Biography & Autobiography

This is the first full-length biography of Ron Greenwood, West Ham United's most successful trophy-winning manager - a man who was instrumental in the development of 1966 World Cup-winning heroes Moore, Hurst and Peters. Ron lacked the ruthlessness of...

'Lord Sugar is a self-made man and one of Britain's finest business brains. His story so far is inspirational to the end' The Sun'Sugar is unusual among celebrity memoirists in that he's a clever man who has done a lot with his life, and the tale of his...

Sunday Times Bestseller As quintessentially British as a plate of fish and chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian Land Rover Defender has become an iconic part of what it is to be British. ...

From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists to astronauts to some surprising roles in between.From Ada Lovelace in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739276508Author Coleen GreenwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Crear PublishingPublisher Crear Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739617707Author Ray MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint Wigmore HousePublisher Wigmore HouseWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 26mm

You don't have to be born confident. You can learn to be confident. Here's how.Dr Nate Zinsser works with the cream of the US military to prepare them mentally for leadership and for action. He also trains top sportsmen and women to develop the...

This is a story of depression a condition that reduced William Styron from a person enjoying life and success as an acclaimed writer, to a man engulfed and menaced by mental anguish. With profound insight and remarkable candor, Styron tracks the progress...

Colm Toibin's Lady Gregory's Toothbrush is a beautiful insight into the life of outspoken Irishwoman, Augusta Gregory.A remarkable figure in Celtic history, she was married to an MP and land-owner, yet retained an unprecedented independence of both...

Even when I was funny, I wasn't this funny'Augusten Burroughs, author of Running With Scissors Have you ever embarrassed yourself so badly you thought you'd never get over it? Have you ever wished your family could be just like everyone else's? Have you...

'An incredible testament to one man's determination' - The Sunday Herald Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. He tended the Rona lighthouse at the very tip of his little archipelago, until semi-automation in...

A heartbreaking account of a medical miracle: how one woman's cells - taken without her knowledge - have saved countless lives. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a true story of race, class, injustice and exploitation.'No dead woman has done more...

Discover how to embrace your best basic self in this instant New York Times bestselling, laugh-out-loud hilarious, and "refreshing to read" (The Cut) guidebook from the breakout star of Bravo's hit reality show Vanderpump Rules.Millions of Vanderpump...

The best-loved politician and social reformer of nineteenth century England, Lord Shaftesbury's deep compassion for the poor became legendary. He campaigned tirelessly to limit factory hours, to stop the use of boys as chimney sweeps and children in...

Robin Friday was an exceptional footballer who should have played for England. He never did. Robin Friday was a brilliant player who could have played in the top flight. He never did. Why? Because Robin Friday was a man who would not bow down to anyone,...

'As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today are building their own futures in communities around the world.' - Hillary Rodham ClintonThe...

The Sunday Times Bestseller.Finding Hildasay is Christian Lewis's brutal but beautiful true story of survival, walking the coast of Britain - his dog Jet in tow - and finding a different way to live. With a foreword from longtime supporter Ben Fogle...

In what is one of the finest autobiographies to come out of the First World War, the distinguished poet Edmund Blunden records his experiences as an infantry subaltern in France and Flanders. Blunden took part in the disastrous battles of the Somme,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374968Author Patsy McGarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion PressWeight(grams) 600gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 135mm *...

A deeply researched and beautifully illustrated study of saxophone legend John Coltrane's signature album. Written with the full co-operation of the Coltrane family and featuring the voices of musicians, producers and writers of the 1960s, Kahn has also...

'Involving, immersive and unputdownable' - Sunday Times bestselling author Jill MansellI need to tell you a story, ma chere. My story.Rosa Kusstatscher has built a global fashion empire upon her ability to find the perfect outfit for any occasion. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783243198Author Stuart Colin PrebbleFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Wordzworth PublishingPublisher Wordzworth PublishingWeight(grams)...

'Riveting... Everyone should read it' Observer'Nothing short of sudden death will distract you from The Jigsaw Man' Independent'Compelling... Fascinating... Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives' Sunday...

Long considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces, A Very Easy Death is a profoundly affecting, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s final days after she is hospitalized following a fall. Though a devout Catholic, her faith is subsumed by her...

I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of the material world that shaped her.At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and...

THE FIRST AND ONLY AUTOBIOGRAPHY FROM REAL MADRID GALACTICO AND WORLD CUP SUPERSTAR LUKA MODRIC. 'Enthralling.' - Oliver Holt, Mail on Sunday 'Awesome' - Match Magazine 'Solemn, soulful and occasionally romantic' - Alyson Rudd, The Times 'an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593237434Author Warren ZanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Travelling Towards Chekhov: Diaries of an English Actress is the remarkable memoir of Caroline Blakiston, the award-winning English actress best known internationally for her role as Mon Mothma in Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi, as well as roles in...

Bittersweet, A Story of Food and Yemen is a captivating exploration of Yemen's rich culinary heritage. Authored by Bangladeshi photographer, Sayed Asif Mahmud, with contributions from Marta Colburn and Jessica Olney, this visually stunning book takes the...

Love, Nina meets Black Books: a wry and hilarious account of life in Scotland's biggest second-hand bookshop and the band of eccentrics and book-obsessives who work there 'The Diary Of A Bookseller is warm (unlike Bythell's freezing-cold shop) and...

Alan Bennett is the author of Writing Home, The Madness of George III, Talking Heads, The Clothes They Stood Up In and much else besides. Miss Shepherd lived in a Robin Reliant opposite Bennett's house in Camden Town. After a series of attacks on her...

'A great adventure, powerfully told' (Philippa Gregory) A sumptuous tale of passion and danger in the medieval court, Anya Seton's Katherine is an all-time classic.Katherine comes to the court of Edward III at the age of fifteen. The naive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938972126Author Robert TriversFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint PlymptonPublisher PlymptonWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

** A Granta Book of the Year 2023 **'Raises the stakes for the rest of us writers' ISABEL WAIDNER'An important new talent' FIONA SHAW'Curious, queer, whip-smart, hilarious and tender' GAIL MCCONNELLA living exploration of undoing and redoing queer single...

On 1 September 1909, American explorer Frederick Cook caused one of the biggest sensations in exploration history when, after a year with no word from him, news arrived that he had not only survived his Arctic expedition but had become the first person...

NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train station for his brother who never returned. Discover the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141402Author Claude AddasFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 195g

William Morris - poet, designer, campaigner, hero of the Arts & Crafts movement - was a giant of the Victorian age, and his beautiful creations and provocative philosophies are still with us today: but his wife Jane is too often relegated to a footnote,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593234983Author Eric Thomas, PhDFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Rodale BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

'Amazingly detailed and meticulously crafted ... Hitman will stand the test of time as one of the definitive wrestling biographies' Publishers Weekly'Bret Hart still makes me believe that wrestling is good' Hulk Hogan'Packed with drugs, sex, vicious...