Biography & Autobiography

From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would...

BBC Breakfast's Dr Rosemary Leonard shares a collection of incredible true tales from her twenty years as a south London GP.'Hello, this is the emergency services. Do you require fire, police or ambulance?' asked the female switchboard operator with...

'Essential reading ... will not be bettered' Ferdinand Mount, Wall Street Journal'Gandhi's finest biographer' David Kynaston, GuardianThe magnificent new biography of Gandhi by India's leading historianA New York Times Notable Book of 2018Gandhi lived...

In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort...

Despite many wanting him to fail, Piers Morgan took over from US TV legend Larry King at CNN in 2010 and went on to cover some of the most shocking news events in recent US history, such as the killing of Osama bin Laden, the devastation caused by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734699807Author Claire B JosephineFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Carol PultPublisher Carol PultWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

______________________ 'A beautifully written account of postpartum psychosis, and the ties, blessings and burdens of family' - NIGELLA LAWSON SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE ...

If Coco Chanel were to give a masterclass on design, creativity and attitude, what wisdom would she impart? Discover the life, work and legacy of Chanel in this sharply curated biography focusing on artistic spirit. Chanel's ethos captured the...

'Entirely original and thrilling . . . this is Gatsby made real' JULIET NICOLSON'This witty, fascinating book is a delight. Read it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYESIn the 1920s a new generation stepped forward to invigorate the Bloomsbury Group - creative young people...

It's the late 1970s and 20-something Christopher Fowler is a film freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas. He longs to be a famous screenwriter and put his dreams on the big screen. And so he heads for Wardour Street,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398413276Author John A. T. DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

'BREATHTAKING' Dolly Alderton, 'REMARKABLE' Marian Keyes, 'LIFE-CHANGING' Emma Jane Unsworth, 'COMPELLING' Amy Liptrot, 'STUNNING' Cathy Rentzenbrink, 'EXTRAORDINARY' Sali HughesTo everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream, named one of...

A fabulous book about designing gardens great and small, packed with wisdom on the abiding principles of gorgeous garden design.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALAN TITCHMARSHRussell Page was one of the most legendary gardeners and landscapers of the last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803710488Author Isabelle SeddonFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd

Professor Brian Cox is among the best-known physicists in the world. As presenter of hit television series Human Universe, Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of the Universe, his affable charm and infectious enthusiasm have brought science to a...

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller'Breathtaking' The Times'[The book that] made headlines around the world.' IndependentThe former Prince of Wales has lived his whole life in the public eye, yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king, but he aims...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903360446Author Monica LaversFormat HardbackImprint Orphans PublishingPublisher Orphans Publishing

This book examines the creative intimacy between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, interpreting both their relationship and their work in the light of their experience as married lesbians. The contradictions and conflicts of their situation are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785372612Author Kevin MyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

'Hilarious, subversive, sharp without being lethal, and loving without an ounce of sentiment, Shirley Jackson's more-or-less autobiographical account of life as a mother of four and faculty wife (and brilliant writer) is an eternal, comic joy' Amy...

Chairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists of the twentieth century. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio-behind the curtain-and...

Second place in the Military History Monthly Book of the Year Award 2018Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can react. Never confronting a stronger force directly, but willing to use audacity and surprise to...

FROM NATIONAL TREASURE and star and creator of the award-winning BBC sitcom Miranda, comes Miranda Hart's heart-warming and hilarious account of life with her beloved dog Peggy, a gorgeous white bichon frise.'Hilariously funny and often moving memoir .....

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556525421Author Clinton HeylinFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 757gDimensions(mm)...

Discover a story that defies belief: National Velvet meets Downton Abbey with a splash of Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa's The Leopard.* WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR ** LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF...

This book reassesses Miles Davis' electric period and analyzes its continuing influence on contemporary music. While jazz purists often revile this phase a which encompasses the entire second half of his career from 1967 until his death in 1991 a this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787399105Author Vanessa MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

'Brilliantly written. Very funny and heartbreaking.' Davina McCallFrom one of Britain's most popular and prolific comedians comes a hilarious and deeply moving memoir of life lived under the rule of a Silverback dad. The Silverback is considered the...

Jane Seymour is the wife of Henry VIII we know the least about, often written off as 'Plain Jane'. Queen of England for just seventeen months, during her life Jane witnessed some of the most extraordinary events ever to take place in English history,...

Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, Sir Ian Botham is the English game's one true living legend and his story both on and off the pitch reads like a Boy's Own rollercoaster ride.Born with a natural genius for cricket,...

This is the first major biography of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay in fifty years. Ramsay masterminded the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940. Initially, it was thought that 40,000 troops at most could be rescued. But...

'Firefighters are a unique breed. It takes a certain kind of individual to enter a burning building to rescue someone they have never met before.' A third-generation firefighter, Leigh Hosy-Pickett has seen it all in his twenty-five years in the job...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846826269Author Jim HerlihyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399578861Author Kate SchatzFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Two films and numerous books have attempted to tell the shocking story of two of Britain's most ruthless gangs. For 20 years, the Essex Boys firm and their successors, the New Generation, controlled a lucrative drugs empire in Essex and throughout the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399400107Author Paul FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLCPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 153g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307730701Author Eric BlehmFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A Division...

A Short History of Falling - like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air - is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places. ...

'I'm going to love my baby and give her lots of attention,' Jade said. 'I'll show my mum she's wrong.' Jade, 17, is pregnant, homeless and alone when she's brought to live with Cathy. Jade is desperate to keep her baby, but little more than a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496416834Author Jack BarskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers