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Managing Expectations: a dazzling, tell-most memoir by Minnie Driver
RRP: £20.00£13.65'A beautiful book: funny, honest, revealing, heartfelt and moving' - Adam Kay, bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt''Vital, heartfelt and surprising, these tales from a life are told with humour, style and intelligence.' - Graham Norton'A... -
I Will Write To Avenge My People - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: The Nobel Lecture by Annie Ernaux 9781804270707
RRP: £6.99£4.84'I will write to avenge my people.' It was as a young woman that Annie Ernaux first wrote these words in her diary, giving a name to her purpose in life as a writer. She returns to them in her stirring defence of literature and of political writing in... -
Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist: Art, Politics, and the French Revolution by Warren Roberts 9780807843505
RRP: £55.00£50.29The lifetime of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) coincides with the most tumultuous period in the history of France and much of the Western world. And David's life was closely bound up with the changes that were taking place in French politics, society,... -
The Tales and Tails of a Yorkshire Vet: All in a Day's Work by Peter Wright
RRP: £20.00£12.63"My mentor and former boss Alf Wight said that the life of a vet is never dull and how true he was. It is funny looking back that he found fame through his James Herriot books, and now his former surgery and myself have been taken to the nation's heart... -
The Dreamer: An Autobiography by Cliff Richard
RRP: £20.00£6.81SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREarly evening on Saturday 13th September, 1958, Cliff Richard and The Drifters appeared on ITV's pop show Oh Boy!, electrifying living rooms across the nation with their now legendary performance of 'Move It'. Overnight, the... -
What's So Special About Shakespeare? by Michael Rosen
RRP: £6.99£5.00An engaging, easy-to-use and informative biography of Shakespeare with humorous illustrations.So what was it like to live in Shakespeare's time? What do we actually know about him? And how does someone become that famous? These are just a few of the... -
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground by Matthieu Aikins
RRP: £12.99£8.56In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the smuggler's road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future. In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named... -
One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey by Richard Louis Proenneke 9781513261805
RRP: £25.99£20.71Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of when Dick Proenneke first broke ground and made his mark in the Alaskan wilds in 1968, this bestselling memoir features an all-new foreword by Nick Offerman plus color... -
I Can't Stay Long by Laurie Lee
RRP: £9.99£7.11'They are memorials to times and countries whose best is probably past and gone . . . I was lucky to have known them when I did, before darkness began to fall from the air.'When Laurie Lee first left his country village aged nineteen, he discovered a... -
Che Guevara by Jon Lee Anderson
RRP: £22.00£16.62With unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's personal diaries, this biography of one of history's most... -
There is No Map in Hell: The record-breaking run across the Lake District fells by Steve Birkinshaw 9781910240946
RRP: £12.99£9.26In 1986, the legendary fell runner Joss Naylor completed a continuous circuit of all 214 Wainwright fells in the Lake District, covering a staggering distance of over 300 miles - plus many thousands of metres of ascent - in only seven days and one hour... -
Napoleon: A Concise Biography by Mr David Bell
RRP: £14.99£10.95This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while situating him firmly in historical context. David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human... -
The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton by The Secret Cyclist
RRP: £14.99£10.95He's ridden for World Tour teams for ten years. He's achieved top ten finishes in Grand Tours. But who is The Secret Cyclist and why all the secrecy?"Every public aspect of our lives is so tightly controlled that being truly honest is all but impossible... -
Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley
RRP: £10.99£7.77She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous... -
City of the Beast: The London of Aleister Crowley by Phil Baker
RRP: £21.00£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689322Author Phil BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Sabine’s War: One woman. Three concentration camps. A remarkable true story of survival. by Eva Taylor
RRP: £9.99£6.64An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery 'A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.' Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz ... -
Conundrum by Jan Morris
RRP: £10.99£7.32As one of Britain's best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. Perhaps her most remarkable work is this grippingly honest account of her ten-year transition from man to woman - its pains and joys, its frustrations and... -
A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion by Tom Segev
RRP: £14.99£11.35The definitive biography of Israel's founder by one of Israel's most celebrated historians. As the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion long ago secured his reputation as a leading figure of the twentieth century. Determined from an early age to create... -
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
RRP: £10.99£7.40Dian Fossey's classic account of four gorilla families - one of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural worldFor thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle Bert, Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the... -
Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII by Jane Marguerite Tippett 9781399723930
RRP: £25.00£16.78''An astonishing account...' --- The Daily Mail '... an extraordinary new portrait of the former King, his recollections and feelings'. --- The Telegraph'Tippett has made a remarkable archival discovery...the most consequential book to appear on Edward... -
The Secret History of the Mongols by Christopher P. Atwood
RRP: £12.99£9.09A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan'Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders'Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships,... -
The Wilderness Family by Kobie Kruger 9780553813340
RRP: £15.99£11.61When Kobie Kruger, her game-ranger husband and their three young daughters moved to one of the most isolated corners of the world - a remote ranger station in the Mahlangeni region of South Africa's vast Kruger National Park - she might have worried that... -
Souvenir by Michael Bracewell
RRP: £14.99£9.80'The best evocation I've read of London in the '80s' Neil Tennant'I loved Souvenir . . . it rescued some things for me - a certain aesthetic, a philosophical engagement with time and poignant beauty and lived history that I have found myself looking for,... -
Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall
RRP: £25.00£17.31When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate and divided mujahideen groups, as interested in fighting each other and competing for Western arms as opposing the Russians. The exception was Ahmed Shah Massoud, the... -
6000 Days by Jim McCann
RRP: £13.00£11.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783939483588Author Jim McCannFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Elsinor Verlag e.K.Publisher Elsinor Verlag e.K.Weight(grams) 372g -
The Book of Margery Kempe by Anthony Bale
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Alas that I ever did sin! It is so merry in Heaven!' The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1436-8) is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the English language, Kempe's Book... -
The Illustrated Letters of the Brontes: The letters, diaries and writings of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte by Juliet Gardiner
RRP: £17.95£13.00The story both of the real world of the Brontes at Haworth Parsonage, their home on the edge of the lonely Yorkshire moors, and of the imaginary worlds they spun for themselves in their novels and poetry. Wherever possible, their story is told using... -
Everything/Nothing/Someone by Alice Carrière 9781805462439
RRP: £14.99£9.80*GIRL, INTERRUPTED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY* *A JENNETTE MCCURDY BOOKCLUB PICK*'The story is extraordinary, but more importantly, the storytelling is exceptional... If you read one memoir this year, make it this one.' - PANDORA SYKES'An impressive feat of... -
Period by Emma Barnett
RRP: £9.99£5.82'Terrific and timely' Elizabeth Day 'Stories that will make you cringe, weep and laugh out loud' Scarlett Curtis 'Brilliant, informative... -
F2 World of Football: How to Play Like a Pro (Skills Book 1) by F2 Freestylers
RRP: £16.99£12.16'The F2 are unbelievable - what they do is not possible!' - Pele We're The F2 and this is our World of Football. Inside we give away the biggest secrets of the greatest footballers on the planet. Want tricks like Neymar? Or to hit free-kicks like... -
Valentino Rossi: All His Races by Mat Oxley 9781910505212
RRP: £50.00£36.82Valentino Rossi's announcement of retirement brings down the curtain on an incredible career in the MotoGP motorcycle world championships. With his nine titles, including seven in the premier class, he is widely regarded as the greatest motorcycle racer... -
Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World by Jan Karski
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Stands in the absolute first rank of books about the resistance in World War II. If you wish to read about a man more courageous and honourable than Jan Karski, I would have no idea who to recommend' Alan Furst It is 1939. Jan Karski, a... -
Der Kapitan: U-Boat Ace Hans Rose by Markus Robinson
RRP: £20.00£13.74Hans Rose was one of Germany's most successful WWI U-boat aces, and her most successful ace during the convoy period when attacks by U-boats were most difficult and dangerous. Acknowledging his chivalry, Admiral Sims USN declared 'Allied naval officers... -
Front Row: Anna Wintour by Jerry Oppenheimer 9780312323110
£11.66Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Music in the Castle of Heaven: A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach by John Eliot Gardiner
RRP: £18.99£13.61Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate?In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner... -
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember - the New York Times bestseller from the Gilmore Girls star by Lauren Graham 9780349017655
RRP: £10.99£7.40A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER from the beloved star of Gilmore Girls 'Insightful, honest, funny, and moving' BUZZFEED 'Candid, genuine and as per usual hilarious ... A treat' GLAMOUR'Graham is fast and furiously funny' E! ONLINELauren Graham has graced... -
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
RRP: £9.99£6.52An irresistible collection of essays and memoir from the internationally bestselling, Women's Prize-winning author of The Dutch House 'Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life,... -
American Mother: The true story of a troubled family, motherhood, and the cyanide poisonings that shook the world by Gregg Olsen
RRP: £8.99£6.20From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the absolutely unputdownable and chilling true-crime story of Stella Nickell-a mother and wife who did the unthinkable... and the unforgivable.At 5.02 pm on June 5, 1986, an emergency... -
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis
RRP: £21.00£14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812996838Author Jim MattisFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc -
Moon Man: The True Story of a Filmmaker on the CIA Hit List by Bart Sibrel 9781513686561
RRP: £19.99£16.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513686561Author Bart SibrelFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Movement PublishingPublisher Movement PublishingWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...