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Radical: A Life of My Own by Xiaolu Guo 9781529920024
RRP: £10.99£7.77The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative and original, it's her deeply personal take on striving for a life of her own'When it comes to spinning light and shadow on the complexities of living, loving and... -
For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell by Duncan Hamilton
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Eric Liddell deserves a definitive biography. This is it.'Sunday Times, Books of the YearFaster. Higher. Stronger. No one has embodied the ideals of the Olympic movement quite like Eric Liddell, star of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. After... -
What Makes Us Stronger by Freya Lewis 9781841883489
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Freya Lewis is extraordinary' Katie Piper 'A love letter to the NHS' Lorraine Kelly 'An unflinching story of grief, survival and love' Daily Mail's YOU Magazine, _________ The Manchester Arena attack nearly destroyed her. Love and courage saved her. ... -
Moving Zen by C.W. Nicol 9780901764515
RRP: £10.95£7.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901764515Author C.W. NicolFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Paul H. Crompton LtdPublisher Paul H. Crompton LtdWeight(grams) 308g -
Running Free: The Autobiography by Robin Knox-Johnston 9781471177651
RRP: £10.99£7.00Sir Robin Knox-Johnston burst to fame when he became the first man ever to complete a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world. Now, 50 years on from that famous voyage, he reveals the true, extraordinary story of his life. After leaving... -
More Myself: A Journey Alicia Keys 9781529046069
RRP: £20.00£14.29In her intimate memoir, More Myself, Alicia Keys shares her quest for truth: about herself, her past, and her shift from sacrificing her spirit to celebrating her worth.One of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the... -
The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson by David S Brown
RRP: £18.99£11.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982191108Author David S BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Kid: A True Story by Kevin Lewis
RRP: £9.99£7.11Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to... -
The Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred by Jeremy James 9781873674765
RRP: £20.00£14.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873674765Author Jeremy JamesFormat HardbackPage Count 424Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
A House in Bali by Colin McPhee
RRP: £13.99£9.20"It remains one of the most penetrating and illuminating books on the island's elusive, alluring culture." - National GeographicA House in Bali tells the fascinating story of renowned writer and composer Colin McPhee's obsession with Balinese gamelan... -
Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education by Sola Mahfouz 9780857528803
RRP: £16.99£12.28'I began to grow up the day my mother warned me to stop laughing''Stories like this inspire me. Seeing the way people like Sola Mahfouz think about the world reinforces my optimism about the future.' BILL GATESAt age eleven, Sola Mahfouz was told she... -
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination by Richard Mabey
RRP: £10.99£8.17In The Cabaret of Plants, Mabey explores the plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds,... -
Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ni Dochartaigh
RRP: £16.99£11.58LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGA WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: NATURE AND TRAVELA COUNTRYFILE CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOKTwo days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage in the... -
Giacometti in Paris by Michael Peppiatt 9781526600950
RRP: £30.00£21.09THE TIMES AND WATERSTONES BEST ART BOOK OF 2023 'Marvellous . . . intimate and insightful . . . reads like a novel by Samuel Beckett' Paul Theroux A portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest sculptors from one of our most eminent art... -
Prince William: Born to be King: An intimate portrait Penny Junor 9781444720419
RRP: £12.99£8.60As the nation celebrates the birth of William and Kate's son Prince George, Penny Junor brings us the definitive biography of the man who will be King before him. His face is recognized the world over, he is unmistakably Diana's eldest son. But what is... -
Mrs Woolf and the Servants by Alison Light
RRP: £15.99£11.61Virginia Woolf was a feminist and a bohemian but without her servants - cooking, cleaning and keeping house - she might never have managed to write.Mrs Woolf and The Servants explores the hidden history of service. Through Virginia Woolf's extensive... -
The Breakaway by Nicole Cooke 9781471130359
RRP: £10.99£7.00THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORT BOOK OF THE YEAR A retirement statement from a sports star rarely causes a flicker, but Nicole Cooke went out as she rode her bike: giving it her all. The contrast could not have been greater - as Lance Armstrong, a fraudster... -
Life with the Robins and Beyond: The Geoff Merrick Story by Geoff Merrick
RRP: £19.99£14.28A Life with the Robins and Beyond: The Geoff Merrick Story is the most anticipated book on any player ever to pull on the red shirt of Bristol City. An England schoolboy international, Geoff turned down a host of top teams to sign for his local club. He... -
Dancer off Her Feet by Lucy Elphinstone
RRP: £8.99£6.20DANCER OFF HER FEET is an incredible true story that stands as an irrefutable witness to God's power to heal people both physically and spiritually. It has inspired and encouraged many thousands of people since its first publication in 1991. This edition... -
Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time by Brigid Schulte
RRP: £14.99£10.95______________________ 'Too much to do? Stop and read this' - Guardian 'For a fresh take on an eternal dilemma, Overwhelmed is worth a few hours of any busy woman's life - if only to ensure that she doesn't drop off the bottom of her own "To Do"... -
A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Carol D. Leonnig
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER * UPDATED WITH NEW REPORTING * 'It's all here in this stunning first draft of the history of the presidency of Donald Trump' Sydney Morning Herald 'An icy, Iago-like glimpse of the emotional and moral nullity that may... -
Liv's Alone: Amateur Adventures in Solo Motherhood by Liv Thorne
RRP: £9.99£6.80When Liv Thorne was in her twenties, and single, she would joke to friends that if Mr Right didn't come along she'd have to take matters into her own hands and have a child on her own. When she was still single in her thirties, it stopped being a joke... -
Neil Sedaka: Rock 'n' Roll Survivor: The Inside Story of His Incredible Comeback by Rich Podolsky 9781908279422
RRP: £14.95£10.18From 1958 to 1963, Neil Sedaka sold 25 million records - more than anyone except Elvis Presley. He thought he could do no wrong, but a year later he was all but off the charts, swept away by The Beatles and the British Invasion - a blow he never saw... -
Alan Turing's Manchester by Jonathan Swinton
RRP: £20.00£15.44Alan Turing is a patron saint of Manchester, remembered as the Mancunian who won the war, invented the computer, and was all but put to death for being gay. Each myth is related to a historical story. This is not a book about the first of those stories,... -
A Last English Summer by Duncan Hamilton 9781849160933
RRP: £20.00£11.24Combining reportage, anecdote, biography, history and personal recollection, A Last English Summer is an honest and passionate reflection on cricket's past, present and future. A memorable and acutely observed portrait of one summer of cricket from an... -
Little Wilson and Big God: Being the First Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess by Anthony Burgess 9780099437055
RRP: £14.99£10.95These are Anthony Burgess's candid confessions: he was seduced at the age of nine by an older woman; whilst serving in Gibraltar in World War II he was thrown into jail on VE Day for calling Franco names; he once taught a group of Nazi socialites that... -
Warren Oates: A Wild Life by Susan Compo
RRP: £39.95£30.93Though he never quite reached the lead actor status he worked so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928-1982) is known today as one of the most memorable and skilled character actors of the 1960s and 1970s. With his rugged looks and measured... -
Marriage of Inconvenience: John Ruskin and Euphemia Gray by Robert Brownell
RRP: £29.99£20.40Effie Gray was an innocent victim of a male-dominated society, repressed and mistreated. Or was she? John Ruskin, the greatest art critic and social reformer of his time, was a callous misogynist and upholder of the patriarchy. Or was he? John Everett... -
Have I Got Views For You by Boris Johnson
RRP: £12.99£8.48In his own inimitable style, Boris Johnson, the new Mayor of London, turns his attention to the culture, manners and morals of British society, giving us a humorous, at times furious, but always entertaining read. A witty anthology of pieces... -
Reading Allowed: True Stories and Curious Incidents from a Provincial Library by Chris Paling
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Paling's deftly drawn vignettes are frequently funny, sometimes sad and occasionally troubling . . . Borrow a copy from your local library, if you still have one. Better yet, buy it' Neil Armstrong, Mail on Sunday'Not only was I captivated by Paling's... -
Freefall Tom Read 9780751572353
RRP: £9.99£6.80'This is BRAVO TWO ZERO meets ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST. Tom Read's story had me on the edge of my seat. It also made me cry.'Andy McNabA former member of the British Parachute Regiment, Tom Read was preparing to freefall from more than 23 miles... -
In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour de France Cyclist by Richard Moore
RRP: £10.99£7.25The compelling story of Britain's best-ever cyclist - one of the most enigmatic, complex and contradictory athletes in any sport - and the unravelling of the puzzle surrounding his sudden and dramatic disappearance. Fully updated with new material on the... -
The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears by Nick Jans 9780452287358
RRP: £19.10£14.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287358Author Nick JansFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 133mm * 17mm -
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges
RRP: £12.99£8.63NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTNPR "BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR" SELECTIONNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becomingHow does time shape consciousness and consciousness, time? Do we live... -
Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe Mick Wall 9781409118466
RRP: £14.99£9.80'An epic tale, told the way it should be' RECORD COLLECTOR'The book he was born to write' CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE'An entertaining read for long-standing fans and newcomers alike' GUITARISTThe final word on the only name synonymous with heavy metal - Black... -
Ask an Adventurer by Alastair Humphreys
RRP: £9.99£7.11Adventurers cross deserts and row oceans, appearing to live the dream. Yet they also must pay the bills and carve out time to get away. Are you trying to make a career doing what you love, daring to go freelance in a creative industry, growing a tribe... -
Forgotten Fatherland: The search for Elisabeth Nietzsche by Ben Macintyre 9781408838150
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Startling, dark and absorbing' Independent 'Excellent travel writing: vivid, sympathetic, humorous' Guardian 'Fascinating, provocative and highly eccentric' New York Times _______________________ In 1886 Elisabeth Nietzsche, the philosopher... -
The Tinker’s Progress: The Life and Times of John Bunyan by Jacob Tanner 9781527110069
RRP: £15.99£11.61Known primarily for his allegorical work, The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan was also a preacher, a gifted theologian and interpreter of Scripture. Academically, he was not a learned man, but when it came to practical and experiential mastery of the... -
Wall Street and FDR: The True Story of How Franklin D. Roosevelt Colluded with Corporate America by Antony Cyril Sutton 9781905570713
RRP: £12.99£9.49Franklin D. Roosevelt is frequently described as one of the greatest presidents in American history, remembered for his leadership during the Great Depression and Second World War. Antony Sutton challenges this received wisdom, presenting a controversial... -
To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry
RRP: £8.95£5.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451531780Author Lorraine HansberryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 107mm...