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Ten inspiring stories of faith and mission from Asia and the Arab World from the mission agency Interserve. In The Plum in the Desert Naomi Reed tells stories of difficult situations in the mission field; some of victory, some which left the mission...

'I always wanted everything so frantically, and I'm just the person that can't have them.' Based on family papers and memories, this picture of middle class life at the end of the nineteenth century tells the poignant story of Winnie Seebohm, Victoria...

Few other historians have shaped our understanding of the Third Reich as Joachim Fest. Fierce and intransigent, German-born Fest was a relentless interrogator of his nation's modern history. His analysis, The Face of the Third Reich, his biographies of...

Since her debut in 1920 with The Mysterious Affair At Styles, Agatha Christie has become the chief proponent of the English village murder mystery. Although she created two enormously popular characters - the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and the...

When Bruce, an abandoned collie-cross puppy, is adopted by a lively family, he encounters more affection than ever before in his short life.With humour and a unique charm, he describes his life with his loving but troubled owners, and offers a sometimes...

Life's too short...but she's not. At 4'11", Kristin Chenoweth is famous for creating the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked. She's also been a regular on shows like The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, and Sesame Street , costarred in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781573226882Author Nick HornbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

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He 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859653442Author Kris NeedsFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

'Today as I was leaving home, I saw a guy in the street. Just by exchanging glances, we decided to make love.' Valerie Tasso is an unashamedly promiscuous French woman who becomes a high-class prostitute in Madrid. This is her story, told in riveting...

Amanda Holden always knew her destiny was to become a star. At the age of three she was singing, acting and directing plays for family and friends, 'I wanted to be a household name, like Fairy Liquid,' she told them. Ever the joker, for once Amanda...

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The children's novel "Black Beauty" written by Anna Sewell wrote the children's novel "Black Beauty" in her fifties, and sold it outright for GBP20. She did not live to know of its success. This work chronicles her extraordinary life from the tragic...

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'Touching and funny, Alison Gangel's memoir is an exceptionally honest and brave piece of writing.' Anne Donovan 'A gleaming gem of a memoir' Daily Express ________________________ Seven-year-old Ailsa Dunn's Ma is prettier than all the other mothers,...

'Dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the Twentieth Century.'Those words opened Michael Buerk's first report on the Ethiopian famine for the 6 o'clock news on...

Maggie is John Sergeant's mordant analysis of Margaret Thatcher's career and, more importantly, the legacy she has left to the Conservative party, which he would argue has been little short of disastrous. He takes us from the glory days of three...

Integrity matters. We expect it of leaders in all walks of life. But why is integrity so rare? Jonathan Lamb looks at the example of the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians and offers us a model of integrity in leadership that spans the centuries.Book...

A woman's fight to reclaim her body after a paralysis-inducing cycling accident In the early evening on October 1, 2003, Christina Crosby was three miles into a seventeen mile bicycle ride, intent on reaching her goal of 1,000 miles for the riding...

John F. Kennedy carried on a lifelong love affair with England and the English. From his speaking style to his tastes in art, architecture, theatre, music and clothes, his personality reflected his deep affinity for a certain kind of idealised...

Jack Sutherland, the narrator and protagonist of this memoir has, you might say, led a charmed life in the face of seeming damnation. A confirmed alcoholic in his early teens, by his twenties he was PA and bodyguard to the Hollywood stars most notably...

The first biography of the enigmatic coach who has completely transformed the England rugby team.After Eddie Jones began coaching England's rugby team, they won 22 of their next 23 matches. The side that limped out of the 2015 World Cup was thoroughly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988777828Author Norma BuddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Blue Line Publishing House, IncorporatedPublisher Blue Line Publishing House,...

Ian Buruma's maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun & Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still at school at Uppingham and Win was taking music lessons in...

A provocative reappraisal of Wellington's military career, his victory at Waterloo, and the source of his genius as a general Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992811402Author Meniere ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Page AddiePublisher Page AddieWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Gold Medallion Book Awards (Biography/Autobiography) 2001.Book InformationISBN 9780785268482Author Beth NimmoFormat PaperbackPage Count 181Imprint Thomas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988777811Author Norma BuddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Blue Line Publishing House, IncorporatedPublisher Blue Line Publishing House,...

Jimmy Holland was born into a family suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. At the age of just two weeks, he was placed into care. The beginning of a life lived in a constantly changing environment of homes, authorities and...

"Anyone who survived the exterminations camps must have an untypical story to tell. The typical camp story of the millions ended in death ... We, the few who survived the war and the majority who perished in the camps, did not use and would not have ...

With his recent theatrical success, The Play What I Wrote, Braben shows that the audience for the spirit of the incomparable Eric and Ernie is just as alive today as it was in their glory years. Now, the key figure behind their success, scriptwriter...

In 2003, an independent film called The Room - starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit named Tommy Wiseau - made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as 'like getting stabbed in the...

Jack Sutherland has, you might say, led a charmed life in the face of seeming damnation. After a childhood spent in London, his family moved to California and by his twenties Jack was PA and bodyguard to the Hollywood stars - most notably Michael Stipe,...

Lisa Shannon had what some would call a good life,her own business, a successful fiance, a secure home. Then one day in 2005, shortly after her father's death, an episode of Oprah changed everything. The show about women in the Congo depicted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781898218647Author Tom RalstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Scottish Cultural PressPublisher Scottish Cultural Press

__________________ 'Lyrical and compelling ... wonderfully crafted' - Sunday Telegraph 'A superb account' - Literary Review 'Far more than a biography... allows us to experience the evolution of great science' - The Independent 'Uplifting and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847714237Author Garry Monk with Peter ReadFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa