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Millie Murray retells the stories of three East End men - Arthur White, Steve Johnson and Ian McDowall - who left behind their lives of crime and violence as nightclub bouncers, illegal debt collectors and drug addicts, when they encountered God and had...

The painting and writing of Denton Welch, much admired by such disparate people as Edith Sitwell and William Burroughs, is at once seemingly artless and immensely considered. There is really no one quite like him. Frail and desperately sensitive, Welch...

For the first time the Astors' own version of events at Cliveden during the Profumo affair of the early 1960s can be told; and its devastating effect on the lives of Viscount Astor and his wife Bronwen. A tale of triumph over tragedy -- sex in high...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823083213Author Marley BrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Billboard Books,U.S.Publisher Watson-Guptill Publications

When Rose was warned by her mother to keep away from men who hid behind bushes and did unspeakable things to children, she was very careful to check behind every bush. But when her parents encouraged her to go on frequent trips with family friend, Uncle...

NOW A BLOCKBUSTER MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD--NOMINATED FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992844103Author Tim LoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Waverley Media LtdPublisher Waverley Media Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906447151Author Mavis BateyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint DialoguePublisher Dialogue

'You'll never come to any good', Chris McIvor is told by his headmaster as he is expelled yet again. Some years later he takes a temporary teaching job in Sudan. Unfamiliar with their language and customs he struggles to control his first class of 55...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905172627Author Vincent McDonnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The Collins PressPublisher The Collins PressWeight(grams) 209g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905139187Author Dee Dee RamoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Helter Skelter PublishingPublisher Helter Skelter PublishingWeight(grams) 225g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903047675Author Ellen CheshireFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Pocket EssentialsPublisher Oldcastle Books LtdWeight(grams) 59g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906132989Author Nicolas RidleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MogzillaPublisher MogzillaWeight(grams) 504g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122560Format HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin Books

'Assia was my true wife, and the best friend I ever had', wrote Ted Hughes, after his lover surrendered her life and that of their young daughter in 1969, six years after Sylvia Plath had suffered a similiar fate. Diva, she-devil, enchantress, muse,...

Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West's greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy, driven by passionately held beliefs, whose betrayal and defection to Moscow reverberated for decades. Christened...

"Robert Burns And All That" is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about Scotland's national bard. Meet the lassies who stole Burns' heart and the creatures that inspired his poetry. Join his quest to rescue a lost musical...

A bemused Brit who served with the US Army in the 1950s recalls some of the humorous highlights of a life among the GIs: the 330lb New York Giants football hero with whom he shared a double bunk...the Polish asylum seeker who knew the Uniform Code of...

This biography traces David Jason's life from his humble roots in north London, through his days as an electrician, to the David Jason we all know and love. It is based on the actor's own memories and also recollections from friends, relatives and...

Gynaecologists Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a short contract to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia. Over 40 years later, Catherine is still there, running one of the most outstanding medical programmes in the world. The...

Over four million fans voted for Gareth Gates in the final of "Pop Idol" and in this illustrated autobiography he takes us back to his childhood in Bradford. He reveals how he has suffered from a stammer since he could talk but has refused to...

Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people's princess," who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the...

Michael Foxton's riotously candid memoir of his adventures as a junior doctor has established itself as a classic.Medics of all kinds; fans of Casualty, Holby City, Cardiac Arrest; humour fans.For two years, Michael Foxton wrote about his experiences as...

Published to commemorate the birth of Prince George of Cambridge, The New Royal Family looks back at the early married life of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine's maternity wardrobe and the excitement surrounding her pregnancy. The book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841143712Author Andrew NormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Devon BooksPublisher Halsgrove

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841143248Author Andrew NormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Devon BooksPublisher Halsgrove

Under Gerard Houllier, Liverpool FC are once more a force to be reckoned with, winning five coveted trophies in 2001 alone. Incredible success on the field has come at a price, though. The passionate, committed Houllier has survived a major heart...

Judy, a beautiful liver and white English pointer, and the only animal POW of WWII, truly was a dog in a million, cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought to survive alongside her. Viewed largely as...

'In many ways we were an ordinary family: mum, dad, two kids, three dogs, one rabbit, two guinea-pigs. I stayed at home, studying with the Open University, and dad worked, and the kids went to private schools. We lived in a rather nice semi in a rather...

The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional...

The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional...

Doug Beattie was due to retire from the British Army in 2007, until his CO made a desperate plea: stay on for just one more tour. In March 2008 he returned to Afghanistan.But if 2006 had been hellish, then 2008 was off the scale. For six months Beattie...

An amazing source of facts, stats and did-you-knows, this bright, entertaining and engaging book will keep kids of all ages entertained for hours as they find out everything they need to know about their favourite Team GB and ParalympicsGB superstars...

After their fantastic achievements in Beijing 2008, the spotlight will again shine brightly on Team GB when the Games come to London in 2012. What better time to celebrate more than 50 of the best-ever British Olympic athletes. Across a broad spectrum of...

There is no more recognized actress of the twentieth century than Marilyn Monroe. She starred in some of the greatest films ever made and had relationships with some of the most famous men in the world. Even after death she has continued to be surrounded...

A mother, a daughter, and a family torn apart - this title offers the heartbreaking true story of an unimaginable betrayal. For the first six years of her life, Sarah Harris was a normal, happy, popular little girl. But, from the age of six her life was...

As the longest-serving national coach in Irish rugby history, Eddie O'Sullivan produced a team that rose to third in the world rankings and laid down the standards for the team to fulfil its Grand Slam potential. Added to the three Triple Crowns he won...

Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity buried inside his often brutal screen characters - violent offender in Scum, wife-beater in Nil by Mouth, retired blagger in Sexy Beast - has made him one of the most charismatic actors of his...

They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives, mums, and teenage girls, all 'doing their bit' for the war effort, clocking in daily to work in vast munitions factories, helping make the explosives, bullets and war machines that would ensure...

In his autobiography, "Valley boy goes West" Alan Meats traces his career as a clergyman in various parishes in South Wales. He reveals the influences that have helped shape his ministry and how his involvement in Church Education has coloured...