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By Myself and Then Some Lauren Bacall 9780755313518
RRP: £12.99£8.60Lauren Bacall was barely 20 when she made her Hollywood debut with Humphrey Bogart and became an overnight sex symbol. Their romance on and off screen made them Hollywood's most celebrated couple and together they produced some of the most electric... -
Je t'aime a la Folie by Michael Wright
RRP: £16.99£12.28How do you find the woman of your dreams when you're nearly forty, living in the middle of nowhere and spectacularly ungifted in the art of seduction?Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright has everything he ever wanted: a... -
Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff by Frits Barend 9780747543053
RRP: £14.99£10.95Between 1974 and 1997 Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp have conducted numerous interviews with Johan Cruyff, one of the greatest footballers the world has ever seen. In these extraordinarily candid interviews, Cruyff talks about how he learnt his trade,... -
The Wonderful World of Jeremy Clarkson: My life on the road with Jeremy Phillipa Sage 9781802470352
RRP: £8.99£6.20"The highlights of my extraordinary journey with Mr Clarkson included pizza with Harry and Wills; dancing with Mick Jagger on the private island of Mustique (Mick had to pull me up after, shamefully, I could not recover from the twist!); and having happy... -
The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family by Christopher Simon Sykes
RRP: £10.99£7.25The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years. 'The Big House' is the biography of a great country house and the lives of the Sykes family who lived there, with varying fates, for... -
My Fight Your Fight Ronda Rousey 9781784753122
RRP: £10.99£7.77*WINNER British Sports Book Awards SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*Ronda's new memoir OUR FIGHT is available on 4th April, in Hardback'I have this one term for the kind of woman my mother raised me not to be, and I call it a 'Do-Nothing B-tch'. It's the kind of... -
A Fistful of Murder: The Fights and Crimes of Carlos Monzon by Don Stradley
RRP: £8.99£6.13"Carlos Monzon's life was one that could have been defined with an almost unblemished boxing record, but was ultimately overtaken by a completely defaced personality. The only legacy he leaves is that the narrative, told brilliantly in the book, is... -
Cole and Sav: Our Surprising Love Story by Cole Labrant 9780785222903
RRP: £20.00£17.02Popular YouTubers the Labrant Fam share their inspiring love story of how Savannah, a young, single mom, fell in love with Cole, a 19-year-old from Alabama, highlighting the redemptive, surprising nature of God at work in our lives.The Labrant Fam-Cole,... -
The Prophet's Heir: The Life of Ali Ibn Abi Talib by Hassan Abbas
RRP: £20.00£17.38The life and legacy of one of Mohammad's closest confidants and Islam's patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings... -
Aprons and Silver Spoons: The heartwarming memoirs of a 1930s scullery maid by Mollie Moran
RRP: £10.99£7.77'IF YOU LOVE DOWNTON, THIS IS RIGHT UP YOUR STREET! CloserIf you liked Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, it's time to discover the true story in Mollie Moran's Sunday Times charming bestselling memoir of life as a 1930s kitchen maid. When young... -
Year of Glory: The Life and Battles of Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, June 1862-June 1863 by Monte Akers
RRP: £25.00£21.63No commander during the Civil War is more closely identified with the "cavalier mystique" as Major General J.E.B. (Jeb) Stuart. And none played a more prominent role during the brief period when the hopes of the nascent Confederacy were at... -
The Terrible by Yrsa Daley-Ward
RRP: £9.99£7.11**WINNER of the 2019 PEN Ackerley Prize**'A major literary talent . . . speaks about the power and powerlessness that young women are subject to in a wholly fresh, clear-eyed way . . . you'll find it hard to come away from The Terrible without a stab of... -
W. B. Yeats, A Life I: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914 by R. F. Foster
£35.51In the first authorized biography of W. B. Yeats for over 50 years, Roy Foster brings new light to one of the most complex and fascinating lives of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Working from a great archive of personal and contemporary... -
The Story of My Life by Giacomo Casanova
RRP: £14.99£13.03Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover of the Western world, but a supreme story teller. He lived a life stranger than most fictions, and the... -
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan by Owen Bennett-Jones
RRP: £11.99£10.15A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day "Students of geopolitics and South Asia will find this a valuable book."-Kirkus Reviews "Fluently written, impeccably... -
No Greatness Without Goodness: How a father's love changed a company and sparked a movement by Randy Lewis
RRP: £9.99£7.11Like every parent of a disabled child, Randy Lewis fears for the future of his son. People like Austin need the security of a job. Randy was a senior executive at one of the largest and fastest growing retailers in America. If his distribution centres... -
Becoming A Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette
RRP: £11.99£8.00He grew up in a small town in New England in the 1950's, watching lassie, going to church, getting straight A's at school, a scholar destined for success. But he already had a secret, and his public life with family and friends was already a constant... -
Can I Have My Ball Back?: A memoir of masculinity, mortality and my right testicle by Richard Herring
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Very funny, moving and heartwarming' BOB MORTIMER'A bollockbuster!' ADAM BUXTONIf we are cowardly, we are told to grow someIf we're brave, we're said to have huge onesIf it's cold, they are liable to fall off - even if you're a brass monkeyIf we're in... -
The Race of Truth: A Record-Breaking Bike Ride Across Europe by Leigh Timmis 9781837991402
RRP: £10.99£7.00Being the fastest cyclist in the world at the start line means nothing if your mind isn't strong enough to get you to the finish lineIn 2018, Leigh Timmis became the fastest person to cycle across Europe - in just 16 days, 10 hours and 45 minutes -... -
The Last Holiday: A Memoir Gil Scott-Heron 9781786890252
RRP: £10.99£7.32Raised by his grandmother in Tennessee, Gil Scott-Heron's journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most uncompromising and influential songwriters of his generation is a remarkable one. In this, his heartfelt, beautifully written and... -
Risotto With Nettles: A Memoir with Food by Anna Del Conte
RRP: £10.99£7.77A wonderful, evocative memoir by the woman who first brought Italian cooking to Britain and fuelled a culinary revolution.'Anyone who cooks should have Anna's books, it is the simple truth' Nigella LawsonBorn in Milan, Anna del Conte grew up in Italy in... -
Brief Lives 3 - Newton by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £9.99£7.11Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of 1665, a period of which he wrote: 'I was in the prime of age for... -
Making Trouble: Life and Politics by Lynne Segal
£12.37What happens when angry young rebels become wary older women, ageing in a leaner, meaner time: a time which exalts only the 'new', in a ruling orthodoxy daily disparaging all it portrays as the 'old'? Delving into her own life and those of others who... -
The Sound of Summer: A Memoir by Jim Maxwell
RRP: £18.99£13.23For more than four decades Jim Maxwell has called the cricket for the ABC. Since 1973 he has covered over 250 Test matches, including six tours to the West Indies, seven to the subcontinent, over fifty Ashes Tests and five World Cups. His distinctive... -
Happy Days and Winning Ways: Training for the top by the International Junior and Young Rider Team coach by Gill Watson
RRP: £9.99£7.11"Learning never stops. It still surprises me that I can discover new and effective ways to train" Gill Watson's lifelong dedication to training and mentoring young riders has taken her on a journey that has spanned decades. Many of today's most... -
Taurus: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign Sally Kirkman 9781473676695
RRP: £8.99£6.20You are a Taurus. You are the practical realist and indulgent sensualist of the zodiac.The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable... -
D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose 9780751578270
RRP: £9.99£6.80The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory, for fans of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell'Gripping: Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains,... -
Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for GoodReads Choice Award 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780593237267Author Brandi CarlileFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random... -
Troop Leader: A Tank Commander's Story by Bill Bellamy
RRP: £14.99£11.55Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He served in 7th Armoured Division in the North West Europe campaign, landing in Normandy on D+3, fought throughout the Battle for Normandy and into the Low... -
Horrocks, The General Who Led from the Front by Philip Warner 9781526717160
RRP: £12.99£9.09Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks was a legend in his lifetime. He leapt to fame as a Brigade, Divisional and Corps Commander during the Second World War where his dashing style, good luck and easy manner won him huge respect and great success. He... -
Elizabeth: A Celebration in Photographs of the Queen's Life and Reign Jennie Bond 9781802796322
RRP: £25.00£16.38Fully revised and updated.Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving monarch in British history, with a reign even longer than Queen Victoria. Her extraordinary life is expertly portrayed by Jennie Bond, former BBC royal correspondent, in this... -
A Taste of My Life by Raymond Blanc
RRP: £14.99£10.95Raymond Blanc knows more about food than pretty much anyone else. His cooking has been described as 'an extraordinary process of creativity, passion, subtlety, indeed genius'. His life and career to date have been utterly dedicated to the search for... -
Don't Be Sorry: Further Adventures Bringing Up a Son with Down Syndrome Sarah Roberts 9781913543068
RRP: £9.99£6.80'A searingly honest account of her journey, from heartbreak to joy' Daily Mail Sarah's first book, For the Love of Oscar, tells the story of her first child Oscar's birth, his postnatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome and his adventures up to the age of... -
Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World by Samantha Power
RRP: £14.99£10.95Sergio Vieira de Mello-a humanitarian, peacemaker and state builder -was at centre of the most significant geopolitical crises of the last half-century. Born in 1948, just as the post-World War II order was taking shape, he died in a terrorist attack on... -
George Eliot Jenny Uglow 9781844084982
RRP: £12.99£8.60One of the most brilliant writers of her day, George Eliot (1819-1880) was also one of the most talked about. Intellectual and independent, she had the strength to defy polite society with her highly unorthodox private life, so why did she deny her... -
A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird 9780860682677
RRP: £10.99£7.40'There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird' SPECTATOR'Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing to live a life without limits' RUBY WAX, GUARDIAN 'This... -
The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade by Piers Morgan
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Insider dominated the media on publication in March 2005 and instantly became a No.1 bestseller. Not only did it fill thousands of column inches with its revelations about prominent political and showbiz figures, it was critically acclaimed across... -
Orwell and the Dispossessed by George Orwell
RRP: £12.99£9.09Including Down and Out in Paris and London'Orwell was the great moral force of his age' SpectatorThe powerful writings collected together in this volume chronicle George Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the 'two nations' of... -
Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari 9780140444605
RRP: £12.99£9.09In his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Vasari demonstrated a literary talent that outshone even his outstanding abilities as a painter and architect.Through character sketches and anecdotes he depicts Piero di Cosimo shut away in his... -
Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny by Ann Marks
RRP: £28.00£18.62The definitive biography that unlocks the remarkable story of Vivian Maier, the nanny who lived secretly as a world-class photographer, featuring nearly 400 of her images, many never seen before, placed for the first time in the context of her life...