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Maus: a Survivor's Tale: No 1 by Art Spiegelman
RRP: £35.00£23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679406419Author Art SpiegelmanFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Pantheon Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm) 240mm... -
The Durrells of Corfu by Michael Haag
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first place - and what happened to them after they left? The... -
The Cure: A Perfect Dream by Ian Gittins
RRP: £25.00£17.98The Cure's story is a fantastical pop fable, but their trajectory has not been one of unbroken success. Along the way, their uneven, uneasy pop odyssey has taken in fierce intra-band tensions and fall-outs, numerous line-up changes and even a bitter... -
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson
RRP: £25.00£18.02Telegraph Book of the YearA Times, Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearOne of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French historyFew images more shocked the French population during... -
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith by Mark E. Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.77The only way to appreciate the legendary Mark E Smith is to encounter the man in his own words.'Ranting, raging, burning...relentlessly splenetic, a long and sustained rant... may also be the funniest music book ever written' - Observer'Unutterably funny... -
The Last Days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA: the Book that Inspired the Dig by John Ashdown-Hill
RRP: £12.99£7.72The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, we discover a new Richard: no passive victim,... -
Broken Blue Line: How Life as Britain's Supercop Broke Me by Alistair Livingstone 9781472144768
RRP: £16.99£3.86'Broken Blue Line is a rollercoaster of a ride depicting the realities of twenty-first-century policing on the front-line. Its well written, honest and informative. Alistair Livingstone put his life on the line, and now he's put his heart on the line... -
Bass Notes: Jazz in American Culture: A Personal View by Chuck Israels 9781493074846
RRP: £30.00£20.95BASS NOTES: REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE IN JAZZ AND JAZZ IN THE LIFE OF OUR CULTUREBook InformationISBN 9781493074846Author Chuck IsraelsFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint BackbeatPublisher Globe Pequot PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 160mm *... -
The Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie
RRP: £12.99£8.60Kate Adie's story is an unusual one. Raised in post-war Sunderland, where life was 'a sunny experience, full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school', she has reported memorably and courageously from many of the world's trouble spots since she joined... -
Elisabeth Elliot: A Life by Lucy S. R. Austen
RRP: £29.99£21.94This biography takes readers on an in-depth journey through the life of Elisabeth Elliot-her marriage to Jim Elliot, her years of international missions work, and her prolific career as a writer and speaker.About the AuthorLucy S. R. Austen (BA,... -
Black Friend: Essays by Ziwe Fumudoh 9781419756344
RRP: £20.00£12.63From a rapidly rising comedy star, a bold, personal, and darkly hilarious takedown and send-up of our culture's (mis)understanding of raceFrom a rapidly rising comedy star, a bold, personal, and darkly hilarious takedown and send-up of our culture's... -
The Anthropocene Reviewed: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller by John Green
RRP: £12.99£9.09A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the... -
Up and Down with the Rolling Stones: My Rollercoaster Ride with Keith Richards by Tony Sanchez 9781843582632
£12.61Tony Sanchez worked for Keith Richards for eight years buying drugs, running errands and orchestrating cheap thrills. He records unforgettable accounts of the Stones' perilous misadventures racing cars along the Cote d'Azur; murder at Altamont; nights... -
The Lord God Made Them All: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet by James Herriot
RRP: £10.99£7.93The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet. While the... -
From A to Biba by Barbara Hulanicki
RRP: £9.99£6.75Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, energetic boutique that grew into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London. The Biba store was to become an icon of hip '60s and '70s London and a hangout for artists, film stars... -
What Fresh Lunacy is This?: The Authorized Biography of Oliver Reed by Robert Sellers
RRP: £12.99£9.00Oliver Reed may not have been Britain's biggest film star - for a period in the early 70s he came within a hairsbreadth of replacing Sean Connery as James Bond - but he is an august member of that small band of people, like George Best and Eric... -
Londongrad: From Russia with Cash;The Inside Story of the Oligarchs by Mark Hollingsworth
RRP: £12.99£8.48The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world's best footballers - and chauffeur-driven Range Rovers with tinted... -
Wait For Me!: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister by Deborah Devonshire
RRP: £12.99£8.60Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents (so memorably fictionalised by her sister Nancy); she... -
Long Way Back by Charley Boorman 9780749579258
RRP: £8.99£5.55February 16, 2016: motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman suffers a major road traffic accident in Portugal, breaking his hand and ankle and shattering his left leg. It's unclear if he'll ever walk properly again, let alone ride a motorbike. Bed-bound in... -
Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom by Alex McBride
RRP: £10.99£7.77NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES.'Terrific, fascinating, very funny' Daily Mail'Hilarious' Sun'Gripping' Literary ReviewHow do we ensure that the guilty are convicted and the innocent walk free?Shortlisted for the Crime Writers Award Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction,... -
Starting Point: 1979-1996 (paperback) by Hayao Miyazaki 9781421561042
RRP: £15.99£11.33A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept sketches and interviews by (and with) Hayao Miyazaki. Arguably the most respected animation director in the world, Miyazaki is the genius behind Howl's Moving Castle, Princess... -
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Immensely powerful and is an extraordinary testament to the human desire for survival' Daily MailA harrowing and inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from internationally bestselling author Dave Pelzer. Brutally beaten and starved by... -
The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology by Tom Shippey
RRP: £10.99£8.43A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien's creativity and the sources... -
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos 9781526165848
RRP: £12.99£9.24In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it... -
In the Wars: From Afghanistan to the UK, a story of conflict, survival and saving lives by Dr Waheed Arian
RRP: £10.99£7.77AS HEARD ON DESERT ISLAND DISCSAS SEEN ON THE CHANGEMAKERS, a Paramount+ docuseries profiling activists fighting for changeA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR'A riveting story of loss, exile, and rebirth.' KHALED HOSSEINI, author of The Kite Runner'One... -
Tour de Force: My history-making Tour de France by Mark Cavendish 9781529149487
RRP: £12.99£9.09'I pulled off my glasses and wiped my eyes. "That was perhaps the last race of my career..."'Deep down, Mark Cavendish thought he was finished. After illness, setbacks and clinical depression, the once fastest man in the world had been written off by... -
You Deserve Good Gelato by Kacie Rose 9780241678770
RRP: £12.99£9.09In her inimitably funny and feel-good way, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly honest take on navigating a new life abroad in You Deserve Good Gelato, covering everything from travel fails and homesickness to the joy of culture shocks and... -
Negative Capability: A Diary of Surviving by Michèle Roberts 9781913207519
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913207519Author Michele RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Sandstone Press LtdPublisher Sandstone Press LtdWeight(grams) 224gDimensions(mm)... -
Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks
RRP: £14.99£9.80Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Despite her cloistered life she had strong, often controversial... -
Live!: Why We Go Out by Robert Elms 9781800182820
RRP: £18.99£12.06'ABC', as perfect as anything I've ever witnessed up until that point in my tiny little life. Three minutes of divine delirium.In 1972, when Robert Elms was thirteen years old, he saw the Jackson 5 play live at the Empire Pool. At some point during the... -
Sky's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: £8.99£5.45When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by troubled parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster... -
Journeyman: One Man's Odyssey Through the Lower Leagues of English Football by Ben Smith 9781849548540
RRP: £12.99£9.09Ben Smith: Professional footballer. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside the vaunted, big-money environs of the Premier League - and this sporting memoir is all the more entertaining... -
Manchester Unspun: How a City Got High on Music by Andy Spinoza 9781526174062
RRP: £12.99£9.24At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban regions in Europe. This book offers a first-hand account of... -
Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII by Gareth Russell
RRP: £16.99£11.47SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017 Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour - secrets were impossible to keep. In this thrilling reappraisal of Henry... -
Rise and Shine, Little Man: Memories of a Seaside Childhood by David Hogarth 9781739323974
RRP: £8.99£6.45This is the story of a young boy growing up in the seaside town of Blackpool. He is the youngest member of a typical loving family of four. The era is the nineteen sixties and despite having a very close bond with his mother, David has quite a job coming... -
To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins
RRP: £14.99£9.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524761400Author Jedidiah JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 252g -
Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy by Ed Gamble 9781787636316
RRP: £20.00£14.69'This book made me laugh and then order an unholy amount of takeaway.' GREG DAVIES'One of my favourite comics has now written an annoyingly great book.' ROMESH RANGANATHAN'Full of belly laughs and full bellies, this book is warm, honest and wonderfully... -
Philip: The Final Portrait - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Gyles Brandreth
RRP: £12.99£8.60____________________________________________________________________________________ THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'It is a beautifully written book about a unique and extraordinary man who was the longest-serving consort to the longest reigning... -
Steve Redgrave - A Golden Age by Nick Townsend
RRP: £14.99£10.95In 2003 the British public voted Sir Steven Redgrave the Golden Sports Personality of the last fifty years. A fitting award for Britain's most successful Olympian ever, who on 23 September 2000 entered the record books as the only athlete ever to have... -
Pepsi & Shirlie - It's All in Black and White: Wham! Life and Friendship by Pepsi Demacque-Crockett
RRP: £20.00£11.82London. Wham! Pop, glitz and glamour. And two girls with stars in their eyes.Our friendship began one windy day in 1982, outside Finsbury Park tube. It was an instant like at first sight. We were on our way to a Wham! rehearsal. Pepsi was the new girl in...