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What words of wisdom gained from your own life experience would you pass on to future generations? That was the question put to 100 octogenarians from all over the world, some famous, others ordinary... all extraordinary. The answers of a generation who...

In November 2008, Joe Calzaghe retired undefeated in his brilliant boxing career after his fight against American great Roy Jones at New York's Madison Square Garden. Never beaten in 46 fights, Calzaghe stands tall as one of the greatest sportsman in...

This is the story of a boy who dreamt of rock stardom but grew up to be a football God. Fernando Torres is revered by players, coaches and managers, adored in his homeland and idolised by 42 million Liverpool fans across the world. From his birth in...

Paul McCartney is a cultural touchstone. As one half of the legendary Lennon-McCartney song-writing duo he helped transform popular music, moving from the simplistic pop of 'Love Me Do' to the avant-garde symphonies of 'A Day in the Life' to...

For 17 years Val Doonican had played and sung all over Ireland, Britain and Germany, in clubs, dance halls and theatres and it took just one major television show from the London Palladium in 1964 to turn him into a star and overnight success. His gentle...

A feast for all his many fans and admirers, this is the great Humphrey Lyttelton's last book, a sparkling autobiographical kaleidoscope of memories, anecdotes, and entertaining stories from his colourful life, from his childhood as the son of a famous...

At the age of sixteen, Monica Seles crashed on to the world tennis scene by becoming the youngest winner in French Open History. For three years, she dominated the tennis circuit, racking up eight Grand Slam titles, winning three back-to-back French Open...

This is an intimate look at behind-the-scenes Hollywood, as George Hamilton shares fifty years of wild tales as a quintessential insider. He has had the front row seat for some of the most amazing episodes in Hollywood's hidden history. He was present at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906670719Author Robert JobsonFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint SJH PublishingPublisher St James's House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906641429Author Nancy R. WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ELSPPublisher ELSP

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906593926Author Janet AxtenFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Sansom & CoPublisher Sansom & Co

'I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on. He went straight into the sea and I am glad to say there were no survivors. A Dornier which had blown up came floating down in...

'My wife sat at home in floods of tears, in front of the television, the uncomprehending toddlers tugging at her, asking 'Mummy, what's wrong?'. If they'd only known: I was hanging out on a busy street corner trying to coax three 19-year-old waitresses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906229863Author John M. GormanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Green Umbrella PublishingPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd

In this compelling and moving account of the marvellous Melly's last five years, on- and off-stage, the eminent jazz trumpeter, Digby Fairweather, whose band has accompanied Melley during this period, captures the technicolour Melly as never before. He...

Colin Jackson is one of the greatest athletes that Britain has ever produced. He was in the world top ten for 16 years, and was world number 1 for two of them. He set seven European and Commonwealth and nine UK records, and he still holds the world...

This book is a fascinating, eye-opening, heartfelt letter which goes behind the scenes, through the ages, in the sorting room and out on the daily round, to tell the other side of the story. At a recent staff meeting, a postman asked what the...

When Stephen Foster departed for London from his hometown of Stoke, he was wearing an army surplus jacket accessorised with a CND badge, and he took with him a distinct set of attitude problems. It was the late Seventies; the south-east was on the brink...

These wonderful characters, fifty out of over 100,000 dogs a year that are unwanted and abandoned by their owners in this dog-loving nation, have sad stories of abuse, neglect and dereliction to tell. Often rescue dogs have been thrown out by owners who...

In this wonderful and honest book, The X Factor winner and bona fide pop star Sam Bailey tells her unique story and reveals what happens when you have the courage to follow your dreams. Born in south-east London, Sam always loved to sing and was...

Severiano Ballesteros is charismatic and can be charming, but his personality comprises layers of intrigue. Robert Green was written an amazing portrait of the man whose mind has been described as ''a private forest, a place impenetrable, indeed...

The original will - one of the National Archives' most prized treasures - is reproduced in full, with a transcript for modern readers. Individual phrases are probed with a light, entertaining touch to reveal what we can piece together about Shakespeare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905548071Author David WhittleFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint The Friday Project LimitedPublisher The Friday Project Limited

In June 2002, Peter Shaw, a banker from Wales, was brutally kidnapped by a Pseudo-military organisation in a busy suburb of Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, in eastern Europe. Hole is the harrowing account of his five month captivity and...

The Perfect Ride is a compelling behind-the-scenes account of the racing world, told by a man who has lived it. Here is the remarkable story of American jockey Gary Stevens who has triumphed over a lifetime of adversity - injuries, extortion attempts and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905080366Author Neil HansonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Great Northern Books LtdPublisher Great Northern Books LtdWeight(grams) 248g

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the outstanding entrepreneurial Victorian engineer. He helped construct the Thames Tunnel, build the Great Western Railway and its terminus, Paddington Station, but his boldest endeavours were three gigantic ships.Book...

"Five of the Many" follows the fascinating exploits of five of RAF Bomber Command's distinguished airmen. The enthralling stories of Wellington pilot Rupert Cooling, Wellington and Mosquito pilot Jack Goodman, Halifax pilot Joe Petrie-Andrews,...

The day after D-Day, the most momentous day of the Second World War, Frank Holland was an RAF pilot whose Typhoon aircraft had just been hit by German anti-aircraft fire during a low flying attack on a marshalling yard in Normandy. He managed to take the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904915096Author Jeffrey MeyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Southbank PublishingPublisher Southbank PublishingWeight(grams) 321g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904349471Author Dame Frances Campbell-PrestonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote Press

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the legendary figures of world culture. But who is the man behind the legend? Martin Geck offers a vivid portrait of a difficult but fascinating man with a tangled and still controversial love life. This is an expert...

At last, here it is. The book that tells you the unvarnished truth about teaching. By turns hilarious, sobering, and downright horrifying, it contains the sort of information that you won't find in any school prospectus, government advert, newspaper...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903635124Author Robin NunnFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Hayden PublishingPublisher Hayden PublishingWeight(grams) 203g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900924009Author Anthony ScadutoFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Helter Skelter PublishingPublisher Helter Skelter PublishingWeight(grams) 595g

In Baby Xwe learned how super-tough cop Harry Keeble and his colleagues in Hackney's Child Protection Unit rescued dozens of kids, faced lynch mobs and undertook the impossible job of interviewing paedophiles. Now, in Little Victim, Harry takes us...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story. In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the son of a minister, the near loss of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993326905Author Mark D. PritchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Mark D Pritchard PublicationsPublisher Mark D Pritchard Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957313408Author Eric BlakebroughFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Hilton Mill BooksPublisher Hilton Mill Books