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The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards Jessica Waite 9781668044858
RRP: £20.00£18.58A widow’s life is turned upside down when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical, witty, and deeply moving memoir of tragedy and betrayal.In the midst of mourning her husband’s sudden death, writer Jessica Waite discovered shocking... -
Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII Jane Marguerite Tippett 9781399723978
RRP: £12.99£8.60'ASTONISHING' THE DAILY MAIL 'STRIKING' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'RADICAL' TATLER Described by The Telegraph as 'Edward's truth' Once a King is the never before seen and unfiltered story of King Edward VIII, the original royal renegade, who abdicated his throne... -
Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education Stephanie Land 9781982151409
£12.73NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A New York Times Most Anticipated Books of Fall From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a... -
Hazard Spectrum: To The Limit — And Beyond With Britain’s Top Test Pilot Nathan Gray 9781035402540
£14.87'Nerve-shattering, enlightening and deeply moving' - JOHN NICHOL'A powerful and compelling read' - ROWLAND WHITEOn 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. His instructor,... -
Simone Biles: Volume 103 Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara 9780711285781
RRP: £9.99£6.33Learn about the inspiring life of Simone Biles, the mental-health advocate and record-breaking athlete.Growing up in foster care, Simone's gymnastics training was an anchor in her life. She first tried out the sport after visiting her local gym on a... -
My Family: The Memoir David Baddiel 9780008487607
RRP: £22.00£14.31'Genuinely one of the funniest books I have ever read. I wept with laughter' HADLEY FREEMAN 'Laugh out loud funny … The read of the summer' NICOLA JEAL, THE SUNDAY TIMES A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes... -
Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir Shoji Morimoto 9781035012824
RRP: £10.99£7.51Need a rental person who does nothing?Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. After an old boss told him that he contributed nothing and that it made no difference whether he showed up to work or not, he wondered... -
The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos Mark Chiusano 9781668043684
£13.40From the dogged Long Island reporter who has been on his trail since 2019, the bizarre, page-turning, and frankly hysterical story of America’s most outrageous grifter—former US Representative George Santos.America is used to larger-than-life... -
A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss Jill Halfpenny 9781035037582
RRP: £22.00£15.10Heartfelt and honest, A Life Reimagined is a touching memoir of love, loss and life after tragedy from beloved actress Jill Halfpenny.When Jill was four, her father died. He went to play his weekly game of five-a-side football, had a heart attack and... -
Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum Daniel Tammet 9781800811119
RRP: £20.00£14.29A Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience of autism. A quirky boy growing up in 1950s Ottawa sows the seeds of his future Hollywood stardom. In the US, a non-verbal man explores body language,... -
I Talk about It All the Time Camara Lundestad Joof 9780299348540
RRP: £18.95£13.65In this biting, lyrical memoir, Camara Lundestad Joof, born in BodØ to Norwegian and Gambian parents, shares her experiences as a queer Black Norwegian woman. Joof’s daily encounters belie the myth of a colorblind contemporary Scandinavia. She wrestles... -
Madoff: The Final Word Richard Behar 9781476726892
RRP: £25.00£16.24Fifteen years after Bernie Madoff’s arrest, renowned investigative journalist Richard Behar delivers the definitive account of history’s largest—and longest-running—financial fraud.Some $68 billion evaporated during Bernie Madoff’s epic confidence game... -
Political Hell-Raiser: The Life and Times of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana Marc C. Johnson 9780806194868
RRP: £21.95£16.36Burton K. Wheeler (1882–1975) may have been the most powerful politician Montana ever produced, and he was one of the most influential—and controversial—members of the United States Senate during three of the most eventful decades in American history. A... -
All The Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons and Politicians Phil Elwood 9781805462224
RRP: £20.00£13.46'I raced through this book and was gripped by every page.'' - Sophie Heawood'Exciting and full of bluster... A rowdy, dirty-pleasure story.' - Kirkus 'Hilarious and harrowing, and hard to put down. Indeed, I didn't put it down.' - Christopher Buckley,... -
A Conservative Environmentalist: The Life and Career of Frank Masland Jr. Thomas G. Smith 9780271097527
RRP: £83.95£74.13A wealthy textile titan from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Frank Masland Jr. was an ardent political conservative and an equally fervent conservationist who was well known and highly respected in the mid-twentieth-century environmental preservation community... -
The Sugar Rush: A Memoir of Wild Dreams, Budding Bromance, and Making Maple Syrup Peter Gregg 9781639366811
RRP: £22.00£18.13Filled with humor and raucous adventure, The Sugar Rush is the story of two friends with a sweet, golden, syrupy dream, set against the rugged New England wilderness.Trying to shake off the emotions of a recently emptied nest and midlife anxiety, Peter... -
The Royal Palaces: Secrets and Scandals Kate Williams 9780711269392
RRP: £25.00£16.78Royal expert and TV historian Kate Williams opens the doors to 30 palaces, castles and houses that have been connected with the British royals over the centuries.Well known for her expert insights in the media and on countless royal documentaries, Kate... -
Love Is My Favorite Flavor: A Midwestern Dining Critic Tells All Wini Moranville 9781609389611
RRP: £18.95£15.02In a remarkable career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Wini Moranville has witnessed the American restaurant landscape transform from the inside out. At just shy of fourteen, she began a ten-year stretch working in a kaleidoscope of quintessential... -
Races, Games, and Olympic Dreams: A Sportscaster's Life Tom Hammond 9781985901001
RRP: £50.00£38.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985901001Author Tom HammondFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint The University Press of KentuckyPublisher The University Press of Kentucky -
Three Years on the Great Mountain: A Memoir of Zen and Fearlessness Cristina Moon 9781645472827
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645472827Author Cristina MoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Go the Way Your Blood Beats Emmett de Monterey 9780241995785
RRP: £10.99£7.77AN EXTRAORDINARILY MOVING AND ORIGINAL MEMOIR OF GROWING UP GAY AND DISABLED IN 1980S LONDONSHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2023 When Emmett de Monterey is eighteen months old, a doctor diagnoses him with cerebral palsy. Words too... -
A Will to Serve: Stories of Patience, Persistence, and Friends Made Along the Way Jim Ellis 9781933245706
RRP: £25.99£19.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933245706Author Jim EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Documentary Media LLCPublisher Documentary Media LLC -
Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words Nawal El Saadawi 9780755651641
RRP: £14.99£12.65In Walking through Fire, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab world’s greatest writers, tells the story of the later years of a life which shaped an iconic voice in global feminism. Covering her life in Nasser’s then... -
Off The Beat: My life as a brown, Muslim woman in the Met Nusrit Mehtab 9781911709459
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Nusrit Mehtab has gone through the Met like a force of nature…Her story is one worth reading.’HH Wendy Joseph KC, author of Unlawful Killings‘Off The Beat lifts the filthy carpets at the Met Police and shines a light on the darkness below. Gripping,... -
Our Daily War: The powerful, deeply personal sequel to Diary of an Invasion Andrey Kurkov 9781916788688
RRP: £20.00£12.86“A vivid, moving and sometimes funny account of the reality of life during Russia's invasion,” Marc Bennetts, The Times “Uplifting and utterly defiant,” Matt Nixson, Daily Express “No-one with the slightest interest in this war, or the nation on which it... -
It's Not the Strongest That Survives: A search for answers in the battle against glandular fever and ME/CFS Lily Whelan 9781805144045
RRP: £10.99£7.77Lily Whelan was once told by a doctor that she had more chance of winning the lottery than recovering from ME/CFS. Luckily, she likes a challenge. Two years after contracting glandular fever, she ignored the fact that she had a face like a pufferfish and... -
Bird of Four Hundred Voices: A Memoir Eugene Rodriguez 9781597146449
RRP: £19.99£18.25From the founder of Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy, a profoundly personal exploration of music's power to build cultural bridges that last."I wish I had studied with Eugene Rodrigeuz when I was growing up. Read this beautifully written book about... -
Sylvain Marchal, The Godless Man Maurice Dommanget 9798888902172
RRP: £35.00£26.68The first book by the great French radical historian Maurice Dommanget (1888–1976) to be translated into English, this book is an engaging, sympathetic telling of the life and works of Sylvain Maréchal (1750–1803), an unjustly forgotten figure of the... -
Once Upon a Time in Makkah: The Story of Saleh Kamel Visionary, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Pat Lancaster 9781914325779
RRP: £25.00£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914325779Author Pat LancasterFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Nomad PublishingPublisher Nomad PublishingWeight(grams) 750g -
Christopher Isherwood Inside Out Katherine Bucknell 9780701186388
RRP: £35.00£22.60'A first-rate biography of the man, the writer and the lover' DAVID HOCKNEYAn engrossing new biography of the man whose writings about 1930s Berlin made him famous. From the editor of Isherwood’s diaries and letters.Christopher Isherwood rejected the... -
F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography Niklas Salmose 9781517915858
RRP: £25.99£21.49A comprehensive study of the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, related in two-year chapters by twenty-three leading writers on the Jazz Age author “There never was a good biography of a novelist,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Crack-Up. “There couldn’t be... -
A Bed with a View Peter Bennett 9781805143857
RRP: £15.99£11.61It began life as Peter Bennett's journal, a straight-forward account of his experiences as a patient on the ward of a typical NHS hospital in the course of several extended visits starting in 2018. It gradually morphed into something rather different. It... -
Story of Elvis: The Rise and Fall of the Undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll Dan Peel 9781497104679
RRP: £16.99£11.94Take an intimate and fascinating look into the life of Elvis Aaron Presley, the undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll! Learn what his life was like growing up in poverty in Tupelo, MS, about his childhood as told by his father, Vernon, his rise to fame in the... -
Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography: SHORTLISTED FOR THE EASON SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR IRISH BOOK AWARDS Liam Brady 9781804185018
RRP: £10.99£7.47After being expelled from school for playing football for his country, fifteen-year-old Liam Brady travelled to London to join Arsenal, and soon became an indispensable part of their glorious 1970s team. Rightly considered one of the Republic of... -
Searching for Novak: The man behind the enigma Mark Hodgkinson 9781788405164
RRP: £22.00£14.56'A fantastic and fascinating exploration of the life of a great champion... Full of compelling insight.' - Tom Hiddleston'This book captures the deep complexities in Novak's mind and his life and how he's dealt with them in a thoughtful, soul-searching... -
Paul Green: North Carolina Writers on the Legacy of the State's Most Celebrated Playwright Georgann Eubanks 9781958888230
RRP: £14.99£11.66This anthology examines the life and selected works of North Carolina’s most distinguished playwright of the 20th century, Paul Green (1894-1981). Paul Green is best known for his outdoor historical dramas, which are still performed across the United... -
Perennial Ceremony: Lessons and Gifts from a Dakota Garden Teresa Peterson 9781517917029
RRP: £21.99£16.12Travel through a garden’s seasons toward healing, reclamation, and wholeness—for us, and for our beloved relative, the Earth In this rich collection of prose, poetry, and recipes, Teresa Peterson shares how she found refuge from the struggle to... -
The Farmer, the Gastronome, and the Chef: In Pursuit of the Ideal Meal Daniel J. Philippon 9780813952017
RRP: £29.95£23.87The role of food writing in the sustainable food movement At turns heartfelt and witty, accessible and engaging, The Farmer, the Gastronome, and the Chef explores how Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, and Alice Waters have changed America’s relationship with... -
This Is Me: The high life. The dark times. The FULL story - the explosive new autobiography from Katie Price Katie Price 9781789467802
£22.14THIS SUMMER'S MOST EXPLOSIVE READ. GET READY FOR TRUTHS AND BOMBSHELLS Celebrating twenty years since her bestselling debut autobiography, Being Jordan, and a stellar thirty-year career, This is Me is Katie Price as you've never seen her before - honest... -
On James Baldwin Colm Toibin 9781684582471
RRP: £16.00£14.31Colm Tóibín’s personal account of encountering James Baldwin’s work, published in Baldwin’s centenary year. Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university...