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The Life of My Choice by Wilfred Thesiger 9780393334258
RRP: £25.00£22.23As a child in Abyssinia he watched the glorious armies of Ras Tafari returning from hand-to-hand battle, their prisoners in chains; at the age of 23 he made his first expedition into the country of the Danakil, a murderous race among whom a man's status... -
Teresa Of Avila by Mirabai Starr
RRP: £27.00£17.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590305737Author Mirabai StarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman by Rachel Holmes
RRP: £10.99£7.77The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl 'A significant and timely book ... Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story' Frances Wilson, Literary Review 'Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story,... -
Ira: The Life and Times of a Princess by Nicholas Foulkes
RRP: £50.00£35.18A breathtakingly beautiful photo-narrative biography of the incredible life of Princess Ira von Furstenberg - half Austro-Hungarian Princess, half Agnelli: model, actress, princess, socialite, heiress, mother, and jewellery designer. Bursting... -
Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck by William Souder 9780393292268
RRP: £24.99£21.30This first full-length biography of the Nobel Laureate to appear in a quarter century explores John Steinbeck's long apprenticeship as a writer struggling through the depths of the Great Depression, and his rise to greatness with masterpieces such as The... -
An Armful of Babies and a Cup of Tea: Memoirs of a 1950s NHS Health Visitor Molly Corbally 9781473671492
RRP: £9.99£6.80A touching and warm-hearted memoir of a young health visitor in postwar England, for fans of Call the Midwife and The Language of Kindness.After serving as a nurse in WW2, Molly Corbally joined the brand new NHS and became one of the first official... -
The Vanished Collection: Stolen masterpieces, family secrets and one woman's quest for the truth Pauline Baer de Perignon 9781803280912
RRP: £10.99£7.77A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to find the truth about her family. 'As devourable as a thriller... Incredibly moving' Elle 'Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest,... -
Jackson Pollock: Energy Made Visible by B. Friedman 9780306806643
£21.29Nowhere is the complex and destructive painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) revealed with more compassion and insight than in this exemplary biography. Friedman, a friend of Pollock's and active in the art world, shows him to be a brilliant man tormented... -
The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower 9780062305206
£11.58A remarkable history with elements of both In the President's Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas. America's First Families are unknowable in... -
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
RRP: £17.99£11.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156010863Author Thomas MertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm... -
The Football Ramble Marcus Speller 9781780896342
RRP: £14.99£10.95Downloaded over ten million times a year the Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential, independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around the world and their sold-out live shows have... -
Ian Fleming: The man who created James Bond Andrew Lycett 9781474617970
RRP: £12.99£8.60The definitive biography of author Ian FlemingIan Fleming's life was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation, James Bond 007. Andrew Lycett's direct access to Fleming's family, friends and contemporaries has enabled him to reveal the truth... -
Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime Agatha Christie 9781474619448
RRP: £9.99£6.80Includes a new introduction from Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of THE MONOGRAM MURDERS and HAVEN'T THEY GROWNAgatha Christie was not only the biggest selling writer of detective stories the world has ever known, she was also a mystery in herself,... -
Beautiful People: My Thirteen Truths About Disability by Melissa Blake 9780306830426
RRP: £25.00£16.38Well-known disability activist and social media influencer, Melissa Blake, offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A... -
32 Yolks by Eric Ripert
RRP: £19.00£10.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812983067Author Eric RipertFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm)... -
Ordinary Joe by Joe Schmidt
RRP: £10.99£7.77'He's a great coach. He lives and breathes the game. There's nothing he doesn't know' Brian O'Driscoll'The best coach Irish rugby - arguably Irish sport - has ever had' Malachy Clerkin, Irish TimesIn the autumn of 2010, a little-known New Zealander... -
A Life Worth Living: Acting, Activism and Everything Else by Tommy Jessop
RRP: £20.00£12.05'I can't recommend it highly enough' STEPHEN FRY | 'Everyone needs to hear his voice' MARK HADDONI'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to... -
Woody Allen: A Retrospective by Tom Shone
RRP: £29.95£21.78Woody Allen is a uniquely innovative performer, writer and director with nearly fifty movies to his credit, from cult slapstick films and romantic comedies to introspective character studies and crime thrillers. Classics such as Annie Hall, Manhattan,... -
Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang 9781642860009
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642860009Author Sisonke MsimangFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint World Editions LtdPublisher World Editions Ltd -
Galileo by John L. Heilbron 9780199655984
RRP: £16.99£12.68Just over four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented telescope -... -
Grey is the Colour of Hope by Irina Ratushinskaya
RRP: £9.99£6.80If it ever falls to you, my reader (though God forbid!) to see your name written on a prison wall and followed by the letters 'LYMTL', that will simply mean 'Love You More Than Life'. These letters are no harder to remember than 'KGB'. GREY IS THE COLOUR... -
Looking Back by John Osborne
RRP: £20.00£13.46When John Osborne died at Christmas 1994, his obituaries cited his autobiographical writings as perfect examples of undiluted talent and acerbic wit. Now, Osborne's superb autobiographies, A Better Class of Person: 1929-1956 and Almost a Gentleman:... -
Prizefighter - The Searing Autobiography of Britain's Bareknuckle Boxing Champion: The Searing Autobiography of Britain's Bare Knuckle Boxing Champion by Decca Heggie
RRP: £8.99£6.22'You can get a couple of years for beating the shit out of another bloke or a couple of grand. I chose to do the latter.'Decca's story is that of a bullied boy with an impossible dream. Of solvent abuse, violence, drug addiction, depression, boxing,... -
How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises - The short essay that helped change the Covid-19 debate Paolo Giordano 9781474619288
RRP: £2.99£2.60'Lucid, calm, informed, directly helpful in trying to think about where we are now... The literature of the time after begins here' Evening Standard'Taking a breather from bewildering statistics and terrible tales of contagion to read Giordano's book was... -
Tin Hats and Rice: A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War, 1941-1945 by Barbara Anslow
RRP: £13.99£8.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887792741Author Barbara AnslowFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith Books -
Flash Count Diary: A New Story About the Menopause Darcey Steinke 9781786898128
RRP: £9.99£6.70Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flushes. Then insomnia. Then depression. As she struggled to understand what was happening to her, she slammed up against a culture of silence and sexism. Some promoted hormone replacement therapy, others... -
In Full Flight: Story of Africa and Atonement by John Heminway
RRP: £13.99£9.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525434535Author John HeminwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf -
A Life Stolen: The tragic true story of my son's murder Sarah Sak 9781841883991
RRP: £16.99£9.58On 18 June 2014 Sarah Sak's son, Anthony Walgate, was murdered by gay serial killer Stephen Port after they met on dating app Grindr. Two years later Stephen Port was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey in November 2016. The case received... -
Things I Should Have Said by Jamie Lynn Spears 9781546000990
RRP: £14.99£11.01A National Bestseller!In this intimate memoir, actress and musician Jamie Lynn Spears opens up for the first time, telling her unfiltered story on her own terms. You've read the headlines, but you don't know Jamie Lynn Spears. The world first met Jamie... -
Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 3:: Anne Frank audio Pack: Graded readers for secondary and adult learners by Rachel Bladon 9780194022859
£11.17Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.While she was in hiding from Hitler's Nazis, Anne wrote diaries which described her... -
All Secure: A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront by Steve Jackson
RRP: £25.00£18.23As a senior non-commissioned officer of Delta Force, the most elite and secretive special operations unit in the U.S. military, Command Sergeant Major Tom Satterly fought some of this country's most fearsome enemies. Over the course of twenty years and... -
The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel
£17.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586171711Author Franz WerfelFormat PaperbackPage Count 579Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *... -
I'll Take That One: An Evacuee's Childhood by Kitty Baxter
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Funny, sad and important - I challenge you not to fall in love with Kitty' - Tessa Dunlop, author of The Bletchley Girls Kitty Baxter was born in London in 1930, the daughter of a road sweeper and a cleaner and one of five children. War broke out... -
Dear Olivia: An Italian Journey of Love and Courage Mary Contini 9781841959825
RRP: £12.99£8.56In this fascinating follow-up to the highly successful Dear Francesca, Mary Contini writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her great-grandparents, the humble Italian shepherds who emigrated to Edinburgh and then helped to transform... -
Henri Matisse: A Second Life by Alastair Sooke
RRP: £7.99£5.79Henri Matisse by Alastair Sooke - an essential guide to one of the 20th century's greatest artists'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in... -
Schumann: The Faces and the Masks by Judith Chernaik
RRP: £14.99£9.80Schumann: The Faces and the Masks is a groundbreaking account of a major composer whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy ever since his attempted suicide and early death in an insane asylum. Schumann was a key figure in the... -
The Last Enemy by Richard Hillary 9780099551829
RRP: £13.99£9.75The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to months... -
The 9/11 Dogs: The heroes who searched for survivors at Ground Zero (HarperTrue Friend - A Short Read) Isabel George 9780008105099
RRP: £5.99£4.75Meet the dogs who searched for life amongst the ruins of the Twin Towers. Many heroes were made on 9/11 and in the weeks that followed. Not all of them showed human courage. Some of them could only show that they were truly man's best friend... -
Charles Manson: Coming Down Fast by Simon Wells
RRP: £10.99£7.40*The definitive and bestselling account of Charles Manson*'A sprawling, fast-paced account of Manson's life' The Times'Fascinating' Daily Mail __________Los Angeles, California. 1969. Seven people are found shot, stabbed and beaten to death in Beverley... -
Beached in Calabria Ian Ross 9781911350620
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Belissimo' - Daily Mail 'an amusing and charming read...Ross is the champion of the impulsive adventurer...If you are interested in Italy, in travel writing and the tales of a decent raconteur then this is for you.' - Paul Burke, NB Magazine Where...