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Tell Me Who I Am: The Story Behind the Netflix Documentary by Alex And Marcus Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.77The story behind the hit Netflix documentary: The bestselling account of the bond between brothers and the shocking legacy of a dangerous mother.Imagine waking up one day to discover that you have forgotten everything about your life. Your only link with... -
One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits Adam Skolnick 9781472152015
RRP: £14.99£9.80Telling the unforgettable story of America's greatest Freediver, One Breath is a gripping and unforgettable read for anyone captivated by Netflix's The Deepest Breath.Competitive freediving-a sport built on diving as deep as possible on a single... -
Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front: Volume II: Russia, Hungary Lithuania, and the battle for East Prussia by Hans Heinz Rehfeldt 9781784383657
RRP: £25.00£18.02Returning to his old unit, the grenade launcher, in May 1944, he experienced the heavy defensive battles in Romania as a platoon commander and from August 1944 in East Prussia and Lithuania. After being transferred by ship from Memel to Konigsberg in... -
The Kiss: A Secret Life by Kathryn Harrison 9781857027082
RRP: £10.99£8.29From the bestselling author of THE BINDING CHAIR, a searing memoir of a four-year affair between the author and her father. 'My father takes my face in his hands. He tips it up and kisses my closed eyes, my throat. I feel his fingers in the... -
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules by L. David Marquet 9781591846406
RRP: £31.00£17.79"Leadership should mean giving control rather than taking control and creating leaders rather than forging followers." David Marquet, an experienced Navy officer, was used to giving orders. As newly appointed captain of the USS Santa Fe, a... -
Heimat: A German Family Album by Nora Krug
RRP: £22.00£16.80The German bestseller - a powerful and deeply affecting graphic memoir that explores identity, guilt and the meaning of home Winner of Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the YearWinner of Book Illustration prize at the V&A Illustration Awards Winner of the... -
Eric Gill by Fiona MacCarthy
RRP: £20.00£13.46A gorgeous new edition of Fiona MacCarthy's ground-breaking biography of the artist-craftsman, typographer, and lettercutter, master wood-engraver, and sculptor: Eric Gill.'Fascinating on the work and fair to the man; a brilliant biography.'... -
No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith Fawn M. Brodie 9780679730545
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679730545Author Fawn M. BrodieFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis
RRP: £12.99£10.23When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family... -
The Last King of Wales: Gruffudd ap Llywelyn c. 1013-1063 by Michael Davies 9780752464602
RRP: £15.99£12.25Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was Wales' greatest king. Ambitious and battle-sure, he succeeded in doing what no Welsh king before him was capable of: he ruled all Wales as a united and independent state. He went further by turning the Viking threat to his realm... -
Testament of Friendship: The Story of Winifred Holtby Vera Brittain 9781844088706
RRP: £12.99£8.60WRITTEN WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARK BOSTRIDGE In her bestselling first volume of autobiography, Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonising years of the First World War, lamenting the destruction of a generation which for... -
The School That Escaped the Nazis Deborah Cadbury 9781529365771
RRP: £20.00£13.75*JEWISH CHRONICAL CRITICS' CHOICE: NON-FICTION OF THE YEAR 2022*'A devastatingly affecting book. . . Bunce Court! I keep saying the name to myself because it encapsulates all that is gentle and comically charming about wartime England' The Times ... -
Right or Wrong: The Memoirs of Lord Bell by Tim Bell
RRP: £25.00£18.88SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR IN THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS 2015 Tim Bell was the original 'spin doctor'; the Chairman of Bell Pottinger public relations, and one of the best known figures in UK media communications. Right or... -
Untitled Cf by To Be Confirmed Atria
RRP: £16.99£16.58The New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress and Note to Self moves fully into adulthood with his illuminating, soulful, bleeding collection of narrative, poetry, and original film photography.Humanitarian, entrepreneur, and content... -
We Chose to Speak of War and Strife by John Simpson
RRP: £16.99£12.28From distinguished foreign correspondent John Simpson, a fascinating history of what it is to risk life and limb to bring home news of the troubled world 'Great stories, sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious' Telegraph In corners of the globe... -
Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life by Sir Andrew Motion
RRP: £18.99£13.23Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life won the Whitbread Award for Biography in 1993 and was championed as 'an exemplary biography of its kind' (The Times). With a new introduction written by the author, this edition offers an engrossing portrait of one of the... -
Relentless Dean Stott 9781472266910
RRP: £12.99£8.60**From the star of SAS AUSTRALIA**'Dean's journey from the Special Boat Service to intrepid adventurer is truly inspirational.' - Sir Ranulph Fiennes'An extraordinary tale of courage and adventure. Dean's story is inspirational.' - Levison Wood'Dean's... -
Second Best: My Dad and Me by Calum Best
RRP: £16.99£12.28THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERCalum Best should have had it all. As the only son of world-famous footballing legend George Best and his first wife Angie, a gorgeous English model, Calum was born into a world of privilege and opportunity.But his... -
Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company by Harry Carey, Jr. 9781589799103
RRP: £12.99£9.61When Harry Carey, Sr., died in 1947, director John Ford cast Carey's twenty-six-year-old son, Harry, Jr., in the role of The Abilene Kid in 3 Godfathers. Ford and the elder Carey had filmed an earlier version of the story, and Ford dedicated the... -
Mission: Possible: A decade of living dangerously by Ash Dykes
RRP: £9.99£7.11At the age of 23, Ash Dykes became the first person to walk, solo and unsupported, across Mongolia.His journey took 78 days and saw him trek over the Altai Mountains, the Gobi Desert and the Mongolian Steppe. It was an expedition filled with danger and... -
CHEAT PLAY LIVE: one woman's journey to fearlessness and freedom by Lisa Edwards 9781739934019
RRP: £7.99£7.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739934019Author Lisa EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Redwood Tree PublishingPublisher Redwood Tree Publishing -
My Life by Marc Chagall
RRP: £9.99£7.11'As fresh, poignant and individual as his paintings' Lucy Beckett, TLS, Books of the Year 2018'Here is my soul. Look for me here; here I am, here are my pictures, my roots'Marc Chagall, one of the twentieth century's most popular artists, grew up in a... -
Illustrators on Creative Processes Miguel Angel Arteaga 9788419220196
RRP: £24.99£17.61In How Ideas Are Born, readers will find a treasure chest of images by 26 diverse illustrators from 12 different countries that the author has gathered, selected and curated for the book. The types of images and styles vary, ranging from the childlike... -
What Makes Us Stronger by Freya Lewis
RRP: £14.99£11.22The Manchester Arena attack nearly destroyed her. Love and courage saved her. Freya Lewis was just three metres away from the terrorist who detonated the bomb at the Manchester arena on the night of 22nd May 2017. Her best friend Nell was tragically... -
Patron Saint of Prostitutes: Josephine Butler and a Victorian Scandal by Helen Mathers
RRP: £14.99£11.55The 'steel rape' of women is a scandal that is almost forgotten today.In Victorian England, police forces were granted powers to force any woman they suspected of being a 'common prostitute' to undergo compulsory and invasive medical examinations, while... -
The Unfathomable Ascent: How Hitler Came to Power by Peter Ross Range
RRP: £16.99£13.34On the night of 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler leaned out of a spotlit window of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, bursting with joy. The moment seemed unbelievable, even to Hitler. After an improbable political journey that came close to faltering on many... -
Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey In Science And Politics by Edward Teller 9780738207780
RRP: £26.99£21.19Edward Teller is perhaps best known for his belief in freedom through strong defence. But this extraordinary memoir at last reveals the man behind the headlines- passionate and humorous, devoted and loyal. Never before has Teller told his story as fully... -
Writing for Wellbeing: Theory, Research, and Practice by Katrin Den Elzen 9781032163147
RRP: £37.99£33.38Writing can support our wellbeing even under the most difficult life circumstances, helping us to adapt to significant change, make sense of loss, improve our physical and emotional resilience, and foster personal growth. Numerous studies of Expressive... -
Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005-2010 Chris Mullin 9781846684005
RRP: £9.99£7.11On the backbenches but still in the thick of it, Decline and Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as a minister by Tony ('The Man') Blair in 2005 to the fall of New Labour in May 2010. Here is politics as it really is: entertaining encounters with... -
Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925 by Vera Brittain
RRP: £14.99£9.80NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still... -
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy A. N. Wilson 9781782398318
RRP: £25.00£16.99Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times and the Daily Mail 'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'Enthralling' Daily Telegraph For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of... -
Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician by Zhisui Li
RRP: £16.99£12.28For the first time, here is the extraordinary true story of one of the most powerful men, and ruthless dictators, who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for a longer period than any other leader in history. In this intimate biography we... -
A Compendium of Contrarians: Those Who Stand Out By Not Fitting In by Robert Orr-Ewing 9781911397632
RRP: £25.00£17.30What do Winston Churchill, Rosa Parks, Emile Zola, Billy Beane and Christopher Hitchens have in common? They are all Contrarians. This book is about the people who do not quietly slip into the shadows, who revel in playing devil's advocate, who zig when... -
Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music by Rudi Esch
RRP: £18.99£14.01Just like Memphis and Rock'n'Roll, Dusseldorf is regarded as the Mecca for electronic music. The capital of North Rhine-Westphalia became the centre of an analog electronic movement from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. This is the oral account of the... -
Gold: My Autobiography Nick Skelton 9781474607346
RRP: £9.99£6.80With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen,... -
Yasuke: The true story of the legendary African Samurai by Kelley Armstrong
RRP: £12.99£9.00WARRIOR. SAMURAI. LEGEND.The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.The man who came to be known as Yasuke arrived in Japan in the 16th century, an... -
Blessed: The Breakout Year of Rampaging Roy Slaven John Doyle 9780733648915
RRP: £9.99£6.80Who is Rampaging Roy Slaven? An Australian icon, a raconteur, an athlete of unsurpassable - and some may say improbable - sporting feats. Whether training Rooting King to another Melbourne Cup victory, commentating the Olympics or hobnobbing with the... -
Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer: One Pilot's Extraordinary Account of the Battle of France Alastair Panton 9781405936743
RRP: £12.99£9.09'DESERVES TO JOIN REACH FOR THE SKY AND THE LAST ENEMY AS ONE OF THE GREAT RAF BOOKS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' - ANDREW ROBERTSAs I write, I can clearly recall the stinging heat of aburning Blenheim, smells, tastes, expressions, sounds of voices and, most... -
The House of Getty Russell Miller 9781448217526
RRP: £14.99£10.95The true story of the Getty family as featured in the TV series Trust and the movie All the Money in the World Boardroom battles, sex, money, drugs, power, crime, tragedy, and family intrigue; at the centre stands the figure of John Paul Getty, the... -
Dresden by Victor Gregg
RRP: £8.99£4.46'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut fictionalised his time as a prisoner of war in Dresden in 1945. Vonnegut was imprisoned in a cellar while the firestorm raged...