by Jean Amery
RRP: £12.99£11.77"These are pages that one reads with almost physical pain. . .all the way to its stoic conclusion." -Primo Levi"The testimony of a profoundly serious man. . . . In its every turn and crease, it bears the marks of the true." -Irving Howe, New... -
Four Feet Under: Thirty untold stories of homelessness in London by Tamsen Courtenay
RRP: £20.00£14.05'Touching, insightful and human - this book demands a social and, above all, a political response' Jon SnowTamsen Courtenay spent two months speaking to people who live on London's streets, the homeless and the destitute - people who feel they are... -
The Secret Life of Special Advisers by Peter Cardwell
RRP: £20.00£14.48Shadowy geniuses whispering, Rasputinlike, into the ears of our elected politicians under a cloak of secrecy, or a crucial but undervalued cog in the machinery of government? ...Or just a rag-tag band of weirdos and misfits? Despite the acres of... -
Peter Sallis - Summer Wine & Other Stories by Peter Sallis 9781782197454
RRP: £7.99£5.60Peter Sallis is known to millions as Norman Clegg in the classic BBC series Last of the Summer Wine, and to millions more - whether they realise it or not - as the voice of Wallace in the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit. Peter was to raise the curtain... -
The Little Guide to Prince: Wisdom and Wonder from the Lovesexy Superstar by Orange Hippo! 9781800695092
RRP: £6.99£5.00Remembered for his flamboyant stage presence and his innovative and distinctive music videos, Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson) is still widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all time, known for his eclectic music style, which blended... -
The Untold Story of Captain James Cook RN: Revelations of a Historical Researcher by Colin Waters 9781399056960
RRP: £22.00£15.62The explosive findings within this book are history-changing. They discount the age-old belief that Captain James Cook, the great circumnavigator, left no modern direct descendants. Using compelling, detailed and verifiable evidence, Colin Waters... -
By the Waters of Liverpool by Helen Forrester
RRP: £9.99£6.64The third volume in the classic story of Helen Forrester's childhood and adolescence in poverty-stricken Liverpool during the 1930s. Helen Forrester continues the moving story of her early poverty-stricken life with an account of her teenage... -
Hello, Norma Jeane: The Marilyn Monroe You Didn't Know by Elisa Jordan 9781493053957
RRP: £18.99£14.01Her unforgettable image is seared into the minds of fans everywhere, and her private life continues to inspire headlines and controversy, but Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous-and misunderstood-women in the world who remains a mystery to most... -
Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs by Steven Bell
RRP: £19.99£14.68Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of The British Bulldogs is the triumphant but ultimately tragic story of Tom Billington and Davey Boy Smith. Cousins born just a couple of years apart in a small mining town near Wigan, Tom and Davey discovered the... -
Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn
RRP: £16.99£11.54'Johnny Cash ... Every man could relate to him, no man could be him, and only one man could get inside his head - Robert Hilburn' BONOPeople don't just listen to Johnny Cash: they believe in him. But no one has told the Man in Black's full story, until... -
Into the Fire: My Life as a London Firefighter by Edric Kennedy-Macfoy
RRP: £12.99£9.09___________________'Deeply personal and blisteringly powerful.' Tom Marcus, author of SOLDIER SPYThe incredible true story of life as a London firefighter. What is it really like to be a firefighter? How does it feel to respond to an... -
In Search of Duncan Ferguson: The Life and Crimes of a Footballing Enigma by Alan Pattullo
RRP: £10.99£7.77He was one of the hardest, most controversial footballers of his generation: the GBP20million man who became the first professional player to go to jail for an offence committed on the field of play. He was the fans' hero who disappeared. Duncan... -
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: The laugh out loud collection from the creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Rachel Bloom
RRP: £16.99£11.54'One of the funniest books of the year' - GuardianA collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more from the charming and wickedly funny creator of Crazy... -
Coronation Everest by Jan Morris
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon Winchester? Coronation Everest offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and... -
The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street by John Rothchild 9780471474418
RRP: £19.00£12.75A half-century of Wall Street history as seen through the lives of its most illustrious family This compelling new narrative from bestselling author John Rothchild tells the story of three generations of the legendary Davis family, who rank among the... -
King Arthur: The Mystery Unravelled by Chris Barber
RRP: £16.99£13.61This book is the culmination of over thirty years of work and research by the author, who is a King Arthur specialist and bestseller. The book brings new information to light by examining through a jigsaw of connections throughout Dark Age Britain,... -
That's Your Lot by Limmy
RRP: £9.99£6.64This is Limmy's second book. It's a whole load of new, odd and hilariously grim short stories. Tom is in a soft play with his daughters. He's bored. He's so bored he can move things with his mind. A man fills up a mate's... -
Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son's Struggle to Become a Man by Teddy Atlas
RRP: £9.99£6.64In "Atlas", Teddy recounts his incredible life, from juvenile delinquent, to his induction into the legendary Cus D'Amato's Boxing Camp and his first major challenge - training 14-year-old Mike Tyson. An amateur boxer trained by D'Amato, Atlas captured... -
None of this Rocks by Joe Trohman
RRP: £22.00£12.70None of This Rocks is a memoir by Joe Trohman - lead guitarist and cofounder of Fall Out Boy - that reads like a double album full of revealing stories from his youth and his experiences of modern rock and roll stardom. With wit and wisdom, and maybe... -
The Not-So-Secret Head Teacher: Turning around one of Britain's toughest schools by Alison Colwell 9781785907388
RRP: £16.99£12.47An unputdownable true account of how a tenacious head teacher led one of the most challenging schools in the country to excellence. No Excuses charts an extraordinary principal's journey in diary form from the moment she took over at a failing... -
Blitz Writing: Night Shift & It Was Different At The Time by Inez Holden
RRP: £12.99£8.63Emerging out of the 1940-1941 London Blitz, the drama of these two short works, a novel and a memoir, comes from the courage and endurance of ordinary people met in the factories, streets and lodging houses of a city under bombardment. Inez Holden's... -
Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville by Gemma Hollman
RRP: £12.99£9.62'An important and timely book.' - Philippa Gregory Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cobham was the wife of a weak king's uncle - and her husband was about to fall from grace. ... -
Livingstone by Tim Jeal
RRP: £18.99£16.58An extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography of the great explorer David Livingstone David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history's greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and the first to... -
Everest - The First Ascent: The untold story of Griffith Pugh, the man who made it possible by Harriet Tuckey
RRP: £16.99£12.28WINNER OF THE OUTSTANDING GENERAL SPORTS WRITING AWARD, BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSWINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE MOUNTAIN & WILDERNESS PRIZE, BANFF FESTIVALWINNER OF THE TONY LOTHIAN AWARD, BIOGRAPHERS' CLUBFor the first time, drawing... -
How to Catch a Mole: And Find Yourself in Nature by Marc Hamer
RRP: £12.99£9.09A captivating, life-affirming memoir of a life in nature that celebrates finding wonder in our world. 'A wonderful book... It has taught me a lot. I feel great love for it' MAX PORTERAt the age of sixteen, Marc Hamer left home with only a rucksack and... -
Life in Strangeways: From Riots to Redemption, My Thirty-Two Years Behind Bars by Alan Lord 9781784186012
RRP: £9.99£6.85A key player in the worst prison riot in British history at Strangeways Prison in April 1990, Alan Lord was always in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was drawn to trouble like water to a sponge. After experiencing a troubled childhood during which... -
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
RRP: £9.99£6.80When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi and all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own. The economy collapsed and... -
Colin Bell - Reluctant Hero: The Autobiography of a Manchester City and England Legend by Ian Cheeseman
RRP: £10.99£7.77Most Manchester City supporters regard Colin Bell as their club's best ever player. He graced the midfield during their greatest years as they won all domestic and European honours, and represented England 48 times before a serious knee injury ended his... -
Eternity's Sunrise: The Imaginative World of William Blake by Leo Damrosch
RRP: £15.99£14.22In this richly illustrated portrait, a prize-winning biographer surveys the entire sweep of William Blake's creative work while telling the story of his life William Blake, overlooked in his time, remains an enigmatic figure to contemporary readers... -
Paul Daniels: My Magic Life: The Autobiography by Paul Daniels 9781786061409
£13.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786061409Author Paul DanielsFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing LtdWeight(grams)... -
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
£12.15Like the "funny, brilliant, bawdy" (The New Yorker) "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" this book's many stories-some funny, others intensely moving-display Richard P. Feynman's unquenchable thirst for adventure and unparalleled ability to recount... -
Betty Boothroyd Autobiography by Betty Boothroyd
RRP: £12.99£9.09The enormous respect and affection of the British public for Betty Boothroyd has its roots in a strong belief in what she stands for: fair play, an unshakeable sense of honour and a passionate belief in the sovereignty of Parliament. Her convictions, she...