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Caravaggio - A genius beyond his time Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work has been habitually detested and forced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345457646Author Marlena De BlasiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Ballantine BooksPublisher Ballantine BooksWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904685128Author R. M. A. SmartFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Stanborough Press LtdPublisher Stanborough Press Ltd

Katie Price, former glamour model Jordan, is back with the most sensational installment of her life story. The last three years of Katie Price's life have been as dramatic as ever. From the highly publicised divorce from Alex Reid to the romance and...

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Framed within the tribulations of a turbulent year in a racing yard, How's Your Dad? examines the relationship between a father and son. The father, Michael Channon Snr, an arthritic...

Kenny Ball is arguably the most successful jazz trumpet player this side of the Atlantic. His autobiography is told with all the style, wit, and passion that you would expect of this well-loved star. It includes wonderful stories of his life on the road...

George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh, 1818-69), a Canadian Ojibwe writer and lecturer, rose to prominence in American literary, political, and social circles during the mid-nineteenth century. His colorful, kaleidoscopic life took him from the tiny Ojibwe...

This is the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. "[The book that] made headlines around the world." (Independent). He has lived his whole life in the public eye, yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king, but he aims much higher. A landmark...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927351Author Ian ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route Publishing

In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He had been strongly advised against doing so. At 12,000 square feet, the ceiling represented one of the largest such projects ever attempted; and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580626590Author Antonia FelixFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Adams Media CorporationPublisher Adams Media CorporationWeight(grams) 476g

** BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week ** You start with a vision, and you deliver a compromise. You want a play to be challenging, ambitious, nuanced and complicated. You also want it to sell tickets. You want to make art, and you know you're in show business...

Offers a detailed and rounded portrait of the late Dusty Springfield and provides a major assessment of the musical career of a singer whose reputation remains one of the highest in the business.Book InformationISBN 9781861053435Format HardbackPage Count...

In September 2012, a Yougov poll conducted in Britain found that the person British workers would most like as their manager was Sir Richard Branson. With over 40 years in business, Richard Branson is an inspiring pioneer of humanitarian projects and an...

During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama himself told veteran political reporter Richard Wolffe, 'You'll get more access than anyone else', and "Renegade" is his unique story of how a political newcomer with no money and an outsider's...

Josh Lewsey is one of the most successful English rugby players of all time. He has won every trophy in the sport at both national and international level and is renowned for his unconventionally broad interests and achievements. Outside the game, Josh...

When Alice was nine years old, she and her father - a beloved school librarian - made a promise to read aloud together for 100 consecutive nights. Upon reaching their goal, they celebrated over pancakes, but it was clear that neither wanted to let go of...

Known as 'the Architect' of George W Bush's presidency, Karl Rove's access to Bush and view of his presidency is unparalleled. In this memoir, Rove takes the reader into the heart of Bush's rise to the Texas governorship and behind closed doors in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906229467Author Emily WollastonPage Count 96Imprint Green Umbrella PublishingPublisher G2 Entertainment LtdWeight(grams) 314g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780886293406Author Richard LemmFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Carleton University Press,CanadaPublisher Carleton University Press,Canada

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780886293376Author Lela WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Carleton University Press,CanadaPublisher Carleton University Press,CanadaWeight(grams)...

How did a quintessential California girl end up earning her living in the Pacific Northwest with a crosscut saw? In Now Go Home, Spagna reflects on the journey that took her from a childhood in the suburbs of LA to a trail crew in Washington's North...

"In the spring of 1995, the condition I seem to have been waiting for all my life finally struck me." So begins Jane Lazarre's account of her transforming battle with breast cancer. Following in the tradition of her critically acclaimed...

His inimitable voice, the poetry of his trumpet and his mastery of improvisation made Louis Armstrong 'Mr Jazz'. David Bradbury's biography is wonderfully alive and musically authoritative.Book InformationISBN 9781904341468Author David BradburyFormat...

Renowned writer, critic, and teacher, Wallace Fowlie has devoted his life to the study and teaching of the French language and literature. Author and translator of thirty books, Fowlie's contributions include translations of Rimbaud (the complete works),...

Hospital Time is a memoir about friendship, family, and caregiving in the age of AIDS. Amy Hoffman, a writer, lesbian activist, and former editor of Gay Community News, chronicles with fury and unflinching honesty her experience serving as primary...

Born on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W. Chesnutt grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a county seat of four or five thousand people, a once-bustling commercial center slipping into postwar decline. Poor, black, and determined to outstrip his...

The author of the Somerset Maugham award-winning The Dogs: A Personal History of Greyhound Racing, and the brilliant biography Life In A Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford, Laura Thompson turns her highly acclaimed biographical skills to arguably the greatest...

Antonia Fraser's bestselling biography of one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history - a special 40th anniversary edition. Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at...

Meet the Beast that beat the Mountain. Eddie `The Beast' Hall is the first Brit in 24 years to win the World's Strongest Man competition, beating The Mountain from Game of Thrones. Everything about Eddie is huge. Standing at 6'3 he weighs almost 30...

Welcome to Giles and Mary reality. Giles is a countryman who relishes solitude. His wife Mary thrives in company and enjoys frequent escapes to London. After thirty years in a marriage of opposites, Giles and Mary have adapted to a life of domestic...

This is the combined life story of Mick Foster and Tony Allen, revealing how these most unlikely of stars toured the world and entered the record books. A charming narrative told with heaps of Celtic charm, it is filled with nostalgic reminiscences about...

World snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan's frank and honest account of his astonishingly dramatic life.Running is my drug. To be honest, drugs (and alcohol) used to be my drug, but now I've got the healthiest addiction going.Running is what has helped me...

There is a ranch that runs for several miles along the last free-flowing stretch of the Snake River. A beautiful but harsh environment, hellishly hot in the summer and cut off from the outside world for much of the winter, the area is also in the middle...

Hudson knew he must obey God's command to 'Go into the world and preach the gospel.'So he went to China where thousands were dying without Christ.Book InformationISBN 9781857924237Author Carine MacKenzieFormat PaperbackImprint Christian Focus...

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle offer a window onto the lives of two of the Victorian world's most accomplished, perceptive, and unusual inhabitants. Scottish writer and historian Thomas Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle,...

Books by Western specialists have compiled many observations and facts about the headhunters of Borneo, but the culture has never before been described from the inside, by an indigenous person born and reared in the rain forest listening to the stories...

Jonny Wilkinson's career has crossed three decades and four World Cups. He has accumulated phenomenal achievements, world points records, an impressive list of broken body parts, and a drop goal that will be remembered for ever. But the peculiar calmness...

The enthralling letters by the most idiosyncratic, witty and irrepressible sisters of one of the most notorious families of the 20th century: Decca (Jessica) Mitford. Over her 78 years, Decca's letters are the most tangible tracks left of a remarkable...

'The maddest 12 months of my life. The journey starts with an oddball race up an American mountain and ends with me checking myself out of hospital with a broken back. Again ...' As Guy Martin's grandfather Voldemars frequently reminded him,'When you...