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We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered by Mark Andersen
RRP: £18.95£13.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617752933Author Mark AndersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S. -
Looking at the Stars: How incurable illness taught one boy everything by Lewis Hine
RRP: £12.99£8.73My illness may define the length of my life, but it won't define how I live it. My disability gave me the ability to understand and help others. And now I finally feel like I am living. 17-year-old Lewis Hine is a global phenomenon. Diagnosed with a... -
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright
RRP: £10.99£7.25By turns harrowing and inspiring, "Prague Winter" is Madeleine Albright's account of her early life from 1937 to 1948, a dozen years that witnessed the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World War II, the Holocaust, the defeat of fascism, the rise of... -
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir by Sarah Kurchak
RRP: £14.99£9.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771622462Author Sarah KurchakFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre -
Love in a Time of War: My Years with Robert Fisk Lara Marlowe 9781801102520
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Irish Times bestseller 'A gripping tale of savagery and courage' Noam Chomsky 'Fascinating and captivating' Irish Times 'A beautiful book... Full of pain and longing but also joy, adventure, and excitement' Janine di Giovanni 'A superb... -
Waterfalls of Stars: Ten Years on Skomer Island by Rosanne Alexander 9781781723807
RRP: £12.99£9.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781723807Author Rosanne AlexanderFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 570g -
Keep Smiling Through: My Wartime Story by Dame Vera Lynn
RRP: £8.99£6.45In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart's of her adventures entertaining the troops in far-flung Burma.'I was just twenty-seven years old when I went to Burma. It was... -
Aled Jones - My Story by Aled Jones 9781784183257
RRP: £8.99£6.22Aled Jones, a choirboy with a remarkable voice, achieved more as a teenager than many adult singers do in a lifetime. His prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom; before he was 16, he had already sold more than 6 million records and had... -
The Big Life of Little Richard by Mark Ribowsky
RRP: £24.99£16.72The first major biography of Little Richard, a rollicking, nuanced celebration of the late singer/songwriter’s life and his role in the history of American music—gospel, soul, rock, and more “Tutti Frutti” • “Rip It Up” • “Good Golly Miss Molly” •... -
The Boy Behind the Curtain: Notes From an Australian Life by Tim Winton
RRP: £8.99£6.60Eclectic and impassioned, a collection that affirms the power of the written word.' - ObserverThe Boy Behind the Curtain is a portrait of a life, a place and a man. In this deeply personal collection of true stories and essays Tim Winton shows how... -
Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide by Hans-Lukas Kieser 9780691202587
RRP: £30.00£23.29The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian GenocideTalaat Pasha (1874-1921) led the Young Turks' single-party regime in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and is arguably a... -
Night of Cake and Puppets: The Standalone Daughter of Smoke and Bone Graphic Novella by Laini Taylor
RRP: £14.99£10.23Which is what one always hopes will happen:for life to take over and be bigger and more marvellous than what we can dream up on our own.**********In the gorgeously illustrated graphic novel edition of the original e-novella NIGHT OF CAKE & PUPPETS, a... -
Catch Your Breath by Ed Patrick
RRP: £16.99£12.92'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford'It's funny, touching and gobsmacking in equal measure. At its heart is a breathtaking account of life on the COVID frontline.' - Jay Rayner'Ed's journey is funny, sad,... -
Nutt Uncut David Nutt 9781909976856
RRP: £25.00£21.79David Nutt regularly hit the headlines as the UK's forthright Drugs Czar (Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs), not least when fired by the Home Secretary in 2009 for his 'inconvenient' views. In Nutt Uncut he explains how he survived... -
Talking to Strangers: And other ways of being human Michael Harding 9781473623569
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Harding writes like an angel' Sunday TimesTalking to Strangers, from the No.1 bestselling author of Staring at Lakes, Hanging with the Elephant and On Tuesdays I'm a Buddhist is a book about love, about the stories we share with others, and the stories... -
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories by Diarmuid Hester 9780241528457
RRP: £25.00£16.53'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a kind of magic' Colm Toibin'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert Macfarlane'Haunted and haunting... -
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired)
RRP: £20.00£13.26The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well... -
Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet by Marta McDowell 9781604698220
RRP: £18.99£17.93"A visual treat as well as a literary one...for gardeners and garden lovers, connoisseurs of botanical illustration, and those who seek a deeper understanding of the life and work of Emily Dickinson." -The Wall Street Journal Emily Dickinson was a keen... -
Woman with the Iceberg Eyes: Oriana F. Wilson Katherine MacInnes 9780750991537
RRP: £20.00£16.83Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic, the most famous story of exploration in the world, played out on the great ice stage in the south. Oriana Wilson, wife of Scott's best friend and fellow explorer Dr Edward Wilson, was watching from the wings... -
Bursting The Bubble: Football, Autism & Me by John O'Kane
RRP: £12.95£8.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360860Author John O'KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 240g -
Unbreakable by Tracy Swinson 9781035832002
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035832002Author Tracy SwinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Last Courtesan: Writing My Mother's Memoir by Manish Gaekwad 9789356993129
RRP: £17.99£14.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356993129Author Manish GaekwadFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India -
The Face Pressed Against a Window: A Memoir by Sir Tim Waterstone
RRP: £9.99£6.70Chosen as one of the Daily Mail's Memoirs of the YearTim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the... -
Woman Vs Womaniser: What He Knows, What You Don't by Jc Johnson 9780956908391
RRP: £20.70£15.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956908391Author Jc JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Insight PublshingPublisher Insight PublshingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Democracy: A User's Guide by Joss Sheldon 9781716792045
£18.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716792045Author Joss SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 760Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 1098gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 42mm -
Marlborough: His Life and Times: Bk. 1 by Sir Winston S. Churchill 9780226106335
RRP: £45.00£38.63John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England. Victorious in the Battles of Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and countless other campaigns, Marlborough, whose... -
Travelling with Ghosts: An intimate and inspiring journey Shannon Leone Fowler 9781474605984
RRP: £8.99£5.45'A cross between H is for Hawk and Wild' Stylist 'A courageous memoir of love and loss . . . compelling' Sunday Express'Intimate and inspiring' Observer 'Rich and absorbing' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love 'A brave and necessary... -
Richard Rohr: Essential Teachings on Love by Richard Rohr 9781626982697
RRP: £17.99£13.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626982697Author Richard RohrFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA) -
A Royal Navy Cold War Buccaneer Pilot: Flying the Famous Maritime Strike Aircraft by Simon Kershaw
£24.29This is a vivid and powerful story of life on board the last of our great Second World War-era aircraft carriers, modernised to serve beyond their time. It is a story of the Cold War which conveys the trials and tribulations of flying one of the... -
Driven: A pioneer for women in motorsport - an autobiography by Rosemary Smith
RRP: £14.99£9.70The inspirational story of the female motorsport pioneer who broke through the gender barrier to compete in and win some of the most iconic rallies in the world. Rosemary Smith is recognised internationally for her outstanding achievements in... -
Drawn from Life by E. H. Shepard 9780413772480
RRP: £10.99£8.94Following "Drawn From Memory", this is the second volume of memoirs by the artist of "Winnie the Pooh" and "The Wind in the Willows". It describes Shepard's experiences through school, his student days and his marriage to a fellow art student shortly... -
The Invisible Painting: My Memoir of Leonora Carrington by Gabriel Weisz Carrington 9781526169648
RRP: £12.99£9.24Since her death in 2011, the legendary Surrealist Leonora Carrington has been reconstructed and reinvented many times over. In this book, Gabriel Weisz Carrington draws on remembered conversations and events to demythologise his mother, revealing the... -
The Reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 138 161 by McHugh, John S 9781526773982
£22.79The reign of Antoninus Pius is widely seen as the apogee of the Roman Empire yet, due to gaps in the historical sources, his reign has been overlooked by modern historians. He is considered one of the five good emperors of the Antonine dynasty under whom... -
The Next Moon by Andre Hue 9780141042800
RRP: £15.99£11.61Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to... -
Black Boy by Richard Wright
RRP: £10.99£7.77Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African-American life and a powerful exploration of racial tension.'A compelling indictment of life in the Deep South between... -
Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Malena Ernman
RRP: £9.99£6.52The profoundly moving story of how love, courage and determination brought Greta Thunberg's family back from the brink'Urgent, lucid, courageous ... a must-read message of hope ... It is a glimpse of a saner world' David Mitchell, GuardianThis is the... -
Reasonable Cause to Suspect: A Mother's Ordeal to Free Her Son from a Kurdish Prison by Sally Lane
RRP: £15.99£11.04In a story of deceit, betrayal, and injustice, two parents are tried as terrorists for attempting to rescue their son from a Syrian war zone.On September 2, 2014, Jack Letts, an idealistic eighteen-year-old British Canadian, phoned his mother saying,... -
J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets by Curt Gentry 9780393321289
RRP: £19.99£17.37Shocking, grim, frightening, Curt Gentry's masterful portrait of America's top policeman is a unique political biography. From more than 300 interviews and over 100,000 pages of previously classified documents, Gentry reveals exactly how a paranoid... -
Gluck: Her Biography by Diana Souhami
RRP: £12.99£8.60As stubborn as she was gifted, as fierce as she was tender, and notorious for her mannish dress that was provocative and chic in equal measure, Gluck was an artist and a rebel. Born Hannah Gluckstein in 1895 into the family that founded the J. Lyons & Co... -
A Book of Untruths by Miranda Doyle
RRP: £8.99£6.08A Book of Untruths is a family story told through lies. This is a book about love, marriage, childhood, ageing, and the terrible acts we commit, remember and forget. It is about how we build a sense of ourselves through the stories we tell and the...