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The Covent Garden Ladies: the book that inspired BBC2’s ‘Harlots’ by Hallie Rubenhold
RRP: $21.43$15.15***By the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE***'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Rubenhold's pages practically reek with smelly, pox-ridden Georgian Soho'... -
The Explorer and the Journalist: Frederick Cook, Philip Gibbs and the Scandal that Shocked the World by Richard Evans
RRP: $39.00$29.33On 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... -
Darkness Visible by William Styron
RRP: $19.48$13.86This 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... -
The Five Giants [New Edition]: A Biography of the Welfare State by Nicholas Timmins
RRP: $38.98$28.63A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR The award-winning history of the British Welfare State -now fully revised and updated for the 21st... -
Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth by Keiron Pim 9781783785117
RRP: $25.33$16.69The acclaimed first English-language biography of the great European novelist and journalist, Joseph Roth, author of The Radetzky March, a writer who captured life in Europe between the wars like no other. The mercurial, self-mythologising novelist... -
William Blake vs the World by John Higgs
RRP: $21.43$14.43'Fascinating' The Times'Blakeian in its singularity' New Statesman'A wonderful adventure' Irish Times'Rich, complex and original' Tom Holland'A crisp, ambitious and thoroughly contemporary introduction' Times Literary SupplementPoet, artist, visionary... -
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music Various 9781474621496
RRP: $19.48$13.26This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable, Leslie Jamison, Liz Pelly, Maggie Nelson, Margo Jefferson, Megan Jasper,... -
Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin 9780393935615
$25.99Written during the most eventful years of Benjamin Franklin's life (1771-90), the Autobiography is one of the most influential memoirs in history. This newly edited Norton Critical Edition includes an introduction that explains the history of the... -
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman 9780451467096
RRP: $33.13$22.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451467096Author Nick OffermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 269g -
Psychedelic Suburbia: David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab by Mary Finnigan 9780986377020
RRP: $29.15$21.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986377020Author Mary FinniganFormat PaperbackPage Count 201Imprint Jorvik PressPublisher Jorvik PressWeight(grams) 280g -
A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World by González Macías 9781529087147
RRP: $39.00$27.71A beautifully illustrated selection of stories about the lighthouses and their guardians found in some of the most remote places on earth.A Financial Times Travel Book of the Year 2023'Illuminating' - The ObserverThere is something beautiful and wild in... -
A Likely Lad by Peter Doherty 9781408715451
RRP: $21.43$14.43Peter Doherty's is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - bad boy and public enemy. To his devoted fans, he is a cult hero, a modern-day Rimbaud. Musically, he has defined the past twenty years of indie rock with his sound, lyrics, lifestyle and... -
Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson
RRP: $21.43$14.43CITYBOY is Geraint Anderson's bestselling expose of life in the City of London.In this no-holds-barred, warts-and-all account of life in London's financial heartland, Cityboy breaks the Square Mile's code of silence, revealing tricks of the trade and the... -
The Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare by Jeff Farrell
RRP: $23.38$16.44'It won't happen to me. That's what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did - I got caught.'Caught smuggling half a million euros' worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted by Venezuelan anti-drugs officers before being... -
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
RRP: $19.48$13.26The Sayles might not have been the only Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool, but Alexei knew from an early age that they were one of the more eccentric. Born on the day egg rationing came to an end, Alexei was the only child of Joe, an affable... -
The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart
RRP: $19.48$13.36The Good Life goes on at El Valero. Find yourself laughing out loud as Chris is instructed by his daughter on local teenage mores; bluffs his way in art history to millionaire Bostonians; is rescued off a snowy peak by the Guardia Civil; and joins an... -
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
RRP: $19.48$13.86Enjoy this special edition hardback of one of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written. Go with Peter Matthiessen all the way to Dolpo, a Tibetan plateau in the high Himalayas. ... -
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny by Ai Weiwei
RRP: $21.43$13.88A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION.Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet... -
SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard: 3: Volume 3 R-W by Max Williams 9781781556382
RRP: $87.75$67.06Volume 3, officers with surnames R to W. In the turbulent times of the post-World War One era, new political parties emerged frequently in Germany, many with opposing extremist policies. The Communist movement grew out of the Socialist working classes... -
The Language of War by Oleksandr Mykhed 9780241690840
RRP: $37.03$26.54When everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterday’s words suffice?‘We were so happy and didn’t know it…’A thirty-three-year-old writer lives in a quiet European suburb with his wife and his dog. His parents have bought an apartment... -
Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin and Beyond: The Story of Rock's Greatest Manager Mark Blake 9781472126900
RRP: $25.33$16.77A SUNDAY TIMES POP BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY MAIL MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR ('Of the many Led Zeppelin biographies marking the band's 50th anniversary, this is the most... -
The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion by Eliot Brown
RRP: $21.43$14.14'An amazing portrait of how grifters came to be called visionaries and high finance lost its mind.' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit The definitive inside story of WeWork, its... -
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs 9781399610353
RRP: $44.85$30.36'The best non-fiction book I've ever read. It's magical. Stunning' Dan Schreiber, No Such Thing As a Fish'A pop biography for people who don't read pop biographies' Dorian Lynskey, Guardian'Brilliant, discursive and wise' Ben Goldacre'Utterly... -
The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone
RRP: $37.03$25.21THE TIMES #1 BESTSELLERTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Vogue's Best Books to Read in 2021One of O Magazine's 55 Most Anticipated Books of 2021One of Marie Claire's 25 Best 2021 Memoirs to Pre-Order Now'Electrifying.' The Sunday Times'A... -
Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor by Frank McLynn
RRP: $33.13$23.95Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death. A philosopher as well as an emperor, his was an extraordinary reign. He proved himself a great leader, protecting the Empire from... -
Grit, Rigour & Humour: The INEOS Story by Sir Jim Ratcliffe 9780857505224
RRP: $48.75$35.14'Manual for success' The AthleticWith an opening chapter by Sir Jim RatcliffeTo mark the 25th Anniversary of the founding of INEOS in 1998, seven leading specialist authors explore the main strands of INEOS's business, including its core chemical... -
Writings From Prison: Bobby Sands by Bobby Sands
RRP: $25.33$22.64In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and... -
Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
RRP: $29.23$18.58A lucid, gripping account of the human side of one of the bloodiest chapters of British history. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton,... -
100 Novels That Changed the World by Colin Salter 9780008599089
RRP: $42.90$28.43A look at 100 inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories... -
Skating To Antarctica Jenny Diski 9781844081516
RRP: $21.43$14.43'I was so absorbed by her writing it was unreal . . . I find myself hungry to find the next morsel of who Jenny was and what her life was like' EMILIA CLARKE (on Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?) This strange and brilliant book recounts Jenny... -
A Prison Diary Volume I: Hell by Jeffrey Archer 9781509808878
RRP: $21.43$15.15Hell is the haunting first volume in Jeffrey Archer's The Prison Diaries, the author's daily record of the time he spent there.'The sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a glorious summer day. I've been incarcerated in a cell five... -
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes 9781805460114
RRP: $21.43$13.88Ultramarathon Man is the story of where it all began for Dean Karnazes: the mind-boggling adventures of his nonstop treks through the shoe-melting inferno of Death Valley, the lung-freezing ferocity of the South Pole, and the awe-inspiring beauty of the... -
Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future by John Willis 9781950508839
RRP: $38.98$26.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950508839Author John WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint IT Revolution PressPublisher IT Revolution Press -
The Daphne Du Maurier Companion Daphne Du Maurier 9781844082353
RRP: $25.33$16.77'A marvellous celebration of du Maurier's life, work and cultural legacy' SARAH WATERS 'She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense' GUARDIAN 'One of the last century's most original literary talents ' DAILY TELEGRAPH Daphne du... -
The Tidal Year: shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023 by Freya Bromley 9781399709705
RRP: $21.43$14.43'A beautiful, brilliantly written book on grief, self-discovery and swimming' EMMA GANNON'Immersive and compelling' CATHY RENTZENBRINK*SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023*In a bid to fill the empty space left by her brother's death, Freya sets out... -
138: Game, Shot and the Match by Keith Deller 9781785317873
RRP: $38.98$27.85In 1983, an unknown 23-year-old from Suffolk called Keith Deller took the darts world by storm, defying the odds and sporting conventions to become a most unlikely world champion. Deller was the diametric opposite of the beer-swigging, chain-smoking,... -
Hollywood Hellraisers: The Wild Lives and Fast Times of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson Robert Sellers 9781848091245
RRP: $31.18$22.64'I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the ass.' Marlon Brando'I should have been dead ten times over. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm... -
Simon de Montfort and the Rise of the English Nation by Darren Baker
RRP: $19.48$12.95Like his crusading father before him, Simon de Montfort's combination of charisma and fearlessness made him one of the greatest men of his age. This biography follows his life from his birth in France and arrival in England to his defeat and death at... -
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli
RRP: $19.48$13.86When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Hungarian Jew and a medical doctor, Dr. Miklos Nyiszli was spared from death for a grimmer fate: to perform "scientific research" on his fellow... -
Thomas Cromwell: The untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant Tracy Borman 9781444782882
RRP: $25.33$16.77**Revised edition includes a new chapter on 'Thomas Cromwell's London'**'This deeply researched and grippingly written biography brings Cromwell to life and exposes the Henrician court in all its brutal, glittering splendour.' Kate Williams,...