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Cliffs Of Insanity: A Winter On Ireland’s Big Waves by Keith Duggan 9781848271302
RRP: £15.99£11.61Surfing in Ireland was once considered little more than a fringe and slightly lunatic pursuit. The treacherous coastline and ice waters of the Atlantic did not sit comfortably with the stereotype of surfing as the favoured pastime of the bronzed and... -
Ava Gardner Lee Server 9781408807088
RRP: £16.99£12.28Ava Gardner was the sex symbol who dazzled the other sex symbols. Elizabeth Taylor and Lana Turner thought her the most beautiful woman they had ever seen. She drove Frank Sinatra to the brink of suicide. Ernest Hemingway carried around one of her kidney... -
After You, Prime Minister by James Douglas Hamilton 9781906768065
RRP: £14.95£5.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906768065Author James Douglas HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Stacey InternationalPublisher Stacey International -
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan Michael Hastings 9780753829387
RRP: £10.99£6.47The inspiration for the upcoming movie WAR MACHINE, starring Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Ben Kingsley (streaming on Netflix from 26 May).General Stanley McChrystal, the innovative commander of international and US forces in Afghanistan, was living... -
Boy, Interrupted: Memoir of a Former Smith by Dale Hibbert 9781904590309
RRP: £9.99£8.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904590309Author Dale HibbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint PomonaPublisher Pomona -
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan 9781541730335
RRP: £25.00£19.00Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a soldier, statesman, idealist, philanthropist,... -
American Prince: My Autobiography by Peter Golenbock
RRP: £19.99£14.28He has appeared in over a hundred films. Elvis copied his looks. The Beatles put him on the cover of Sgt. Pepper. Tony Curtis is without question a Hollywood legend and part of its Golden Age. In American Prince he tells the whole story, from his... -
Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A story of big dreams, tough realities and facing my demons head on Niall Breslin 9781473631885
RRP: £8.99£6.20In his book, Niall Breslin speaks openly about living with depression and anxiety, and his crippling journey to finally acknowledging 'Jeffrey' - the name he chose for it - years after he took the decision to conceal his growing mental health issues from... -
Memoirs From the Edge: Exploring the Line Between Life and Death by Jeb Corliss 9781955690232
RRP: £21.99£15.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955690232Author Jeb CorlissFormat HardbackPage Count 398Imprint Di Angelo PublicationsPublisher Di Angelo PublicationsWeight(grams) 595gDimensions(mm)... -
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
RRP: £10.99£7.25In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-Africa's "Iron Lady" - was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West... -
Taking My Time: My Autobiography by George Baker 9781910497890
RRP: £20.00£14.29Taking My Time tells both the tall tale of George Baker's life as a jockey, and the story of a second life emerging from the aftermath of his horror fall on the White Turf at St Moritz in 2017. As a rider, George scaled the highest of highs in the saddle... -
Meet Me in Buenos Aires Marlene Hobsbawm 9781999313579
RRP: £12.99£8.60At the time of his death Eric Hobsbawm was the most famous historian in the world. He not only wrote history was also witness to it, from the Communist uprising in Europe to revolution in Cuba where he was Che Guevara's interpreter. He was instrumental... -
Talking Life: Javed Akthar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir by Javed Akthar
£28.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789395767668Author Javed AkhtarFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Westland NonfictionPublisher Westland Publications LimitedDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm *... -
Relax Baby Be Cool: The Artistry And Audacity Of Serge Gainsbourg by Jeremy Allen
RRP: £14.95£9.78Why has Serge Gainsbourg crossed over to the English-speaking world when so many of his contemporaries have remained largely confined to the Francosphere? What is it about this unshaven provocateur that so appeals to us? And who was the real Serge... -
When Fraser Met Billy: How The Love Of A Cat Transformed My Little Boy's Life Louise Booth 9781444769241
RRP: £9.99£6.80Billy the cat was rescued from an abandoned house. Fraser was a two-year-old autistic child with a multitude of problems when he first met Billy at the cat protection shelter. Billy purred, laid his paws across Fraser and they have been inseparable ever... -
The True Story of Catch 22: The Real Men and Missions of Joseph Heller’s 340th Bomb Group in World War II by Patricia Chapman Meder
RRP: £18.99£16.23After the publication of his best-selling novel, Joseph Heller usually chose to deny that any of his richly drawn characters were based on his actual war mates. However, to those who served with Heller in the 340th Bomb Group the novel's characters were... -
Girl With Dove: A Life Built By Books by Sally Bayley
RRP: £10.99£7.25'The word "mesmerising" is frequently applied to memoirs, but seldom as deservedly as in the case of Girl With Dove' Financial Times 'Reading is a form of escape and an avid reader is an escape artist...' ... -
When in French: Love in a Second Language by Lauren Collins
RRP: £10.99£7.25A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR DOES 'I LOVE YOU' EVEN MEAN THE SAME THING AS 'JE T'AIME'? When Lauren Collins met a Frenchman at a party one night in London, she had no idea... -
Tudor Brandons, The - Mary and Charles - Henry VIII`s Nearest & Dearest Sarah-beth Watkins 9781785353321
RRP: £9.99£8.59This fascinating book studies the life and times of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Henry VIII's dearest sister and his closest companion. Charles rose from being Henry's childhood friend to becoming the Duke of Suffolk; a consummate courtier and... -
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
RRP: £10.99£7.32Sarah Silverman's father taught her to curse-at the age of three. She was a chronic bedwetter-until she was old enough to drive. She lost her virginity at age 19-but didn't really know it. These are just a few of the outrageous true tales that Silverman... -
Expecting Adam: A true story of birth, transformation and unconditional love by Martha Beck
RRP: £9.99£6.80John and Martha were an exceptionally ambitious and driven all-American couple. With six Harvard degrees between them, and living in the refined and competitive atmosphere of the Harvard campus, the last thing they expected was to become parents to a... -
Afropessimism by Frank Wilderson, III 9781631496141
RRP: £23.99£18.41A seminal work that combines ground-breaking philosophy with searing flights of memoir, Afropessimism presents the tenets of an increasingly influential intellectual movement that theorises blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Rather than... -
London's No 1 Dog-Walking Agency: 'Charming, funny, heartwarming' - Adam Kay by Kate Macdougall
RRP: £9.99£6.85'A really lovely book for dog lovers' - Jilly Cooper'Charming, funny, heartwarming and full of dogs - what more could you want?' - Adam Kay, bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt'A joy from start to finish. I loved it!' - Stacey Halls, bestselling... -
Pete Sampras: Greatness Revisited by Steve Flink
RRP: £25.95£19.60Pete Sampras is a central figure in the history of tennis, the dominant force in the game during the 1990's, and the greatest American male player of all time. Gradually, after a fairytale finish to his career when he won the 2002 U.S. Open, Sampras was... -
Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya by William Carlsen 9780062407405
RRP: £10.99£7.25New York Times Bestseller (Expeditions) * THE "MASTERFUL CHRONICLE"* OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE LEGENDARY LOST CIVILIZATION OF THE MAYA--AN "ADVENTURE TALE THAT MAKES INDIANA JONES LOOK TAME"* In 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins... -
Revelations From Spirit: Over-coming Grief by Margaret Brand 9781035806904
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035806904Author Margaret BrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
We Come with this Place by Debra Dank 9781804440858
RRP: £12.99£8.73Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-FictionIndigenous Writers' PrizeUTS Glenda Adams Award for New WritingLonglisted for the 2023 Stella PrizePrime Minister's Summer Reading List 2022, Grattan InstituteWe Come with This Place is a remarkable book, as rich,... -
Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes by Gyles Brandreth 9780198749585
RRP: £22.99£18.10This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe to the age of Stoppard... -
Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World Suzy Hansen 9781472153883
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Deeply honest and brave . . . A sincere and intelligent act of self-questioning . . . Hansen is doing something both rare and necessary' - Hisham Matar, New York TimesIn the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen was enjoying... -
After the Wall: Confessions from an East German Childhood and the Life that Came Next by Jana Hensel
£15.70Jana Hensel was thirteen on November 9, 1989, the night the Berlin Wall fell. In all the euphoria over German reunification, no one stopped to think what it would mean for Jana and her generation of East Germans. These were the kids of the seventies, who... -
Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of The Byrds' Gene Clark by John Einerson 9780879307936
RRP: £18.99£14.32Gene Clark soared to fame as a founding member and frontman of The Byrds one of the most important and influential groups of the '60s. His songwriting with The Byrds and subsequent work as a solo artist and with Dillard & Clark mark him as one of rock's... -
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell 9780141393025
RRP: £7.99£5.79'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Antony BeevorEvery line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I... -
Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women by Rachel Trethewey 9780750993395
RRP: £12.99£9.62Wallis Simpson is known as the woman who stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy - but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love. This book is about the women he adored before Wallis dominated his life. There was Rosemary Leveson-Gower, the... -
Me Life Story: The funniest book of the year! by Scarlett Moffatt
RRP: £8.99£6.22*The Sunday Times bestseller*Fact: Did you know, over its lifespan, your sofa will witness roughly 293 arguments and 1,369 cuddles?Hiya, my name's Scarlett Moffatt and I love random facts. Almost as much as I love sitting on me sofa. You might know me... -
The Kings & Queens of Britain by Cath Senker
RRP: £19.99£16.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789505719Author Cath SenkerFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 1120gDimensions(mm) 282mm... -
Dunne it the Hard Way: The Remarkable Story of a Millwall Legend by Alan Dunne
RRP: £17.99£13.64Born in Dublin but raised in London, Alan Dunne spent nearly a quarter of a century with what became his home-town club of Millwall - and after almost 400 senior games left as a legend. Joining the youth set-up at the age of eight, he rose through the... -
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
RRP: £9.99£6.70Following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, three women - Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Khan-Cullors - came together to form an active response to the systemic racism causing the deaths of so many... -
People Like Me: Winner of the Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year by Lynn Ruane 9780717185597
RRP: £11.99£8.43Born into a loving working-class home, Lynn Ruane's early years were idyllic, but all that changed when two shocking incidents in her teenage years shook her to her core. She gradually withdrew from family life and went further into the world of petty... -
The Biscuit Girls by Hunter Davies
RRP: £14.99£10.95Ivy, Dulcie, Barbara, Ann, Dorothy and Jean all had different reasons for applying to work at Carr's biscuits, but once they had put on their overalls and walked through the factory gates they discovered a community full of life, laughter and friendship... -
Kafka: The Decisive Years by Reiner Stach
RRP: £22.00£17.76This is the acclaimed central volume of the definitive biography of Franz Kafka. Reiner Stach spent more than a decade working with over four thousand pages of journals, letters, and literary fragments, many never before available, to re-create the...