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Andrew White is something of a legend: a man of great charm and energy, whose personal suffering has not deflected him from his important ministry of reconciliation. Andrew grew up in London, the son of strongly religious parents: by the age of five he...

The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF fighter pilot who shot down twenty enemy fighters during the Second World War despite having lost both his legs, defies fiction. A fighter ace and highly decorated war hero, he became a household name in the 1950s...

"'Okay listen up everyone,' I said, zipping up my high visibility jacket. 'It will be most effective to comb the local area by taking a village each.' I told my team as I traced my finger across the map. My experience as a former copper was invaluable...

'For me, he is England's greatest ever player' - Gary Lineker'Sir Bobby was a hero to millions, not just in Manchester or the United Kingdom, but wherever football is played around the world' - Manchester United FCSir Bobby Charlton is widely...

For his many friends and fans, Peter Cook was quite simply the funniest man they'd ever encountered. And nearly eight years since his death, his status as one of Britain's greatest comedians shows no sign of shrinking. Despite his reputation for...

In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a...

'Riveting . . . brings Bond amazingly to life' Daily Express'Meticulously and lovingly researched. Essential reading for Bond maniacs' Daily Mail______________________________________________________Like most of the world, John Pearson assumed that James...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847710154Author Chris NeedsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Rosebud is a riveting and powerful portrait of the rise and fall of one of Hollywood's greatest innovators - the man who brought us Citizen Kane and then lost himself to obesity, small talk and conjuring tricks on daytime television. With humour, pace...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789592252Author Michael YeltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint Sacristy PressPublisher Sacristy PressWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

'The wonderful thing about having a relationship with a cat is that it can bring you to something truly extraordinary and life-changing'There comes a time in every cat's life when his schedule slows down, and he struggles with aches and pains. Peter has...

During her 70 years on the throne, few got to know the Queen well, but there is one body of work that sheds new light on her thoughts, personality and the issues that really concerned her: the Queen's own speeches. For many years, the Queen's Christmas...

Jean Harlow, the Godmother of Blondes, lit the torch for the blonde bombshell, creating an image and persona that would be passed on for generations to come. Jean's life was cut tragically short at the age of 26, but the flame reignited in the 1950s with...

George Thomas, the former Labour Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the House of Commons, was the sycophant supreme of the British political system and arguably the most divisive figure in twentieth-century Welsh politics, whose transformation from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470986896Author Louisa YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit... Lumped into the 'too fat for potatoes group' by her mother, carefree eating isn't something Arabella Weir had much experience of...

A charming and beautifully written account of the pleasures of slow travel - for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Colin Thubron and Eric Newby.'Lawrence Sterne once suggested that we travel for one of just three reasons: imbecility of mind, infirmity of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781291918069Author Faiza SiddiquiFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Lulu Press IncPublisher Lulu Press Inc

'I'm just a nitwit girl who's sort of stumbling through life learning that we all have our own roads to walk - but that it's still valuable, and rather lovely, to hear about other people's journeys...'Filled with honesty, wit and wisdom, Fully...

On 13 November 2001, John Simpson and a BBC news crew walked into Kabul and the liberation of the Afghan capital was broadcast to a waiting world. It was the end of a sustained campaign against the Taliban, a campaign that Simpson had covered from the...

"The Guv'nor" was a classic book that started an entire genre. It was the original and incredible true story of the world's greatest hard man, Lenny McLean. Ever since it was published, fans of Lenny have been clamouring to know more and more about this...

In the vein of Hotel Babylon and Confessions of a GP, The Secret Player will fascinate footballs fans with its wealth of insider knowledge and willingness to talk, albeit anonymously, about the inner workings of the game. Based on the hugely popular 'The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501116391Author Amber SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

"The Duke is a harrowing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, and a gripping read. Don't miss it."-T. J. English, New York Times bestselling author Havana NocturneAn American Gothic... In the early 1990s, Tommy Morrison, a young roughneck from Jay,...

It's time to meet your new superheroesDiscover the fascinating stories behind 38 iconic people of colour, all of them ground-breakers, risk-takers and game-changers. Whether they are activists, athletes, scientists or superstars, every one of them has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785621680Author D.T. DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press

'I'm the binge-drinking health reporter. During the week, I write about Australia's booze-soaked culture. At the weekends, I write myself off.' Booze had dominated Jill Stark's social life ever since she had her first sip of beer, at 13. She thought...

BILLY, the ground-breaking biography of the nation's favourite iconoclast, gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the personal and professional life of the genius that is Billy Connolly. Then, in the sequel to that bestselling book, the...

At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with everything to live for to double-leg amputee, her life in ruins. Then it got worse. A few days after her...

The moving true story of Perth the beagle.'Perth was a dog larger than life. She bought us adventure, drama and joy. She changed us forever.' From the instant they spotted the forlorn puppy in the kennel, Cindy and Peter Martin knew she was the one for...

"What I am really anxious to hear is the final cause of your monstrous fiction. For your false invention seems to have no purpose. What reason can you give me for the circulation of the blood?"William Harvey's theory of circulation was as controversial...

Eddie Maher used to spend every day guarding big bags of someone else's cash. He'd always dreamed about the big house and the sporty car, and working for Securicor wasn't getting him anywhere fast. But all that was to change. The siren song of...

AN EVENING STANDARD, ECONOMIST AND DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ 'Gripping and brilliantly done' - The Times 'Unashamedly romantic, and combining quiet reflection with pacy narrative, di Giovanni looks at love with the same...

The true story of a woman who uncovered the dramatic stories of her mother and sisters with the help of the award-winning television programme, Long Lost Family. Adopted at a young age, Cherry Durbin had spent over twenty years searching for traces of...

How do you make it as a pop star? Why does one boy band make it big and another disappear off the pages of the magazines altogether? Why do girls cost more than boys? And who should you sleep with to get to number one?Packed with scandal and intrigue,...

Biographical Portrait of Liverpool's Spanish football manager Rafael Benitez and an extraordinary season for the club.When Rafael Benitez was appointed manager of under-achieving Liverpool at the start of the 2004-2005 season, the reaction of many fans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733992206Author Kim KrizanFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Total Global DominationPublisher Total Global DominationWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm)...

This is the concluding volume of a three-volume, widely acclaimed biography of William Pitt the Younger, who was Prime Minister of England from 1783 to 1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806. The present volume covers the years from 1797 to his...

A brilliantly funny guide to the trials and tribulations of hospitals and convalescence - from No. 1 bestselling author Maeve Binchy.Get the feel-better factor from Maeve Binchy as she teams up with artist Wendy Shea to bring us ACHES & PAINS. This gem...

Little Amy never knew her father. One dark night, when she was only a baby, the Soviet secret police forcefully arrested Amy's father ...and condemned him to the frigid wastelands of Siberia. Then as World War II began, the armies of the Third Reich...