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William and Mary, Britain’s most mysterious monarchs, were married for reasons of dynastic convenience. Their union gradually developed into a happy and successful one, despite William’s frequent absences on military campaign. They shared interests such...

On a hot November day in 2003 in Springfield, Massachusetts, local Genovese family Captain “Big Al” Bruno got shot five times with a .45 caliber handgun as he walked out of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel social club—a lit cigar smoldering next to his...

Barbara Villiers was a woman so beautiful, so magnetic and so sexually attractive that she captured the hearts of many in Stuart-era Britain. Her beauty is legendary: she became the muse of artists such as Peter Lely, the inspiration of writers such as...

The story of King Henry VIII, a man who married six times only to execute two of those wives, is part of Great Britain’s national and international identity. Each year, millions of people walk around the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Hever...

Welcome to the world of Mary Keating, a quick-witted, fun-loving paraplegic. (Note, however, that she cringes at being labeled.) Fifty years ago, Mary's wide-open world instantly contracted at age fifteen when a teenager drove her into an oak tree at...

This book introduces the unique archive of letters, textiles, hand-drawn maps, emails and photographs from asylum seekers held indefinitely in offshore detention at Topside Camp, Nauru 2001-5. These artefacts introduce the distinctive and creative forms...

An important new biography of Barbara Jordan, the first Black woman from the South to serve in Congress During her keynote speech at the 1976 Democratic Party convention, Barbara Jordan of Texas stood before a rapt audience and reflected on where...

Based on notes kept while incarcerated in the concentration camps and ghettos of Transnistria, Dr. Kessler's gripping Holocaust memoir tells a story of calculated murder, resistance, and survival. In the aftermath of the Romanian Holocaust, Transnistria,...

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A biographical study of Hitler's inner circle offers a new way to understand the horrors of the Nazi regimeWhy did so many Germans take part in the crimes of Nazi Germany? How did they come to support Hitler and follow him almost to the very end? For too...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948585590Author Paul KentFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Leapfrog PressPublisher Leapfrog Press

'Quite simply the best and most powerful book I’ve read this year' David Peace 'A magnificent book . . . beautifully written and passionately argued' Dominic Sandbrook A unique, personal insight into Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the devastating impact his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985900646Author Karen Salyer McElmurrayFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint The University Press of KentuckyPublisher The University Press of Kentucky

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915983145Author Jonathan TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Goldsmiths, Unversity of LondonPublisher Goldsmiths, Unversity of London

It was the night of 7 September 1940 which changed Ron Chapman’s life. It was the start of Hitler’s Blitz on London. The death and destruction the German bombers wreaked across Islington and the East End so shocked and appalled Ron, that three days later...

Now in paperback, a compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America’s most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a...

"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure."—The New Yorker"Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention."—New York Times The riveting biography of Ursula Parrott—best-selling author, Hollywood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845279509Author Edward Morus JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798892502405Author Sharon DalgleishFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint ApexPublisher North Star Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804398326Author James CullenFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

A diasporic collection of essays on music, memory, and motion.In this powerful and deeply personal collection, Gloria Blizzard uses traditional narrative essays, hybrid structures, and the tools of poetry to negotiate the complexities of culture,...

How did Tiger Woods become the greatest of all time?And how did he fall so spectacularly? Before the age of twenty-five, Tiger Woods had risen to phenomenon status: twice named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, champion of more than thirty...

All Change is a true insider’s story of turbulent times in the the media in the second half of the 20th century when Clive Bradley worked at the heart of broadcasting, newspapers, book publishing and politics.His fascinating memoir takes us back to the...

A German environmentalist decides to love a Maasai - and to live in one of the most patriarchal cultures in the world.On a research trip to Africa, biologist Stephanie Fuchs meets Sokoine, a traditional Maasai. The two fall in love, but the hurdles that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804392157Author Bradley PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888842940Author Kwok-Yung YuenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL CATCH: CHEAP TRICK FROM THE BARS TO THE BUDOKAN AND BEYONDBook InformationISBN 9781493078066Author Ross WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint BackbeatPublisher Globe Pequot Press

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker – how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance. When, at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316572774Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316276177Author Maureen CallahanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams) 644g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761874522Author B KumaravadiveluFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Hamilton BooksPublisher Hamilton Books

In the 1960s and ’70s, America spent $20 billion dollars (around $150 billion by today's standards) to land humans on the moon, and “win” the Cold War. And while man took his first steps on an extraterrestrial landscape, protests at Cape Canaveral asked:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668072318Author Gretchen WhitmerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 262g

Lessons and inspiration from a lifetime of teaching about race and ethnic relations When Al Camarillo grew up in Compton, California, racial segregation was the rule. His relatives were among the first Mexican immigrants to settle there—in the only...

In this evocative memoir, traversing more than three decades, the author recounts a life moulded through his experiences as a refugee, and then cab driver, and finally, the domain of academia as a professor in Norway. Much ink has been spilled, and...

A picture book about what we throw away, and why it might be worth keeping!What if everywhere you looked, you saw something to make? Instead of seeing something broken, you saw something to fix? Instead of seeing something to throw out, you saw something...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781430096429Author Jasmine L. HolmesFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint LifeWay Christian ResourcesPublisher LifeWay Christian Resources

An emotive soprano, heartrending melodies about unrequited love, and a draped-over-the-piano persona made Helen Morgan (1902–1941) the original torch singer, but she was so much more. The versatile actress appeared on Broadway, in film, and on radio. In...