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Shakespeare: A Life by Park Honan 9780192825278 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99£2.29Park Honan uses a wealth of fresh information to dramatically alter our perceptions of Shakespeare the actor, poet, and playwright. The young poet's relationships, his early courtship of Anne Hathaway, their marriage, his attitudes to women such as... -
Being Adam Golightly: One man's bumpy voyage to the other side of grief by Adam Golightly 9781780723167 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life's screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against the hand of fate... -
Anne Boleyn: A new life of England's tragic queen by Joanna Denny 9780749950514 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Adulteress? Sorceress? Immoral Temptress? No English Queen has been so persistently vilified as Anne Boleyn. Even after her execution in May 1536 - on trumped-up charges of adultery - the portrait that has come down to us is the one drawn by her enemies... -
Time Out Of Mind by Jane Lapotaire 9781844080557 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.26Who are you when your brain is not you?'Jane Lapotaire is one of the lucky ones. Many people do not survive, let alone live intelligently and well again once they have suffered cerebral haemorrhage. In the long haul back to life - 'nearly dying was the... -
Telling Some Tales by Anna Massey 9780099486947 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£7.85In 2005, Anna Massey was awarded a CBE for services to drama.Daughter of the Canadian actor, Raymond Massey (perhaps best-known for his role as Dr Gillespie in the TV series Dr Killdare), and Adrianne Allen (also a very successful stage actress), drama... -
The Race Against Time by Edward Pickering 9780552167352 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.65When Chris Boardman first raced against Graeme Obree, in a time trial in Newtonards, Northern Ireland, in 1990, it was the start of a rivalry that captivated the British public for a decade and brought cycling on to the front pages. Boardman was the... -
The Mascot: The extraordinary story of a Jewish boy and an SS extermination squad by Mark Kurzem 9781846040511 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Part thriller, part psychological drama, part puzzle with a strange twist, The Mascot is one of the most astonishing stories to emerge from the Second World War. It tells the remarkable true story of how Alex Kurzem unravelled the shocking secrets of his... -
Joining the Dots: A Woman In Her Time by Juliet Gardiner 9780007489190 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.87'An accomplished and intensely evocative memoir ... A journey of courage and determination ... Joining the Dots ... will become in time an integral part of our understanding of postwar Britain' Daniel Kynaston, Books of the Year, Observer ... -
The Jimmy Hill Story: On and Off the Field by Jimmy Hill 9780340717769 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65'In many ways Jimmy Hill was football. He was a true great of the game.' - Greg Dyke, Chairman of the Football AssociationJimmy Hill died on 19th December 2015 but very much remains a household name. Renowned for his outspoken views, recognised the world... -
Escape from China: The Long Journey from Tiananmen to Freedom by Zhang Boli 9780743431613 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.00£2.54No one can forget the scalding images of defiance and bravery that appeared on our television screens in 1989. Teeming masses of students made history in Tiananmen Square, uniting their voices in protest of China's Communist regime. Impassioned young... -
Frost: That Was The Life That Was: The Authorised Biography by Neil Hegarty 9780753556726 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.65Sir David Frost was the only person to have met and interviewed every British Prime Minister since Harold Wilson as well as seven Presidents of the United States. With unparalleled, authorised access to David's family and friends, in this book Neil... -
Prince William by Brian Hoey 9780750932653 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£2.54Biography of Prince WilliamAbout the AuthorBrian Hoey is the author of several books on maritime and Royal history. His The Royal Yacht Britannia, published in 1999, is now in its third edition. Among his other works are Anne. The Princess Royal, The... -
Everybody's Daughter, Nobody's Child by Jane Lapotaire 9781844084166 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Jane knew she was a war baby because Mummy Grace said all war babies had to drink the treacly black malt from The Clinic every morning. Then Mummy Grace told Jane she wasn't her mummy. Her mummy was a lady who lived in Le Tookay. Or was it... -
Churchill by Ashley Jackson 9780857388346 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Crown: Truth & Fiction: An Analysis of the Netflix Series The Crown by Hugo Vickers 9781999777067 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.00£2.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999777067Author Hugo VickersFormat PaperbackImprint ZuleikaPublisher Zuleika -
Paperweight by Stephen Fry 9780099457022 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29A hilarious collection of the many articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers and radio. It includes selected wireless essays of Donald Trefusis, the ageing professor of philology brought to life in Fry's novel The Liar, and the best of... -
Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson by Paula Byrne 9780007164592 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late 18th-century England. One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson's life was marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by... -
Escape: Our journey home through war-torn Germany by Barbie Probert-Wright 9781787463233 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29Two sisters.One extraordinary true story.Germany, 1945. Trapped between advancing armies, stranded hundreds of miles from their mother, and with their father missing in action, sisters Barbie and Eva were confronted with an impossible choice.Should they... -
Call the Ambulance! by Les Pringle 9780552158534 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.29Exploding pressure cookers, a thwarted wife's deadly revenge and transvestites in distress - manning an ambulance in the seventies kept you on your toes.Having survived the rites of passage as a probationer, Les Pringle now has to face up to the reality... -
The Mario Lanza Story by Constantine Callinicos 9781958425466 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£14.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958425466Author Constantine CallinicosFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Chosho PublishingPublisher Chosho PublishingWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm)... -
Out Of The Wilderness: Diaries 1963-67 by Tony Benn 9780099586708 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£2.291963 saw Labour's emergence from its 'wilderness years' in Opposition, and the election of Harold Wilson following the unexpected death of Hugh Gaitskell. In the first Wilson government of 1964 Benn was made Postmaster General and became known as an... -
Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII by Robert Hutchinson 9780753827710 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65'Explains a lot about the man who became Henry VIII...Robert Hutchinson vividly shows us the monster in the making and teaches us to feel a modicum of pity for his plight' DAILY MAIL'Brings the future king's personality vividly to life, with all of its... -
On the Road: Growing up in Eight Journeys - My Early Years by Richard Hammond 9781780225098 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.26ON THE ROAD: GROWING UP IN EIGHT JOURNEYS - MY EARLY YEARS is a new form of autobiography, in which TOP GEAR presenter Richard Hammond tells the story of his early life through a series of significant driving episodes. He's a child in the back seat of... -
My Family and Other Strangers: Adventures in Family History by Jeremy Hardy 9780091927509 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.29When Jeremy Hardy decided to explore his ancestry it was, in part, to get to the bottom of his grandmother Rebecca's dubious claims that the family descended from a certain 17th-century architect and that, more recently, Jeremy's great-grandfather was a... -
Please Don't Make Me Go: How One Boy's Courage Overcame A Brutal Childhood by John Fenton 9780007263783 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29The harrowing true story of one boy's experiences in a brutal 'approved' school for young offenders in '50s London, run by Catholic monks where violence and abuse were rife. Beaten from an early age by his abusive, father, John struggled to... -
Untitled 583169 by Random House 9781524763169 [USED COPY]
RRP: £45.00£3.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work 2021. Nominated for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781524763169Author... -
Unloved: The True Story of a Stolen Childhood by Peter Roche 9780141033556 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.29This story begins and ends with a photograph taken when I was two years old. Finding it was like discovering that I really did exist after all . It was as if someone was saying 'No, it wasn't all in your imagination, that childhood really did happen, and... -
Passing For Normal: Tourette's, OCD and growing up crazy by Amy Wilensky 9781847390158 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.78Amy Wilensky was eight years old when she started to suffer from Tourette's Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The apple of her father's eye and a pretty, high achieving young girl, she watched as her body began to do things she couldn't... -
Royalty's Strangest Tales by Geoff Tibballs 9781911042792 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99£1.92A rollicking collection of stories featuring the craziest, daftest and most outrageous monarchs the world has ever known. Packed with royal stories from 2,000 years of history, from the immortality-obsessed first... -
A House in Bali by Colin McPhee 9789625936291 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£4.04This is a book about passion, obsession and discovery in an amazing land, but also about the voyage of a highly talented composer and writer.A House in Bali remains one of the most remarkable books ever written about the fabled island of Bali. This... -
Garry Sobers: My Autobiography by Garry Sobers 9780755310074 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29Garry Sobers is a cricketing legend, the greatest all-rounder of all time. In this revealing and honest autobiography, Sobers talks about his upbringing and about the tragic accident that inspired him throughout his career. He explains how he helped the... -
Comrade Corbyn: A Very Unlikely Coup: How Jeremy Corbyn Stormed to the Labour Leadership by Rosa Prince 9781785901188 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.65He is a most unlikely revolutionary: a middle-aged, middle-class former grammar schoolboy who honed his radicalism on the mean streets of rural Shropshire. Last summer, this little-known outsider rode a wave of popular enthusiasm to win the Labour Party... -
Defiance: The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard by Stephen Taylor 9780571311125 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.33Poet and musician, artist and hostess, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted... -
Betws a'r Byd by Elfyn Llwyd 9781784619527 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784619527Author Elfyn LlwydFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa -
Adventures of a Wonky-Eyed Boy: The Short-Arse Years: Jason Byrne's Memoir by Jason Byrne 9780717170371 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£2.65'"Mrs Byrne, you've a beautiful, very pale, ginger-haired baby boy with a wonky eye." As she was handed me by the midwife, my mother wept for all the wrong reasons. She could have shagged a platypus and I still would have come out better than this.' ... -
There's Only 2 Tony Cotteys by Tony Cottey 9781843239246 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843239246Author Tony CotteyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press -
Mrs Zigzag: The Extraordinary Life of a Secret Agent's Wife by Betty Chapman 9780752488134 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.29When Betty Farmer married double agent Eddie Chapman, Agent Zigzag, she knew her life would never be ordinary. Yet even before her marriage to Eddie, her life involved incendiary bombs, serial killers, film roles and love affairs with flying aces. After... -
Self Abuse by Jonathan Self 9780743230971 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.78At 35, despite his determination to be different from his parents, Jonathan Self found his life echoing theirs: he was a twice-divorced absent father with three young children, one in the UK and two in Australia. In this frank, moving and often funny... -
Some Girls, Some Hats And Hitler: A True Story by Trudi Kanter 9781844088089 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.92Vienna, 1938: Trudi Miller, young, beautiful and chic, designs hats for the smartest women in the city. She is falling in love with Walter, a charming and charismatic businessman. But their idyll is about to end. Trudi and Walter are Jewish, and as... -
Raising Raffi: A Book about Fatherhood (For People Who Would Never Read Such a Book) by Keith Gessen 9781785789458 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£6.75'Given the bedlam it describes, Raising Raffi is impressively clear-sighted, entertaining and analytical' - Financial Times'A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene' - Dwight Garner, New York Times'Engaging, accessible, down to earth.....