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"What I Love (About Cricket)" is the story of a summer when a 'master' cricket obsessive teaches his novice 'pupil' the wisdom of the game. Sandy Balfour is cast as the supposed master and his sixteen-year-old daughter's new boyfriend - the...

In February 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages. He should have died. Doctors advised that if he did survive, there would be little of him left. If that wasn't enough, he went on to contract MRSA as a result of an operation to...

'Nevertheless, she persisted' has become a rallying cry for millions of those fed up with phony promises and governments that no longer serve their people. In this inspiring #1 New York Times bestseller and inspiring book, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780025178106Author Evangeline BruceFormat HardbackPage Count 555Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education...

Gordon Corera uses declassified documents and extensive original research to tell the story of MI14(d) and the Secret Pigeon Service for the first time. 'This is an amazing story' Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2 Between 1941 and 1944, sixteen thousand plucky...

In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. He had no idea that the band's leader, Kurt Cobain, would become a pop-culture icon with a legacy...

How did the reigns of England's most famous queens compare? Follow both of these awesome ladies into history to discover the differences and similarities between their amazing lives! Addressing the needs of the new history National Curriculum, this book...

Spectacles is the hilarious, creative and incredibly moving memoir from much loved comedian, writer and presenter Sue Perkins. When I began writing this book, I went home to see if my mum had kept some of my stuff. What I found was that she hadn't kept...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871317599Author Oriel MaletFormat HardbackPage Count 303Imprint M. Evans& Co IncPublisher M Evans & Co, IncWeight(grams) 703g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871135537Author Joe Bob BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375503788Author Gerald ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 885g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860828706Author Fr. Dushan CroosFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Catholic Truth SocietyPublisher Catholic Truth SocietyWeight(grams) 30g

Drawn from the archives of "The Dictionary of National Biography", this collection offers nearly 200 sharply drawn profiles of the men and women who have helped shape British national life this century. Full of insight and wit, and often surprisingly...

The sequel to the bestselling Silvertown, which tells the story of Aunt Daisy, and all the other Aunt Daisys – the locals of the old East End. For more than a century, ‘hopping’ was the main event in the East End calendar – an annual expedition of over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843756040Author Brian LynchFormat HardbackPage Count 474Imprint UPSO (Universal Publishing Solutions Online) LtdPublisher UPSO (Universal Publishing...

The Battle of Britain has become a symbol of British victory and German defeat. However, the War did not end in September 1940. The battle for survival continued day and night and one of the crucial weapons instrumental in securing that survival was...

When Zayn Malik unexpectedly announced on 25 March 2015 that 'after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band' the shockwaves were felt around the world. When One Direction first formed on The X Factor in 2010, few could...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905379514Author Chai PinitFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Maverick HousePublisher Maverick HouseWeight(grams) 202g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843237099Author T. Robin ChapmanFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press

As a young boy, Alexander Sinclair was the target of his mother's irrational hatred. She stopped at no lengths in her campaign to tear him to pieces both mentally and physically. In his chilling memoir, Alex describes how he received the most unnecessary...

The manner of their meeting was unprecedented. During the lawless mayhem that followed the capture of Badajoz by Wellington, a 14 year old Spanish girl sought the protection of Captain Harry Smith. They fell in love and married shortly after. From then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847474537Author Emu Camel DrumFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint ChipmunkapublishingPublisher ChipmunkapublishingWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071151Author Christian LambFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd

Written together with friend and journalist Boyd Hilton, Inside Little Britain follows a year in the lives of Matt Lucas and David Walliams - the good, the bad, the mundane and the monumental. A year that includes at its core a mammoth nine-month Spinal...

Leslie Kenton was the only child of Violet, a stunning Hitchcock blonde, and Stanley - the legendary jazz giant Stan Kenton. Their story takes place on the road in 1950s America and in the mania of Hollywood - a world of jazz clubs, dance halls and...

Piers Morgan is one of the best-known faces in the media, whose easy charm and boyish good looks have endeared him to the nation. His varied talents seem to know no bounds: he's interviewed scores of celebrities; he turned around the fortunes of a...

Back-breaking days of lifting potatoes; excruciating hours of pulling thistles; total inadequacy when faced with a group of belligerent sows - these are the stories that Pat Peters recalls. The language is strong: 'Get the 'ell away. What do 'ee think...

A biography of John Morris-Jones (1864-1929), Welsh grammarian, academic and poet. This book offers a critical analysis of his contribution, as well as a portrait of him as a family man, based on a fascinating series of personal letters to his wife and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956184658Author John RichardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Fitzrovia PressPublisher Fitzrovia PressWeight(grams) 200g

Raised in the dark, post-Dunkirk days of 1940 to carry the war to the enemy, in five short and violet years the British Army Commandos established a reputation that has made the name ‘Commando’ the mark of the fighting man.The Commandos began as...

Selected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Evening Standard, Observer, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and The Economist Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Finishing...

Biography of Sylvia PlathBook InformationISBN 9780750934220Author Ronald HaymanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 230g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843941576Author J. MustardeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint SerendipityPublisher Serendipity

In this moving and revealing memoir, Flavia Leng paints a powerful portrait of her mother, Daphne du Maurier. She presents an account of an unusual and often lonely childhood spent in London and especially Cornwall, at her mother's beloved home,...

As soon as Adam Kay set foot on a hospital ward for the first time, he realized there's quite a lot they don't teach you at medical school . . . His diaries from the NHS front line - scribbled in secret after long nights, endless days and missed weekends...

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far.' It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with...

One of the founding members of the Brotherhood of Ruralists, David Inshaw is a key figure in 21st century British art. This edition contains updated text from the hardback edition.Book InformationISBN 9781910065105Author Andrew LambirthFormat...

The big Irishman with the golden tongue has posthumously proved that the world is not black and white. His wit and his paradoxes are understood as profound and moral; his best plays are recognised as gems of English comedy.Book InformationISBN...

Carla Lane's enchanting autobiography fizzes with the wry humour, sharp insights and fabulous characterization one would expect from the author of such award-winning TV dramas as the Liver Birds, Bread and Butterflies. Always a rebel, Carla's own life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781860828713Author Fr James E McCurryFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Catholic Truth SocietyPublisher Catholic Truth SocietyWeight(grams) 40g