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Miserable Miracle by Henri Michaux
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590170014Author Henri MichauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen
RRP: £8.99£5.92The Sunday Times bestseller full of inspiring tales of life as a shepherdess, by the star of Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm.From bestselling author Amanda Owen come more stories of life at Ravenseat, the remote Yorkshire hill farm she shares with husband... -
A Home From Home: From Immigrant Boy to English Man by George Alagiah
RRP: £11.99£6.99When George Alagiah was dropped off at a Hampshire boarding school as a child back in 1967 he was confronted with an extreme version of the private struggle faced by all immigrants - the battle to leave the past behind and fit into a new culture.His... -
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson 9780141034263
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die.'Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram... -
Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon by Ian Mortimer
RRP: £9.99£6.44You might run for fitness. You might run for speed. But ultimately, running is about much more than the physical act itself. It is about the challenges we face in life, and how we measure up to them. It is about companionship, endurance, ambition, hope,... -
Soul of the Age: The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
RRP: £12.99£9.09Jonathan Bate's Soul of the Age brings us closer than ever to understanding what being Shakespeare was actually like.How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's... -
The Project by David Souden
RRP: £22.00£15.62An official BBC book that celebrates the life of Queen Elizabeth II through photographs, some rarely seen, drawn largely from archives of the BBC.The longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II has been at the centre of British life... -
Jack by Jack Welch
RRP: £10.99£7.40Jack Welch was perhaps the greatest corporate leader of the 20th century. When he first became CEO of General Electric in 1981 the company was worth $12 billion. Twenty years later it is worth a total of $280 billion. But Welch was more than just the... -
The Ambuja Story: How a Group of Ordinary Men Created an Extraordinary Company by Narotam Sekhsaria
£22.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354890338Author Narotam SekhsariaFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperBusinessPublisher HarperCollins India -
Sold: One woman's true account of modern slavery by Zana Musen
RRP: £11.99£8.00Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and her sister discovered that they had been... -
The Life and Visions of Yeshe Tsogyal: The Autobiography of the Great Wisdom Queen by Terton Drime Kunga
RRP: £23.00£14.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611804348Author The Terton Drime KungaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
George Michael: The Life 1963-2016 by Emily Herbert
RRP: £8.99£6.22Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, George Michael was raised in a family of Greek Cypriot immigrants in North London, and dreamed of stardom when he was a little boy. At just twelve years old he met Andrew Ridgeley and the two of them went on to achieve... -
A Bridge Too Far: The true story of the Battle of Arnhem by Cornelius Ryan
RRP: £10.99£7.40Arnhem 1944: the airborne strike for the bridges over the Rhine.The true story of the greatest battle of World War II and the basis of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough.The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramatic battles... -
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell 9780008437015
RRP: £10.99£7.25'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY ... -
The Swimmer: The Wild Life of Roger Deakin by Patrick Barkham
RRP: £20.00£14.69BEST BOOK OF 2023 ACCORDING TO THE NEWSTATESMAN AND OBSERVERThe definitive biography of beloved author, Roger DeakinRoger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of unusually many parts. A born writer who nonetheless took decades... -
White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port by Kate Storey
RRP: £20.00£13.26The intimate, multi-generational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod-the iconic place where they've celebrated, mourned, and forged the closest of bonds-based on more than a hundred in-depth interviews by a... -
Wild Thing: The short, spellbinding life of Jimi Hendrix by Philip Norman
RRP: £12.99£8.60Almost 50 years after his lonely death, Hendrix is the abiding symbol of musical genius cut tragically short. Wild Thing will be the first biography to bring together the splendour and sadness of his brief life, and to attempt to unravel the... -
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
RRP: £10.99£7.25A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New... -
Madness: House of Fun by John Reed 9781783055555
£15.51From the bands roots in north London, through their emergence as part of 2-Tone and onto their late 80s fall and subsequent rise via the Madstock festivals, House of Fun celebrates a very British musical phenomenon.Formed in the heyday of punk, Madness... -
It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood
RRP: £11.99£9.51Nominated for 2023 Eisner Awards in the Best Graphic Memoir and Best Writer/Artist categories Nominated for the 2023 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award Included in Forbes' "The Best Graphic Novels of 2022" list "Thorogood elevates the dark... -
Shout!: The True Story of the Beatles by Philip Norman 9780330487689
RRP: £18.99£14.28The first and best Beatles biography, Norman had close working relationships with each of the Fab Four, having interviewed them many times since 1965 and observed first hand the events that led to the split during 1969-70. The resulting book contained... -
Bedtime Stories: Beautiful Black Tales from the Past by Wendy Shearer 9780702307935
RRP: £14.99£9.76A beautiful, celebratory and joyful book of bedtime stories. Written and illustrated by Black creators, Bedtime Stories showcases a curated collection of tales from Black history, based on important figures and events from around the world. Each story... -
How to be a Girl: A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter by Marlo Mack
RRP: £14.99£9.80** Includes foreword from Susie Green, CEO of charity Mermaids ** Mama, something went wrong in your tummy. And it made me come out as a boy instead of a girl. When Marlo Mack's three year old says these words, she's not surprised - but she's completely... -
Kraftwerk: I Was A Robot by Wolfgang Flur
RRP: £16.99£12.68Wolfgang Flur was a member of Kraftwerk from 1973 to 1987, contributing to albums such as Autobahn (1974), Radioaktivitat (1975), Trans-Europa Express (1977), Die Mensch-Maschine (1978), Computerwelt (1981) and Electric Cafe (1986). He continues to... -
Still Standing: The Savage Years by Paul O'Grady
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Funny, forthright and sharp as a knife . . . O'Grady writes just as he speaks.' Daily MirrorLilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool... -
Serial Killers: The World's Most Evil by Nigel Blundell 9781526781741
RRP: £14.99£10.95On an internationally acknowledged Scale of Evil, these are the worlds worst serial killers. The qualifications for entry to this list of the vilest criminals of all time are a propensity for sadism, torture and murder without a shred of remorse. Using... -
A Stranger in My Own Country: The 1944 Prison Diary by Hans Fallada 9780745669892
RRP: £18.99£12.75"I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses." Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, the German author Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of "inward emigration"... -
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History by Boris Johnson
RRP: £14.99£9.80As the country navigates a national crisis once again, read how Britain's Prime Minister was inspired by Winston Churchill.One man can make all the difference.Now leader of the UK himself, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the... -
Wild Atlantic Women: Walking Ireland's West Coast by Gráinne Lyons 9781848409286
RRP: £10.99£7.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848409286Author Grainne LyonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint New Island BooksPublisher New Island BooksWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky
RRP: £14.95£8.52This is the story of Sasha Abramsky's grandparents, Chimen and Miriam Abramsky, and of their unique home at 5 Hillway, around the corner from Hampstead Heath. In their semi-detached house, so deceptively ordinary from the outside, the Abramskys created... -
Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton 9781789294231
RRP: £9.99£6.85From the internationally renowned bestselling author of Diana: Her True Story and Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, comes the sensational and captivating biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret.They were the closest of sisters and the best of... -
What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald 9780063357563
RRP: £25.00£16.83A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award–nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul... -
Think Like An Engineer: Inside the Minds that are Changing our Lives by Guru Madhavan
RRP: £10.99£7.00Discover the secrets of the minds that built our world - and how they might teach us to think differently and innovate better. 'Smart, insightful, and fascinating.' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Dubai's Burj Khalifa... -
Essex Boys: A Terrifying Expose Of The British Drugs Scene by Bernard O'Mahoney
RRP: £9.99£7.11ESSEX BOYS is the brand new edition of the shocking bestseller known as SO THIS IS ECSTASY?. It is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90's whose reign of terror was finally terminated when the three... -
Edward the Confessor: King of England by Peter Rex
RRP: £12.99£9.09Edward the Confessor was the son of King Aethelred the Unready of the House of Wessex. The family was exiled to Normandy when the Danish invaded England in 1013 but, with the nation in crisis on the death of King Harthacnut twenty-nine years later,... -
The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump by Bob Woodward
RRP: £8.99£5.82"An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected, non-partisan journalists in the world" -Jake Tapper, CNN"It was riveting. I couldn't get enough of it." -Gayle King, CBS MorningsThe Trump Tapes explodes with the exclusive, inside story of... -
The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler by David Roll 9780199891955
RRP: £27.99£21.61Franklin Roosevelt's friend and advisor Harry Hopkins, an Iowan social worker who became the president's political "point man" during World War II, was one of the most improbable and important political operators of the twentieth century. Having gained... -
The Thirties: An Intimate History of Britain by Juliet Gardiner
RRP: £18.99£14.01As 'Wartime' did for the 1940s, this book will grasp the broad spectrum of events in the 1930s in the words of contemporary witnesses drawn from metropolitan and provincial letters and diaries, newspapers, periodicals, books and the range of rich... -
The Book of Queer Prophets: 24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion by Ruth Hunt
RRP: £8.99£6.02'A fascinating and thoughtful exploration of faith in the modern world. If you're wondering why it matters and how to make sense of it, read on.' Clare Balding Is it possible to believe in God and be gay? How does it... -
A River Runs Through Me: A Life of Salmon Fishing in Scotland by Andrew Douglas-Home
RRP: £9.99£6.85'It is a love letter not just to the river, but to the rhythms of family life by its banks. Warm, witty, and in parts, deeply moving' SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL An evocative account of one man's life spent fishing on arguably the world's best salmon river:...