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'Wonderfully entertaining' Mail on Sunday; Profoundly important' Guardian Graeme Fowler - former England cricketer, happy-go-lucky joker and inspirational coach - was 47 when depression struck. Suddenly one of the most active men you'd ever meet couldn't...

Actress, presenter, talent show judge. Daughter, wife, mother, survivor. There's so much more to Amanda Holden than fame. A natural-born performer, Amanda's journey to becoming one of the most recognisable faces on our screens today has been one full of...

At the outbreak of the Second World War Constance Miles was living with her husband in the pretty Surrey village of Shere. A prolific correspondent with a keen interest in current affairs, Constance kept a war journal from 1939 to 1943, recording in...

From girl next door to the nation's sweetheart, this is the story of Chantelle's spectacular rise to fame and celebrity. Told in her own words, Chantelle takes us on what has been a sometimes bumpy, but a truly magical journey. As a little girl growing...

National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2013 The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors. Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs...

Phil 'The Power' Taylor is the uncontested king of darts, his sixteen world championship titles between 1990 and 2013 far outclassing anything else the game has seen. He started out as a protege of Eric Bristow, the Crafty Cockney, having wandered into...

From Boy Scout to assassin - the true confessions of a cartel hitman At the age of twelve Martin Corona started dealing drugs. After years in and out of prison, he rose through the ranks to become the leader of an elite killing squad for a notorious...

Scott Quinnell is one of the best-known names in rugby. He played both rugby league and rugby union, for Wales and for the British Lions. He was captain of the Welsh team seven times and won 52 caps. But amidst all this success, Scott had a painful...

Damien Hirst is one of the most controversial, influential, and fascinating artists working today, and arguably the most famous. From the controversy of his early work to the political storm surrounding the arrival of the exhibition Sensation at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781409546887Author Mary Sebag-MontefioreFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Usborne Publishing LtdPublisher Usborne Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 130g

'A rattling tornado of a tale' DANNY BAKER 'Wonderful and wry . . . it will increase your zest for life' RICHARD AYOADE Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was...

'Highly readable' Ben Macintyre 'Pacy, original and frequently chilling' Henry Hemming June 1940. Britain is Europe's final bastion of freedom - and Hitler's next target. But not everyone fears a Nazi invasion. In factories, offices and suburban homes...

Midnight feasts in dorms, jolly japes with chums, pranks on mad teachers and no boys whatsoever: THE REAL MALORY TOWERS LIFE from award-winning writer, Julie Welch. `As we spilled from the train we could hear loud revving and smell exhaust fumes, and...

Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal what 'the right stuff' truly is. Many children dream of becoming an astronaut when they grow up, but when NASA...

It was the case that shocked the nation. On the evening of 20 April 2011, Tina Nash's life changed forever. After suffering months of beatings and domestic abuse at the hands of boyfriend Shane Jenkin, she was subjected to a barbaric and prolonged attack...

When Shannon Moroney married Jason Staples in October 2005, she had no idea that her happy life as a newlywed was about to come crashing down around her. One month after her wedding, a police officer arrived at her hotel door while she was out of town...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456786076Author Roger LeggFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 330g

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...

Capturing the Light starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image of a gothic window, an image so small and perfect that it `might be supposed to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781409504658Author Mary Sebag-MontefioreFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Usborne Publishing LtdPublisher Usborne Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 130g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781409504573Author Sarah CourtauldFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Usborne Publishing LtdPublisher Usborne Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 130g

Rosie, a young Englishwoman from a comfortable middle-class background, left her London home in 1939 to work as an au pair in Avignon in the South of France. Even the outbreak of war later that year did little to disturb her happy life there, until 1940...

"I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful, unstoppable, heavy - when that word still meant something good!" - Meat Loaf, as told to Mick Wall Everything in the story of Meat Loaf is big. From the...

Hollywood's hottest young star, Robert Pattinson, is set for global superstardom and in this book you can read all about him! From his early days as a model and his role as Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter series to his new incredible success as Edward...

`Life for De Quincey was either angels ascending on vaults of cloud or vagrants shivering on the city streets.' Thomas De Quincey - opium-eater, celebrity journalist, and professional doppelganger - is embedded in our culture. Modelling his character on...

Rosie Boycott wasn't a typical 1960's Cheltenham Ladies College girl. By the age of 21 she had co-founded the feminist magazine Spare Riband the feminist publishing house Virago, whilst experimenting with drugs, sex and booze. But she wanted more: more...

'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' Hadley Freeman, Guardian A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's...

As news of the 50-year-old pop superstar's demise spread around the world, there were tears, shock and surprise: a hero was dead. One of the greatest pop music icons the world has ever seen, Michael Jackson had millions of fans all around the world and...

"Robert the Bruce and All That" is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about Scotland's warrior king. Gallop alongside King Robert the Bruce as he takes up the quest to free the Scots from terrifying King Edward and his bumbling...

Autobiography of triumphant Ryder Cup captain and great golfer, Colin Montgomerie.Colin Montgomerie is a golfing legend. Ranked Europe's number one golfer for an unparalleled seven years in a row, he is equally renowned as a player of great passion. The...

Son of the Beatles' producer George Martin, and one-time fiance of Tara Palmer Tomkinson, Greg Martin's wealth is as boundless as his appetite for women. The anecdotes Greg tells in this book are often hilarious as he spills the beans about all his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887178723Author Paul FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Adriana Trigiani's two remarkable grandmothers, Lucia and Viola, lived through the 20th century from beginning to end as working women who juggled careers and motherhood. From the factory line to the family table, the two of them - the very definition of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906954154Author Janet O'CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Live It PublishingPublisher Live It PublishingWeight(grams) 212g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907945021Author Ann AxeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Lily PublicationsPublisher Lily PublicationsWeight(grams) 322g

Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs he ended up homeless and hooked on Crystal Meth. He began working for the 14K, the city's most notorious crime syndicate, as a nightclub doorman in...

Charismatic, talented, intriguingly private and not forgetting devastatingly handsome, Johnny Depp is an actor who has captured the hearts and imaginations of people worldwide. The range of roles in which he has starred make him one of the world's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936488346Author William J. MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 319Imprint WND BooksPublisher WND BooksWeight(grams) 392g

This rich biography tells the remarkable tale of Margaret Haig Thomas who became the Viscountess Rhondda. She was a Welsh suffragette, held important posts during the First World War and survived the sinking of the Lusitania. A leading British...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962271359Format PaperbackImprint Conciliar PressPublisher Conciliar Press