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The definitive biography of one of the most successful generals Britain has ever had Kitchener was one of the most successful generals Britain has ever had, and yet he has always been a mystery. Legends proliferated about him in his lifetime, and the...

The highly anticipated memoir of Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl from Pakistan's Swat region who stood up to the Taliban. I come from a country which was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. When the Taliban took control of...

For the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin was a loyal British royalist. In 1757, having made his fortune in Philadelphia and established his fame as a renowned experimental scientist, he crossed the Atlantic to live as a gentleman in the...

Memoir of the early life of TV presenter Richard Hammond, told through eight significant road journeys he has taken. ON THE ROAD: MY LIFE IN EIGHT JOURNEYS is a new way of autobiography, in which TOP GEAR presenter Richard Hammond tells the story of his...

BOOK OF THE WEEK on BBC Radio 4, a GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES and FINANCIAL TIMES Book of the Year and a Waterstones.com Best Biography of 2016 'A brisk, lively and wonderfully entertaining account of the life of a strange, tormented, unique creature' JOHN...

This is a large beautifully illustrated edition of CALL THE MIDWIFE with never-before-seen photographs which bring the real London and real lives to life. Pictures of the docklands, photos of how life was lived at the time, the families, housing, health...

Danny Baker's third volume of memoirs barrels along at the same cracking pace as its predecessors, the bestselling Going to Sea in a Sieve (the inspiration for the major TV series Cradle to Grave and subsequent nationwide tour) and Going off Alarming...

Travelling to Work is the third volume of Michael Palin's widely acclaimed diaries. After the Python years and a decade of filming, writing and acting, Palin's career takes an unexpected direction into travel, which will shape his working life for the...

During his run into turning fifty, Chris Evans is on a mission. To take stock of where he is and where he's at in order to figure out how best to get the most out of what he believes are the best years yet to come.His typically positive and upbeat...

Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ireland, Roy Keane - co-written in a unique collaboration with Man Booker Prize-winner Roddy Doyle. In an eighteen-year playing career for Cobh Ramblers,...

An illustrated memoir of one of Britain's greatest and best-loved actors. 'National treasure? I hate that. Too dusty, too in a cupboard, too behind glass, too staid ... What I love is being part of a company. On stage I am not trying to be myself, I'm...

Known as the "Prince of Bummers," Leonard Cohen is a multi-talented poet, singer-songwriter, novelist, and Zen Buddhist whose career has spanned more than forty years and inspired countless other artists. In this critically acclaimed biography...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780285635302Author Genevieve De Gaulle AnthoniozFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Souvenir Press LtdPublisher Souvenir Press LtdWeight(grams) 157g

In February 2015, Tim Locks headed to Kurdistan to fight ISIS. After watching images of the Yazidi people being slaughtered, he couldn't sit back and do nothing. Having worked as a prison officer and a bouncer, he knew how to handle himself - and had a...

Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over fifty years. Now, in his long-awaited autobiography, he reveals how the boy from South Woodford went from child stardom in the first stage production of...

With an introduction by Alan Titchmarsh, The People's Gardener is an inspiring memoir by top gardening judge Jim Buttress, that will amuse and enthral gardeners everywhere. As a judge at the RHS, Jim Buttress presides over the country's favourite flower...

From bestselling author Amanda Owen come more tales of life at Ravenseat, the remote Yorkshire hill farm she shares with husband Clive, eight children and 900 sheep. In A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess she describes the age-old cycles of a...

Frank Sinatra was one of the most influential entertainers the world had ever seen. He was also one of the most complex - generous, a loyal friend, a champion of causes, a devoted son and father, unpredictable, a loud-mouthed tough guy and a womanizer...

From a council house in Kent to her first home in the Hollywood hills, from being told she was too big to model to becoming an inspiration for curvy girls everywhere, Kelly's life has taken many unexpected turns. As a child she just wanted to be an...

Sharon Lawrence is a journalist who knew Hendrix well, became his confidante and saw him a number of times in the weeks before his death. Jimi Hendrix tells and shows - in rich detail - who Jimi Hendrix really was and what really happened to him during...

'a splendid anthology, both hilarious and melancholy' Spectator Witty, enchanting, engaging and moving, Hugh Massingberd's third collection of Daily Telegraph obituaries ranges in scope from well-known entertainers like Liberace and Kenneth Williams to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316348379Author Kenneth HarrisFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

"Everything in life belongs to God. Our purpose has already been mapped out." -David Luiz One of the rising stars in international soccer, David Luiz has been impressing crowds since he was a boy. But it is his faith, not his fame, that drives...

China's story of her life as a child conscript in the Ugandan National Resistance Army starts at age 8 and continues for ten years of terror, humiliation and sexualassault. After rejoining the army years later she serves as bodyguard to the Minister for...

In SCAR TISSUE Anthony Kiedis, the charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his remarkable life story, and the history of the band itself. He tells of his childhood living in LA with his unconventional father; an...

This is Alex Ferguson''s compelling account o f Manchester United''s rollercoaster 1996/7 season at home an d in Europe. Outspoken as ever, Fergie confides to his diary the shocks, setbacks and secrets of life at England''s bigge st football club 'Book...

Anhua Gao's parents were hailed as revolutionary heroes. In her early years she knew love and support and grew up in a privileged world. But when they both tragically died, all she was left with was her parent's fading reputation to guide her through the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788497940177Author Miguel Gimenez SaurinaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Edimat Libros s.a.Publisher Edimat Libros s.a.

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Much has happened since that special day and this 84-page glossy publication takes a fond look back at Prince George's first 12 months - his first official portrait, the royal christening, his first Christmas and a special feature on his first official...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908223975Author Christine ParadineFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Memoirs PublishingPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907522406Author Otto HerschanFormat PaperbackPage Count 197Imprint TAF PublishingPublisher TAF PublishingWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 141mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906358594Author Mike GrayFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Apex Publishing LtdPublisher Apex Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905881055Author Alex ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Granta MagazinePublisher Granta MagazineWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 145mm *...

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