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Peppercorn, His Life and Locomotives by Tim Hillier-Graves
RRP: £40.00£28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526729859Author Tim Hillier-GravesFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Pen and Sword TransportPublisher Pen and Sword TransportWeight(grams) 140g -
James II by Christine McGladdery
RRP: £25.00£17.32In this study of the reign of James II of Scotland, the king is viewed in the context of the Stewart monarchy, from his struggles to overcome his early adversity and the legacy of his father's style of kingship, to the serious political crises of his... -
Eddie Hapgood Footballer: From Beyond the Touchline by Lynne Hapgood
RRP: £19.99£14.28Eddie Hapgood, Footballer is the extraordinary story of a young unknown from Bristol who became Arsenal and England captain and a national hero, in the dark days of the 1930s. His impact is so enduring that when the millennium dawned, the public voted... -
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery
RRP: £9.99£6.64The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. 'A genius book about a bookish genius' Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events ... -
More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood by Majka Burhardt
RRP: £20.00£12.86An intense and emotional epistolary memoir by one of the world's top ice climbers, born at the confluence of motherhood, adventure, career, and marriage. As one of the world's leading female professional rock and ice climbers, Burhardt and her husband... -
The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story by Bob Holly 9781770411098
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411098Author Bob HollyFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 483g -
Trouble: A memoir by Marise Gaughan
RRP: £14.99£13.45************'Spit-your-tea-out funny.' -Fern Brady'Raw, brutal and life-affirming' -Sara Pascoe'Addictive, exhilarating and raw' -Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable 'Graphic, explicit, visceral' -Irish Times'Blistering' -Sunday Business... -
The Visitors' Book: In Francis Bacon's Shadow: The Lives of Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller Jon Lys-Turner 9781472121677
RRP: £12.99£8.60Denis Wirth-Miller and Dicky Chopping were a couple at the heart of the mid-twentieth century art world, with the visitors' book of the Essex townhouse they shared from 1945 until 2008 painting them as Zeligs of British society. The names recorded inside... -
The Transferred Life of George Eliot by Philip Davis
RRP: £28.99£21.20Reading George Eliot's work was described by one Victorian critic as 'the feeling of entering the confessional in which she sees and hears all the secrets of human psychology--that roar which lies on the other side of silence'. This new biography of... -
Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon by Charles Casillo
RRP: £14.99£11.17Marilyn Monroe. Her beauty still captivates. Her love life still fascinates. Her story still dominates popular culture. Now, drawing on years of research and dozens of new interviews this biography cuts through decades of lies and secrets and introduces... -
What is Beautiful in the Sky: A book about endings and beginnings Michael Harding 9781473691025
RRP: £8.99£5.45'In these strange days Michael Harding's route taking and wise words gently nudge us towards the future, steadying us as we navigate the great unknowns ahead' Joe Duffy The bestselling new book from acclaimed writer and Irish Times columnist. It's dawn... -
Atisa Dipamkara: The Illuminator of the Awakened Mind by James Apple 9781611806472
RRP: £23.00£14.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806472Author James AppleFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits by Barney Hoskyns 9780571235537
RRP: £14.99£9.80Spanning Tom Waits' extraordinary 40-year career, from Closing Time to Orphans, Lowside of the Road is Barney Hoskyns' unique take on one of rock's great enigmas. Like Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Waits is a chameleonic survivor who's achieved long-term... -
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: £15.99£13.63This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the world wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; beautiful Diana... -
Drink Time! by Dolores Payas 9781909657625
RRP: £8.99£6.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909657625Author Dolores PayasFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd -
The Russian Soul: Selections from a Writer's Diary: 2017 by Fyodor Dostoevsky
RRP: £14.99£12.55A new anthology of Dostoevsky's remarkable work 'A Writer's Diary'. A voluminous and variegated miscellany in which the celebrated author spoke to his readers about issues concerning Russia, it is a work as eerily prescient of global preoccupations in... -
Mean Little Deaf Queer by Terry Galloway 9780807073315
RRP: £18.99£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807073315Author Terry GallowayFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm *... -
Trouble Brewing in the Loire by Tommy Barnes
RRP: £8.99£6.20Burt, the devil dog, has risen from the dead, Gadget the miniature horse has moved into the kitchen and Tommy is thinking about distilling gin, what can possibly go wrong? With Brexit looming, a second baby on the way, and sales of IPA beer plummeting,... -
Letters to Atticus: v. 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£23.39The private correspondence of Rome's most prolific public figure.To his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except perhaps his brother. In Cicero's Letters to Atticus we get an intimate look at his motivations... -
Vivian Maier: A Photographer's Life and Afterlife by Pamela Bannos
RRP: £19.00£14.28Who was Vivian Maier? Many people know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker. They revealed her to be an... -
Based on a True Story by Anthony Holden 9781471154683
RRP: £20.00£12.86From poker to poetry, poisoners to princes, opera to the Oscars, Shakespeare to Olivier, Mozart to Murdoch, Anthony Holden seems to have rolled many writers' lives into one. Author of 40 books on a wide range of subjects, this Lancashire... -
The Price of Fame: The Biography of Dennis Price by Elaine Parker 9781781556894
RRP: £20.00£15.44Charming, erudite, and the very personification of the English gentleman, Dennis Price was without doubt also one of the most promising and talented newcomers to the world of theatre and film in the late 1930s, and he arguably reached his screen best in... -
Rafiq Hariri and the Fate of Lebanon by Marwan Iskandar 9780863563706
RRP: £16.99£11.54On Valentine's Day 2005 self-made billionaire Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister, was assassinated in Beirut by a massive bomb that destroyed his motorcade. The Lebanese people subsequently took to the streets, and the United Nations Security... -
Biographical and Autobiographical Writings by Leon Battista Alberti 9780674292680
RRP: £29.95£23.66A fresh English translation of five Alberti works that illuminate new aspects of the literary aims and development of the first "Renaissance man."Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was one of the most famous figures of the Italian Renaissance. His... -
Broken Heart by David Le Grys 9781035802005
RRP: £6.99£5.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035802005Author David Le GrysFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Ahead of the Game: The Unlikely Rise of a Detroit Kid Who Forever Changed the Esports Industry by Kevin J. Ryan 9781400224500
£19.83Prepare to be inspired by the story of Delane Parnell, the unlikeliest of CEOs now leading a gaming empire at the center of the booming, multibillion-dollar esports industry.Delane Parnell is not your typical tech entrepreneur. He was raised in a... -
The Coral Sea by Patti Smith 9780393341355
RRP: £11.99£8.66Through the linked pieces of The Coral Sea, Patti Smith honors her comrade-in-arms Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). She tells the story of a man on an ocean journey to see the Southern Cross, who is reflecting on his life and fighting the illness that is... -
Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus 9780393064667
RRP: £20.99£18.15After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and everyday violence. To protect himself and those he loved, Andre... -
The Men Who Created Gundam by Hideki Owada
RRP: £18.99£14.01Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Dyslexic Legends Alphabet by Beck Feiner
RRP: £14.99£9.88From Albert Einstein to Agatha Christie, Pablo Picasso to JFK, Dyslexic Legends Alphabet presents an eye-opening and motivational A to Z of legends with dyslexia who have made their inspirational mark on our world. This book is a must- read for any child... -
The Few Who Flew: RAF National Service Pilots 1955-1957 by Michael Naseby
RRP: £20.00£14.06The Few Who Flew is an evocative memoir written by one of the last young men to train as a RAF pilot, gaining his 'Wings' in April 1957 just days before the end of National Service. Michael Morris as he was then (he is now Lord Naseby) was selected to... -
Composed: A Memoir by Rosanne Cash 9780143119395
RRP: £9.99£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119395Author Rosanne CashFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Funeral for a Queen: Twelve Days in London by John Fraser
RRP: £12.99£8.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555903Author John FraserFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer by Richard Holmes
RRP: £9.99£3.51'A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation' Oldie In this kaleidoscope of stories spanning art, science and poetry, award-winning writer Richard Holmes travels across three centuries, through much of Europe... -
Jacked: The unauthorized behind-the-scenes story of Grand Theft Auto by David Kushner
RRP: £12.99£9.16The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most notorious and controversial video games company - Rockstar Games. Jacked is the incredible story behind the phenomenon that changed video games for ever - Grand Theft Auto. Powerful... -
How to Be a Refugee: The gripping true story of how one family hid their Jewish origins to survive the Nazis Simon May 9781529042863
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a Refugee is a... -
Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics by Glenn Jacobs
RRP: £22.99£16.88Even in his heyday in wrestling, Jacobs was inspired to pursue politics by popular libertarian figures such as former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, Republican Senator Rand Paul, Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano and others, and that led him... -
The Unfathomable Ascent: How Hitler Came to Power by Peter Ross Range 9780750995184
RRP: £25.00£18.94The chilling and little-known story of Adolf Hitler's eight-year march to the pinnacle of German politics. On the night of 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler leaned out of a spotlit window of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, bursting with joy. Even to Hitler... -
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
RRP: £16.99£15.11ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL IN NON-FICTION 'This will be read for many, many years to come as a classic not just of the memoir genre but of contemporary... -
Finding God in the Waves: How I lost my faith and found it again through science Mike McHargue 9781473653696
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Through the lens of neuroscience, McHargue makes his case for valuing religion not for its factual explanatory power but rather for its ability to give meaning to human existence . . . For those who fear science will rob them of both God and...