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From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril Lakin studied at Oxford, survived the First World War, and went on to become a Fleet Street editor, radio presenter ...

For all the Superwoman fans out there, this is the ultimate unofficial guide to Lilly Singh and Unicorn Island!Jam-packed with everything you need to be a part of Team Super, this book is filled with Lilly's top tips on dating, Superwoman motivation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956674906Author Hugh ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Hugh ThompsonPublisher Hugh Thompson

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432868208Author Caroline FraserFormat PaperbackImprint Large Print PressPublisher Large Print PressWeight(grams) 1315gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 46mm

The extaordinary life of Sir Thomas Malory, author of the 'Morte d'Arthur'. Sir Thomas Malory's 'Morte d'Arthur' (1469) is one of the best-known books in the world. Virtually all modern versions of the Arthurian legends are derived from its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award (Nonfiction) 2011. Short-listed for Nevada Young Readers' Award (Young Adult) 2013 and Eliot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784610081Author Alun BurgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Royal Society of Literature Award 1996 and Best of the Bestsellers 1998 and Pulitzer Prize Biography Category 1997.Book InformationISBN 9780684874357Author Frank...

'Once we passed the checkpoint at the border, it hit me. I was like, Holy Shit, this is it, I'm entering a combat zone. Cool!'At twenty-six Colby Buzzell, unemployed and living at home, decided to join the US Army. Within months he was in Iraq, a machine...

When Mikey Cuddihy was orphaned at the age of nine, her life exploded. She and her siblings were sent from New York to board at experimental Summerhill School, in Suffolk, and abandoned there. The setting was idyllic, lessons were optional, pupils made...

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In the shadow of his father Kirk's overpowering fame, Michael Douglas forged a career for himself and became recognised in his own right as an award-winning actor and producer.But fame has taken its toll on Michael's personal life. His struggles with...

Twenty years ago a young Londoner named Lucy arrived in the Dorset countryside as a rather bemused bride. She knew nothing of the great outdoors and blithely agreed to spend her honeymoon harvesting. Her rural education was to be a fast and frantic one...

With their silly puns, down-to-earth style and obvious affection for each other, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were a defining part of 1990s popular culture. For two years their hit show, Light Lunch, was staple viewing for housewives and students up and...

Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fictionA poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by a prizewinning author.From Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's most...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908026453Author John MallonFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Diadem BooksPublisher Book Printing UKWeight(grams) 262gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Michael Holroyd confronts an army of automobiles in this charming book. Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, he traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography.Learning to drive was no easy matter for Michael: the lessons...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861518767Author Francis ChadwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo Books

Aged just 29, gifted, athletic and loved, Lu Spinney's son Miles was on the brink of a brilliant future. Then a snowboarding accident changed everything. He suffered a devastating head injury and was left in a coma.With unflinching honesty, Lu has...

"A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-meet, desultorily functioning Long Island family, in Massapequa, turn into Alec Baldwin, gifted actor,...

In this vivacious memoir, Thomas Keneally conjures up his youthful self at a pivotal period in his life - as a red-haired teenager who idolised Gerald Manley Hopkins, had visions of being a sporting hero, and dreamed of winning the heart of the alluring...

For over 700 years, the title 'Prince of Wales' has been awarded to royal heirs waiting to accede to the throne of England. They did not always achieve it even the highest in the land have been subject to disease, death and the fortunes of war, or of...

The Way Things Were is a moving personal account of growing up in working-class Newcastle between 1933 and 1952. It describes a way of life that was not unique to the Cassidy family and their neighbours, but one that was shared by millions in urban...

The life of Hollywood's number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas. Robert De...

Shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize 2022 'Engrossing...brilliant' Monica Ali 'Heartbreaking and really funny' Ross Gay 'This book fell into my heart' Sabrina Mahfouz 'The kind of authentic voice that is rarely heard' Saima...

Gareth Bale is the new man-to-watch of the footballing world. Success both nationally and internationally have ensured his place amongst the footballing greats.Bale began his professional football career at Tottenham Hotspurs and soon became one of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847714121Author Dewi ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846830440Author Eileen SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Woodfield PublishingPublisher Woodfield PublishingDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 9mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922182272Author Sian PriorFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint The Text Publishing CompanyPublisher Text PublishingWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791496Author Samuel W. MitchamFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Elenaor is young, high-spirited, supremely intelligent, heiress to the vast Duchy of Aquitaine - at a time when a woman's value was measured in terms of wealth. Her vivid leadership inspired and dazzled those about her. And yet, born to rule, she was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486292328Author Anton SchindlerPage Count 547Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

The book explores the Hendrix legend from the perspective of the extraordinary year he spent in England recording a string of hit singles and achieving the fame that had escaped him in his native country. The book contains a wealth of interviews and new...

In 2006, Dave and Christie Nasser welcomed a Great Dane puppy into their lives - the runt of a litter of thirteen who won over the hearts of his new owners with his soulful blue eyes. They named him George and he swiftly changed their lives. In February...

Strong, feisty, brave and brilliant, Kathleen Turner is a woman to be reckoned with. One of the most revered actresses of her generation and beyond, she is a woman who goes after what she wants and gets it. In this memoir, she reveals her astonishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590170670Author Helen KellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843919155Author Melisa KlimaszewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Hesperus Press LtdPublisher Hesperus Press LtdWeight(grams) 180gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553560725Author Patty DukeFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 171mm *...