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Climb with Charlie by Charlie Bird
RRP: £16.99£14.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373688Author Charlie BirdFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales by Doreen Cunningham
RRP: £18.99£12.75'Beautiful . . . Justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as H is for Hawk' NEW STATESMAN'Wonderful ... both frank and fearless' TELEGRAPH BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE YEAR'Fascinating' GUARDIAN TOP TEN NATURE MEMOIRSFrom Mexico to the... -
Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death by Robert Anton Wilson 9780998713472
RRP: £17.99£13.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998713472Author Robert Anton WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Hilaritas Press, LLC.Publisher Hilaritas Press, LLC. -
Dylan Thomas: The Collected Letters Volume 2: 1939-1953 by Dylan Thomas
RRP: £20.00£6.92Dylan Thomas's letters bring the fascinating and tempestuous poet and his times to life in a way that no biography can.The letters begin in the poet's schooldays and end just before his death in New York at the age of 39. In between, he loved, wrote,... -
The Justice Game by Geoffrey Robertson
RRP: £14.99£10.95Geoffrey Robertson QC has been at the centre of internationally high-profile legal cases for over three decades. From representing Princess Diana to Salman Rushdie, to his involvement in the celebrated criminal trials of Oz magazine and Gay News,... -
Emperor: A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker
RRP: £17.99£15.79Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the life and reign of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire "Masterly."-William Anthony Hay, Wall Street Journal "Seldom does one find a... -
The Third Plantagenet: George, Duke of Clarence, Richard III's Brother by John Ashdown-Hill
RRP: £9.99£7.55Less well-known than his brothers, Edward IV and Richard III, little has been written about George, Duke of Clarence, leaving us with a series of unanswered questions: What was he really like? What set him and his brother Edward IV against one another?... -
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
RRP: £14.99£10.95Somewhere in Brooklyn, a little boy dreams of being a famous artist, not knowing that one day he would make himself a king.Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything... -
Keir Hardie by Bob Holman
RRP: £11.99£10.95Keir Hardie was a founder and the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party. At the turn of the 19th century he was Labour's most famous face. But despite being voted Labour's 'Greatest Hero' at the 2008 Party Conference, in recent years his... -
The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary deep-sea discoveries by David L. Mearns
RRP: £14.99£9.53David Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's 16th century fleet, David has searched for and found dozens of sunken... -
The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives by Sebastian Faulks 9781804944134
RRP: £10.99£7.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804944134Author Sebastian FaulksFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin (Cornerstone)Publisher CornerstoneWeight(grams) 267g -
Love of My Life: The truth behind Freddie Mercury's romantic relationships by Lesley-Ann Jones 9781529362329
RRP: £20.00£13.35'EYEWITNESS GOLD' SUNDAY TIMESWHO - OR WHAT - WAS THE REAL LOVE OF FREDDIE MERCURY'S LIFE? THE SENSATIONAL NEW BIOGRPHAY OF QUEEN'S FRONTMAN Millions of Queen and screen fans who watched the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody believe that Mary Austin,... -
A Brief History of Black British Art by Rianna Jade Parker
RRP: £15.00£10.96Black artists in Britain have long been making major contributions to art history. While some of these artists have been embraced at times by the art world, for the most part they have not received the recognition they deserve. Taking as its starting... -
The Soul Of A Butterfly by Muhammad Ali
RRP: £10.99£7.77In this poignant, moving book, Muhammad Ali shares the beliefs he has come to live by and which he has passed on to his children. Some of the wisdom is his own; some comes from the teachings of true Islam, from his spiritual studies, and from people he... -
Grinling Gibbons: Master Carver by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: £8.99£6.96Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone. Tantalising cascades of fruit and flowers, puffy-cheeked cherubs, crowds of figures and flourishes of... -
The Accidental Naturalist by Ben Fogle
RRP: £18.99£13.61For as long as he can remember, Ben Fogle has been surrounded by creatures great and small. As a young boy his best friends were Liberty and Lexington, the family dogs. Then there was Milly the puma-sized cat, Jaws the goldfish and three very... -
Grav - The Legend of Ray Gravell Rhys Meirion 9781912631186
RRP: £7.99£7.11Ray Gravell was undoubtedly one of Wales and rugby's greatest characters. He touched the hearts of all who met him, and his sincere interest in everyone made you feel better after being in his company. This volume brings together touching and humorous... -
The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos by Patrick Leigh Fermor 9781529369519
RRP: £16.99£11.54'Magnificent . . . The prose has the glorious turbulence and boil of the first two books, and the youthful magic of his 'dream-odyssey' ROBERT MACFARLANE, The Times'Vivid . . . full of fun, kindness, easy learning, sophistication and innocence . . . a... -
Murder in Hollywood: Solving a Silent Screen Mystery by Charles Higham 9780299203641
RRP: £19.95£15.54Charles Higham successfully presents the most plausible and convincing solution yet to the mystery of who killed William Desmond Taylor. In the process he paints a vivid portrait of Hollywood in the 1920s - from its major stars to its bisexual subculture... -
More Tales from The Island Nurse by Mary J. MacLeod 9781910021170
RRP: £8.99£6.60The much awaited second helping of Mary J. MacLeod's tales of 'Papavray' in the 1970s and her experiences as the island's district nurse, culminating in her move to a very different new life in California.Mary J.'s anecdotes of life on a remote island in... -
Give The Anarchist A Cigarette by Mick Farren
RRP: £14.99£10.95Through a long and chequered career, Mick Farren has functioned as a writer, poet, rock star, recording artist, rabble-rouser, critic and commentator, and even won a protracted obscenity trial at the Old Bailey. After resisting the idea for a long time,... -
Steven Spurrier: A Life in Wine Steven Spurrier 9781913141073
RRP: £35.00£22.83The moment he was handed a glass of Cockburn 1908 vintage port by his grandfather at 13 years old, Steven Spurrier knew he would make wine his career. He travelled Europe in his red sports car (fitted with a compact wine fridge in the boot), working the... -
My Life as a Prayer: A Multifaith Memoir by Elizabeth Cunningham 9781958972106
RRP: £13.99£9.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958972106Author Elizabeth CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company -
Calamity Jane: The Life and Legend of Martha Jane Cannary by D. J. Herda
RRP: £13.99£10.84Young Martha Jane Cannary began life as a camp follower and street urchin. Parentless by the age of twelve, she morphed into the mother of two who just as often took employment as a waitress, laundress, or dance hall girl as she did an Indian scout or... -
Charles Frederick Ball: From Dublin's Botanic Gardens to the Killing Fields of Gallipoli by Brian Willian
RRP: £17.95£12.26When Charles Frederick Ball was killed at Gallipoli in 1915 The Irish Times called him 'one of the best known botanists and horticulturists in Ireland'. Fred Ball (to friends and family) trained in horticulture at Kew Gardens in the UK, moved to Dublin... -
Sea State by Tabitha Lasley 9780008390938
RRP: £14.99£9.70'Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE ... -
The Great Irish Famine: A History in Four Lives by Enda Delaney
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Great Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the defining event in the history of modern Ireland. At least one million people died, and double that number fled the country within a decade. The Great Irish Famine surveys the history of this great tragedy... -
Corresponding with Carlos: A Biography of Carlos Kleiber by Charles Barber
RRP: £45.00£39.89Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How... -
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts by Nadine Akkerman
RRP: £22.99£16.28The dazzling new biography of one of history's most misunderstood queens Elizabeth Stuart is one the most misrepresented - and underestimated - figures of the seventeenth century. Labelled a spendthrift more interested in the theatre and her pet... -
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed by Mike Ripley
RRP: £14.99£4.76WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an... -
The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism by Kyle Chayka 9781635572100
RRP: £18.99£15.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635572100Author Kyle ChaykaFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 412g -
The Man Behind the Tudors: Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by Kirsten Claiden-Yardley 9781526745538
RRP: £19.99£14.28Thomas Howard, 2nd duke of Norfolk, lived a remarkable life spanning eighty years and the reigns of six kings. Amongst his descendants are his granddaughters, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and his great-granddaughter, Elizabeth I. The foundations of... -
Write Away: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life by Elizabeth George 9780340832097
RRP: £12.99£8.60Elizabeth George is one of the most successful writers of crime fiction in the world. Her twelve novels have appeared on bestseller lists in the UK, USA and Australia, and several of them have been dramatised by BBC Television as the Inspector Lynley... -
My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves by Various
RRP: £20.00£13.86A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves-including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, Brandi Carlile, Beanie... -
Diana: The People's Princess Nicholas Owen 9781787394636
RRP: £20.00£12.05On 31 August 1997, the world was stunned by the tragic death of the most popular and photographed woman of the modern age: Diana, Princess of Wales. The outpouring of public grief at this tragically early death was unprecedented in modern times. Now,... -
Before I Go by Catherine Cookson
RRP: £8.99£6.13Known for the wit of her writing, Catherine Cookson was the UK's most widely read novelist during her lifetime. When her Estate discovered this never-before-published memoir in the attic of her home, it was an astonishing find. Before I Go is the... -
Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T. Alexander
RRP: £12.99£10.01Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33, Catherine's private and public life generated tremendous contemporary controversy, and she has subsequently been portrayed variously as a political genius, a despotic foreign adventuress, a tyrant, and... -
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors by Dith Pran 9780300078732
RRP: £22.50£21.68"Childhood testimonies by survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. . . . Compelling."-Kirkus Reviews"Underscores with great poignancy the horror of the Pol Pot period."-Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, Journal of Asian StudiesThis extraordinary book... -
The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club Julie Welch 9781409187837
RRP: £9.99£5.96When Julie Welch called in her first ever football report at the Observer, an entire room of men fell silent. Heart in her mouth, Julie waited for the voice on the other end of the line to declare it passable. She'd done it. She was the first ever female... -
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger
RRP: £25.00£16.43A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain ...