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A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons by Ben Folds 9781471188053
RRP: £14.99£9.36Ben Folds is an internationally celebrated musician, singer-songwriter and former front man of the alternative rock band, Ben Folds Five, beloved for songs such as 'Brick', 'You Don't Know Me', 'Rockin' the Suburbs' and 'The Luckiest'. In A Dream... -
Beware of the Dog: Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All by Brian Moore 9781847396518
RRP: £9.99£6.41WINNER OF THE 2010 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE. Brian Moore, or 'Pitbull' as he came to be known during nearly a decade at the heart of the England rugby team's pack, established himself as one of the game's original hard men at a time... -
This searing light, the sun and everything else: Joy Division: The Oral History by Jon Savage
RRP: £14.99£9.80The SUNDAY TIMES Top Ten Bestseller#1 Book of the Year, UNCUT#1 Book of the Year, ROUGH TRADEBook of the Year, MOJOOver the course of two albums and some legendary gigs, Joy Division became the most successful and exciting underground band of their... -
Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones 9780008348250
RRP: £16.99£4.88'Both inspiring and disturbing, Sex Cult Nun unravels Jones' complicated upbringing, the trauma she endured as a result and her eventual path to liberation.' TIME 'A moving story about family, courage, religious... -
Higher Is Waiting by Tyler Perry
RRP: £28.00£15.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812989342Author Tyler PerryFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 197mm... -
Things Can Only Get Better by John O'Farrell
RRP: £12.99£9.09Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British... -
Women of the 1920s: Style, Glamour and the Avant-Garde by ,Thomas Bleitner
RRP: £16.99£11.94A collection of short illustrated biographies, ranging from artists to fashion designers to athletes These women's stories resonate with today's conversations about feminism, gender, and representation. Published in the same giftable format as Women Who... -
The Art of Fairness: The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean by David Bodanis
RRP: £9.99£6.80'David Bodanis is an enthralling storyteller. Prepare to be taken on a surprising, wide-ranging and ultimately inspiring journey to explore what makes us human' Tim HarfordCan you succeed without being a terrible person? We often think not: recognising... -
Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess by Elisabeth Basford 9780750992619
RRP: £20.00£15.44Princess Diana is seen as the first member of the British royal family to tear up the rulebook, and the Duchess of Cambridge is modernising the monarchy in strides. But before them was another who paved the way.Princess Mary was born in 1897. Despite her... -
Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
RRP: £20.00£12.86An illuminating new biography of the young Jackie Bouvier Kennedy that covers her formative adventures abroad in Paris; her life as a writer and photographer at a Washington, DC, newspaper; and her romance with a dashing, charismatic Massachusetts... -
Rachmaninoff: The Last of the Great Romantics by Michael Scott
RRP: £12.99£9.62The musical child of Russia's golden age, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was the last of the great Romantics. Scorned by the musical establishment until very recently, his music received hostile reviews from critics and other composers. Conversely, it never failed... -
The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West by Michelle Goldberg 9781472152060
RRP: £12.99£8.60When the woman who would become Indra Devi was born in Russia in 1899, yoga was virtually unknown outside of India. By the time of her death, in 2002, it was being practiced everywhere, from Brooklyn to Berlin to Ulaanbaatar. In The Goddess Pose, New... -
Prairie Tale by Melissa Gilbert 9781416599173
RRP: £19.99£12.56A fascinating, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting tale of self-discovery from the beloved actress who earned a permanent place in the hears of millions for her role in Little House on the Prarie when she was just a child. To fans of the hugely... -
A Sinister Assassin – Last Writings, Ivry–Sur–Seine, September 1947 to March 1948 by Antonin Artaud
RRP: £12.00£10.16A Sinister Assassin contains original translations of Antonin Artaud's last writings and interviews, most never previously available in English.A Sinister Assassin presents translations of Antonin Artaud's largely unknown final work of 1947-48, revealing... -
LSD: My problem child by Albert Hofmann
RRP: £26.49£21.30Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal tests were so unremarkable that the chemical was abandoned. Driven by intuition, he synthesized it again in 1943, and... -
Michael Carrick: Between the Lines: My Autobiography by Michael Carrick
RRP: £20.00£9.32'The whistle blows and I set off for the one kick I know will stay with me for the rest of my life, maybe even define my life...' Michael Carrick was the heartbeat of Manchester United. For more than a decade he was the player that made them tick. Loved... -
Life Class: The Selected Memoirs Of Diana Athill by Diana Athill 9781847081469
RRP: £12.99£8.56Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs; through her commitment, in her words, 'to understand, to be aware, to touch the truth'. In a celebration of her life and writing, Life Class brings together four... -
Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book Dan Harris 9781473691391
RRP: £10.99£7.40*As heard on the Tim Ferriss Show podcast*'Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics is well researched, practical, and crammed with expert advice and it's also an irreverent, hilarious page-turner.' - Gretchen Rubin ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that... -
My Katherine Mansfield Project by Kirsty Gunn
RRP: £14.99£12.95A new work by a highly acclaimed author - The Big Music(2012) was described as 'One of the finest novels of the past decade' by the TLS The essay will appeal to all fans of Katherine Mansfield A profound meditation on the nature of home and artistic... -
Not For Me, Clive: Stories From the Voice of Football by Clive Tyldesley 9781472281289
RRP: £20.00£17.62Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards'an enjoyable and interesting journey through football' Donald McRae, The Guardian'This is really good. Raw, funny and revealing on football, on Ferguson, Clough, Dalglish & worth getting for the Roy Keane... -
Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom
RRP: £8.99£6.08NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX MOTION PICTURE starring Naomi Watts - the No.1 International Bestseller - a life-affirming true story of how a magpie chick helped one family overcome tragedy.They saved a little bird . . .And in return she saved them tooAfter a... -
Barnum's Own Story: The Autobiography of P. T. Barnum by P. T. Barnum 9780486811871
RRP: £12.49£8.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486811871Author P. T. BarnumFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Michael Schumacher James Allen 9780755316502
RRP: £10.99£7.40Michael Schumacher is the outstanding Formula One driver of his generation and, statistically, the greatest ever. Gifted with a rare blend of superior ability and nerve that defines a champion, for 15 seasons he has left rivals trailing in his wake,... -
"I Am a Phenomenon Quite Out of the Ordinary": The Notebooks, Diaries, and Letters of Daniil Kharms by Daniil Kharms
RRP: £24.99£24.17In addition to his numerous works in prose and poetry for both children and adults, Daniil Kharms (1905-1942), one of the founders of Russia's "lost literature of the absurd," wrote notebooks and a diary for most of his adult life. Published for the... -
Loud by Tana Douglas
RRP: £14.99£9.70'Douglas's story is a rock history time capsule and a journey of self-discovery all at once.' ROLLING STONE What goes on tour stays on tour -- unless you're the the first woman roadie in the worldAt just fifteen, Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that... -
The Truth About St. Kilda: An Islander's Memoir by Donald Gillies
RRP: £9.99£6.99The Truth about St Kilda is a unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev. Donald Gillies, containing reminiscences of his childhood on the... -
The Last of the Lucky Childhoods: Growing Up in Glasgow in the '40s/'50s by Iain Winton
RRP: £7.99£5.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528981477Author Iain WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Beyond Belief by Colm O'Gorman
RRP: £9.99£6.80'I was living in a world where a priest who spoke the words of God used me for sex, and there was no-one to tell. The world where this horror happened didn't exist for anyone else.' As a boy in Ireland where everyone - from among his own neighbours to... -
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. 260hington
RRP: £20.00£12.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767915472Author Harriet A. WashingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm)... -
To School Through the Fields by Alice Taylor 9781847175878
RRP: £11.99£10.95'A delightful evocation of Irishness and of the author's deep-rooted love of the very fields of home' Publishers Weekly Alice Taylor's classic account of growing up in the Irish countryside, the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland,... -
About A Son: A Murder and A Father's Search for Truth by David Whitehouse
RRP: £16.99£12.28As heard on the HOW TO FAIL podcast with Elizabeth Day'I was utterly floored by the emotional depth of About A Son - a book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changed. It is an unflinching examination of... -
Utterly Brilliant!: My Life's Journey by Timmy Mallett
RRP: £11.99£8.43'A vivid, beautifully written and often moving book, skilfully dovetailing memoir, history, art and a cycling pilgrimage across Europe into a unique and uplifting whole. If you think you know who Timmy Mallett is, you're in for a rewarding surprise!'... -
Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story by Nick Tosches
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The greatest rock 'n' roll biography ever written' Rolling Stone'You're lookin' at a livin' legend.' He said, and then fell silent for a moment. 'Y'know, that really worries me. I always thought a legend was somethin' dead.'The tormented life of Jerry... -
The Confession: A Journey to Acceptance by Maike Mullenders 9781915306364
RRP: £9.99£7.11Maike Mullenders was just twenty-one when police broke the devastating news her father had taken his own life. Not only that, but he also left behind a handwritten confession suggesting that he had been 'physically inappropriate with my daughter'. ... -
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee
RRP: £14.99£11.66A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life (Scientific American) - and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her... -
Captain Cook by Alistair MacLean
RRP: £9.99£6.64On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of... -
Icons: My Inspiration. My Motivation. My Obsession. by Bradley Wiggins
RRP: £25.00£17.43With a foreword by Eddy Merckx The world of professional cycling is fraught with fierce competition, fervent dedication and unerring ambition, and only a handful of competitors reach iconic status. Among them is Sir... -
Bosie: The Tragic Life of Lord Alfred Douglas by Douglas Murray
RRP: £12.99£8.60WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND REVISED INTRODUCTION'A superb biography ... full of compassion, perception' Roger Lewis, The Times 'I love this book. Douglas Murray is a genius' Rupert EverettLord Alfred Douglas, known as 'Bosie', son of the Marquess of... -
The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life by Armand M. Nicholi
RRP: £18.99£11.47For all the variety of specific religious beliefs, there are fundamentally only two kinds of people: believers and non-believers. In the 20th century, no spokesman was more prominent for non-belief than Sigmund Freud, and nobody argued for belief more... -
Roland Penrose: The Life of a Surrealist by James King
RRP: £37.00£34.41The first biography of Roland Penrose, one of the great English-born practitioners of modernism in the twentieth century. James King explores the intricacies of Penrose's life and work, his complex professional and personal lives,...