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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892725182Author Bill SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 237Imprint Down East Books,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860519713Format HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Robson Books LtdPublisher Robson Books LtdWeight(grams) 501g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860519249Format HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Robson Books LtdPublisher Robson Books LtdWeight(grams) 476g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860518488Format PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Robson Books LtdPublisher Robson Books LtdWeight(grams) 455g

Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's famous account of the 1996 Everest disaster, INTO THIN AIR, will remember the story of Beck Weathers: the gregarious Texan climber who went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the...

The Marquis de Sade is a name that is instantly recognized, but the man behind the name remains obscure. This biography places him in perspective, unravelling his complex life against the turbulent background of revolutionary France.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780818405334Author Janet WallachFormat HardbackPage Count 465Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 930g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786863051Author Tanya TuckerFormat HardbackPage Count 345Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 703g

Written at Rock Hudson's request and with the cooperation of his closest friends, this is the definitive portrait of one of Hollywood's most enduring stars.Book InformationISBN 9780786719181Author Rock HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Carroll...

How does a top professional football manager cope with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, with living, breathing and sleeping football 24 hours a day, 365 days a year? How does the man in charge handle the ever-present danger of getting sacked...

A further memoir of lessons and life in the Yorkshire Dales... All Teachers Wise and Wonderful is the second in Andy Seeds's trilogy about life as a Yorkshire Dales teacher. This is as warm, witty and refreshing as the first, full of colourful anecdotes...

For every brave soldier putting their life on the line for Queen and country, there is a second, more subtle sort of heroism at work back at base in Britain. "Daffodil Girls" is the story of the women behind the soldiers of The 2nd Battalion...

City Girl was watching when all the boys thought they were masters of the universe. She was there when they blew their bonuses on Lamborghinis and lap dancers. She was fighting for survival as they sent the country into the worst slump since the Great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780753193877Author Alan WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint ISIS PublishingPublisher ISIS Publishing

When Brian Johnston was a schoolboy, his reports were full of phrases such as 'talks too much in school' and 'apt to be a buffoon'. Later millions of radio listeners would be delighted to discover that some things never changed! Johnners brought his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780753197547Author Eve DayFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint ISIS PublishingPublisher ISIS Publishing

Ever had a dream -- a dream to win? Monty had a dream -- to be a world-class cricketer. This is the story of Monty's early years and his break through into the England cricket team.Book InformationISBN 9780749682347Author Roy AppsFormat PaperbackPage...

Offering an irreverent inside look at American entertainment, from the heyday of Hollywood and Las Vegas and the rise of television, this is a biography of Dean Martin. Born in Ohio, Dino Crocetti came up the hard way, pumping petrol, boxing, working in...

This biography of W.H. Auden, one of the best-known English poets of the century, is not only a study of his life and ideas, but a commentary on the wars, ideologies and attitudes of his times. Auden saw his life as a quest, and his journey took him from...

Omnibus edition of 'A House by the Shore' which documents the author's retreat from urban life to the ragged landscape of the island of Harris, and 'Scarista Style', a collection of her recipes.Book InformationISBN 9780708834046Author Alison...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780747205111Author Nancy NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 650g

The author chronicles her eight years as First Lady of the United States, looking back on her husband's two administrations, the challenges she faced during the period, the impeachment crisis, and her own political work.Book InformationISBN...

Join Union J as they embark on their journey to become THE next big boyband in Our Story! Only a few months ago Union J were just average guys, dreaming of performing on the X Factor stage, making music and having legions of fans screaming their names...

On 24 September 2000 at the Sydney Olympics, Denise Lewis won the gold medal for the heptathlon. Although quite badly injured after the fifth event, she gritted her teeth and pulled through to achieve an excellent throw in the javelin, and finished the...

This astute biography brilliantly captures, in one volume, the full range of Winston Churchill's astonishing career. perhaps the greatest political figure of modern times, Churchill's achievement extended well beyond his emblematic role in the Second...

Jonathan Swift is an infinitely intriguing figure in the literary and political history of England and Ireland. Best known as the author of GULLIVERS TRAVELS, he was an ordained clergyman whose enemies thought did not believe in God. He became a...

'One Man Tango' is distinguished by honesty that has marked actor Anthony Quinn's 60-year career as one of the true originals of stage and screen.Book InformationISBN 9780747215042Author Anthony QuinnFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Headline Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780747200734Author Su PollardFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 400g

Offering a biography of Albert, this work examines how the Prince Consort was plucked from obscurity from a tiny German principality to sire the succession in the most powerful empire in the world. It examines his marriage, his popularity and the effect...

Part detective story, part memoir, this book also provides a memorable account of a Mediterranean island under attack by a criminal society. More than a century ago, the author's namesake was murdered in Sicily. The dead relative was a revolutionary and...

British, young, beautiful and exceptionally talented, Darcey Bussell has crossed from the dance world to become a household name. Consequently, Darcey is caught up in the media whirl which surrounds all modern celebrities. In this candid memoir she talks...

Blundy journeys to discover the fate of her father, the investigative journalist David Blundy, who was shot and killed in San Salvador in 1989. She also recounts her childhood spent hanging out with hacks in New York hotels, how she lost her father to...

The story of a lawyer's battle to win compensation from two of America's largest industrial giants. He fought on behalf of 21 families whose lives were wrecked by illness and death due to the alleged poisoning of their town well. This case became...

Leni Riefenstahl, who died in 2003, will always be remembered for her film of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. After the war, Riefenstahl was shunned by the film industry both in Europe and America, despite a 1952 court ruling proclaiming her not guilty...

Dannie Abse's rich mixture of Welsh and Jewish backgrounds, and his dual occupations of doctor and author, have led to what is widely regarded as one of the most readable, humorous and poignant autobiographies since the war. Goodbye, Twentieth Century...

The first night of Sheridan's "The School for Scandal", on 8th May 1777, was one of the great dates in theatrical history. From then on, Sheridan was launched by his fame as a playwright into the "little great world" of 18th-century...

Born in suburban London, Robert Robinson progressed via grammar school and Oxford to become one of the most successful broadcasters of his generation in a career spanning programmes such as "Today", "Stop the Week", "Brain of...

The life of William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon is shrouded in mystery. There is no record of his having received an education, buying a book, or writing a single poem or play. There is no evidence of any one having had a conversation with him or...

In this book Richard Bisgrove, author of the bestselling Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll, analyses William Robinson and his remarkable contribution to gardening. William Robinson (1838- 1935) and Gertrude Jekyll were almost exact contemporaries and each made...

Shortlisted for the Costa Biography No.1: Telegraph Best Books for Christmas. "Light, ingenious, inspiring, a book to reread and cherish." (Hilary Mantel). "A delight...the book I would take with me to a desert island." (David...