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Confessions of a Funeral Director: How Death Saved My Life by Caleb Wilde
£12.97"I tremble to say there's good in death, because I've looked in the eyes of the grieving mother and I've seen the heartbreak of the stricken widow, but I've also seen something more in death, something good. Death's hands aren't all bony and cold."-from... -
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison by Jordan Belfort
RRP: £10.99£7.40Read what happened next in the follow-up to the bestselling The Wolf of Wall Street, now a major motion picture directed by MARTIN SCORSESE, starring LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, JONAH HILL, JEAN DUJARDIN, KYLE CHANDLER and JOANNA LUMLEY... -
The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman
RRP: £9.99£6.80The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film.'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout... -
Ariana: The Biography by Danny White
RRP: £7.99£5.79Ariana Grande captured the hearts of a nation with her One Love Manchester concert. Less than a fortnight after a terrorist killed twenty-two people at her Manchester show, the petite princess stood tall at her tribute concert that united and healed a... -
We Should All Be Mirandas: Life Lessons from Sex and the City's Most Underrated Character by Chelsea Fairless 9781529355314
RRP: £16.99£12.43When Sex and the City premiered, many were hesitant to identify as the Miranda of their social circle - after all, sarcasm, workaholism, and dubious fashion choices are rarely considered aspirational. However, in the two-plus decades since her television... -
Women in Jazz: The Women, The Legends & Their Fight by Sammy Stein 9781926716558
RRP: £27.00£24.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926716558Author Sammy SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint 8th House PublishingPublisher 8th House PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate 9781529075724
RRP: £9.99£6.87'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.' - Greta ThunbergNo matter your age, location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist... -
Maidens' Trip by Emma Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.09______________ 'Wonderfully written, humorous and humane, and beautifully evocative of the time' - Independent Summer Reads 'Smith's writing exudes wisdom and humour, and her descriptions ... are vividly drawn' - Times Literary Supplement 'Hope... -
Wine and War by Don Kladstrup
RRP: £12.99£8.60In the vineyards, wine caves, and cellars of France as war and occupation came to the country winemakers acted heroically not only to save the best wines but to defend their way of life. These are the true stories of vignerons who sheltered Jewish... -
Letters to the Midwife: Correspondence with Jennifer Worth, the Author of Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
RRP: £10.99£7.40Letters to the Midwife is a wonderful collection of correspondence received by Jennifer Worth, offering a fascinating glimpse into a long-lost world.Along with readers' responses and personal histories, it is filled with all sorts of heart-warming gems... -
The Mavericks: English Football When Flair Wore Flares by Rob Steen
RRP: £12.99£9.09ONE OF FOUR FOUR TWO MAGAZINE'S '50 FOOTBALL BOOKS YOU MUST READ' 'A great book' - Henry Winter 'A lovely read, the kind in which you constantly annoy people by reading the funny bits out loud' - Irish Post ---- First published 25 years ago,... -
Dark Luminosity: Memoirs of a Geezer, the expanded edition by Jah Wobble 9780571375356
RRP: £12.99£8.56Written in his own unmistakable voice, this is the frank and fascinating memoir by arguably the greatest bass player of his generation. Beginning with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War, Jah Wobble takes us on a journey... -
The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski 9781862079595
RRP: £9.99£6.70In 1964 Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent, and for the next ten years he was 'responsible' for fifty countries. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice... -
The Parkhurst Years: My Time Locked Up with Britain's Most Notorious Criminals by Bobby Cummines
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The next stage meant that there was no going back. An Irish prisoner stepped forward and slipped a blade into my hand. I felt the ice cold metal and pressed it against the governor's cheek. I thought to myself: would they ever release me after... -
The Song of the Whole Wide World: On Grief, Motherhood and Poetry by Tamarin Norwood 9781911648734
RRP: £9.99£6.80An extraordinary memoir of anticipatory grief, seventy-two minutes of life and a silent maternity leave, from artist and academic Tamarin Norwood. A few months into pregnancy, Tamarin Norwood learned that the baby she was carrying would not live. Over... -
Marie Antoinette by Lady Antonia Fraser
RRP: £16.99£11.54'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here ... Fascinating' GUARDIAN'Beautifully paced, impeccably written ... Don't miss it' INDEPENDENT'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate' SUNDAY TIMES 'Superbly researched ... the... -
Life and Early Travels by Cyriac of Ancona
£31.06Cyriac of Ancona (1391-1452) was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and for that reason is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. This volume contains a life of Cyriac to the year 1435 by his... -
Feherty: The Remarkably Funny and Tragic Journey of Golf's David Feherty by John Feinstein
RRP: £25.00£16.38The definitive biography of enigmatic golfer, commentator, and performer David Feherty-one of the most universally beloved figures in the game.John Feinstein, who has spent four decades finding intriguing sports characters and narratives and turning them... -
The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD by Fergal Keane
RRP: £10.99£7.25An Irish Times book of the year 2022 A powerful, probing book about PTSD. As a journalist Keane has covered conflict and brutality across the world for more than thirty years, from Rwanda,... -
Stranger Than Kindness by Nick Cave
RRP: £40.00£28.28A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave.This highly collectable book invites the reader into the innermost core of the creative process... -
Traitor King: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Exile by Andrew Lownie
RRP: £25.00£17.19THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Daily Mail Royal Book of the Year, 2021'Darkly compelling...hundreds of eye-popping details...Gripping ... damning portrait of the Windsors' Daily Mail 'Book of the Week''Briskly written and compulsively readable...' - A.N... -
Tanqueray by Brandon Stanton
RRP: £25.00£14.87Reeling from a brutal childhood, immersed in a world of go-go dancers and hustlers, dirty cops and gangsters, Stephanie Johnson was determined to become the fiercest thing the city had ever seen. And she succeeded. This is her story.The storytelling... -
In My Life, So Far... by Georgiana Steele-Waller 9780615145853
RRP: £11.86£10.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615145853Author Georgiana Steele-WallerFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Georgiana Steele-WallerPublisher Georgiana Steele-WallerWeight(grams) 248g -
My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding
RRP: £10.99£7.77My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years.'Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a... -
Into the Night: A Year with the Police by Matt Lloyd-Rose 9781035004287
RRP: £10.99£7.51As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.'Told with the verve and immediacy of a novel' - Iain SinclairA vividly told yet reflective account of a year as a volunteer police officer, examining the nature of policing, its impact on those who are policed... -
34 Years in Hell: My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons by Jamie Morgan Kane
RRP: £8.99£6.45In July 1983, James Morgan Kane returned home in the evening to find a corpse in his living room.Fearing that he would be held responsible, and sensing that his wife was somehow involved, he wanted to do all he could to protect his young family.Jamie... -
Cliff Richard & the Shadows: A Rock & Roll Memoir by Royston Ellis
RRP: £14.00£8.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956683472Author Royston EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Tomahawk PressPublisher Tomahawk PressWeight(grams) 500g -
GBP3 Million In 3 Weeks - The Squirrel Syndicate - A Gambler's Tale by Richard Brocklebank
RRP: £19.99£15.65This immensely readable and highly entertaining book, 'GBP3 Million In 3 Weeks - The Squirrel Syndicate - A Gambler's Tale', is a fun-filled romp through the stunning successes of a syndicate of gambling pals. Fast-paced, and filled with handy hints that... -
Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne by Susan Ottaway 9780007493050
RRP: £10.99£8.29Two sisters. Two special agents. One War. Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice is the incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, two sisters who risked everything to fight for our freedom during the Second World... -
Don McCullin: The New Definitive Edition by Don McCullin 9781910702017
RRP: £50.00£38.12The updated retrospective published for McCullin's 80th birthday. Contains 40 new unpublished photographs and a new introduction - the definitive edition.McCullin's reputation has long been established as one of the greatest photographers of conflict in... -
A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story. by Cathy Glass
RRP: £9.99£4.54Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek and Cathy becomes... -
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon
RRP: £10.99£8.17***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4***NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER'A gripping account of the heartbreaks and triumphs of two of history's most formidable female intellectuals, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Gordon has reunited mother and... -
I Spy: My Life in MI5 by Tom Marcus
RRP: £10.99£7.77The explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes you on a non-stop, adrenalin-fuelled ride as he hunts down those who would do our country harm.'The brutal truth about the war against terror. Fast-paced and gripping.' - Ant Middleton,... -
If Only They Could Talk: The Classic Memoir of a 1930s Vet by James Herriot
RRP: £10.99£7.93'I grew up reading James Herriot's book and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then.' - Kate Humble Fresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an... -
The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £11.99£8.431961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iron Curtain comes down and traps them in the East forever. This gripping story of real-life espionage... -
Thunder: Giving the Game Away by Joel McIver 9781785581373
RRP: £18.99£14.72One of Britain's most popular and enduring rock bands over thelast 25 years, with 18 Top 40 singles in the UK and a string of goldand platinum albums around the world, Thunder have opened up theirarchives for the first time for this lavish visual, oral... -
Process: Finding my way through by Lucy Spraggan
RRP: £20.00£14.05The chart-topping singer/songwriter's powerful story, told for the first time, in her own words.The must-read memoir from a musician who has seen the darkest side of fameAbout the AuthorLucy Spraggan shot to fame on the 2012 series of X Factor. Since... -
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster 9780008599171
RRP: £22.00£14.71'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON 'An elegant... -
Christmas Around the Village Green: In a WWII 1940s rural village, family means the world at Christmastime by Dot May Dunn
RRP: £9.99£6.80Dot May Dunn grew up in Derbyshire, the daughter of a miner, during the wartime years. In 1951 she joined the NHS as an early recruit and went on to train as a nurse. Dot's books are full of wonderful anecdotal insight into the life that she has... -
My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin
RRP: £10.99£7.77A silent comedy star whose legendary slapstick routines are recognisable to this day, Charles 'Charlie' Chaplin's My Autobiography is an incomparably vivid account of the life of one of the greatest filmmakers and comedians, with an introduction by David...