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An Introduction to English Language: Word, Sound and Sentence by Koenraad Kuiper 9781350380127
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.91Refreshed and updated, the fifth edition of this core textbook offers a clear and engaging introduction to the building blocks of the English language, namely its words, sounds and sentences. Assuming no prior knowledge, it combines accessibility with... -
Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words -'A gem of a book' (Kate Mosse) by Jenni Nuttall 9780349015316
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £5.50Spinster. Cougar. Carer. Matron. Wife.A rich, provocative and entertaining history of women's words - of the language we have, and haven't, had to share our lives.'A gem of a book' KATE MOSSE'A fascinating look at how we talk about women' WASHINGTON... -
Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less by Roy Schwartz
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £7.50THE BESTSELLING GUIDE TO SAYING MORE WITH LESS--NOW A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER--Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize... -
Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings by Susie Dent
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £7.50Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.Who... -
Keep Talking: A Broadcasting Life David Dimbleby 9781399702430
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £5.50'Thoughtful, very readable ... We have been lucky, lucky, lucky to have him' - The Times'Pithy and amusing' - Sunday TimesDavid Dimbleby has interviewed prime ministers and presidents, made award-winning documentaries, chaired Question Time for 25 years,... -
Public Libraries and Marxism by Joe Pateman 9780367761196
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.83Public Libraries and Marxism provides a Marxist analytical framework for understanding public libraries and presents a set of proposals for transforming the capitalist libraries of today. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of this Marxist framework,... -
Beginners’ German: Learn faster. Remember more. by Rosi McNab 9781399812559
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £5.00'If you feel like you aren't really progressing with language learning apps, this is your book.' ReviewPerfect for:Absolute beginners or anyone who wants to refresh their knowledge of GermanAnyone looking for clear and simple explanations, or who... -
Beginners’ Spanish: Learn faster. Remember more. by Angela Gonzalez Hevia 9781399812474
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £5.00'Accessible and at a low price point... I'm so impressed with this little guy! This book covers vocab, grammar, writing , pronunciation, speaking...' ReviewPerfect for:Absolute beginners or anyone who wants to refresh their knowledge of... -
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: The International Bestseller for lovers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Satoshi Yagisawa 9781786583239
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.55The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book.When twenty-five-year-old Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle... -
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £11.44The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power. What makes "cults" so... -
Ariel: The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.51Upon the publication of her posthumous volume of poetry Ariel in 1965, Sylvia Plath became a household name. Readers may be surprised to learn that the draft of Ariel left behind by Plath when she died in 1963 is different from the volume of poetry... -
Collins Common Errors in English by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £5.63The home of trusted English learner's dictionaries for everyday language learning. Focussing on the most common errors in English, this book is the easiest way to improve your everyday language skills. Using simple explanations and corpus... -
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day by Susie Dent
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.62'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWelcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary... -
Madrigals Magic Key To Spanish by Margarita Madrigal
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385410953Author Margarita MadrigalFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm)... -
The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence John Pring 9780745349893
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.54'A must-read expose of one of Britain's biggest hidden scandals' - Frances Ryan 'Definitive proof of how government austerity hasn't just harmed disabled people, it has killed them' - John McDonnell MP In the early 2010s, reports began to emerge of... -
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing That You'll Ever Need by Jessica Brody
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £9.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399579745Author Jessica BrodyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press -
The Tyranny of Words by Stuart Chase 9780156923941
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156923941Author Stuart ChaseFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper Paperbacks -
The Times Bumper Book of Codewords Book 1: 300 compelling and addictive codewords (The Times Puzzle Books) by The Times Mind Games 9780008618148
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.62Challenge yourself with word and number puzzles 300 compelling and addictive word and number puzzles from The Times. Appearing daily in the newspaper, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Doku and Crosswords. The concept is... -
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King 9781444723250
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.62Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic... -
The Faber Book of Reportage by John Carey
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £13.75***FEATURED ON BBC 2's BETWEEN THE COVERS WITH SARA COX***The Faber Book of Reportage is John Carey's remarkable collection of eyewitness accounts that draws on the voices and emotions of the people who experienced some of history's most memorable events... -
The Terry's Chocolate Orange Cookbook: 60 Smashing Chocolate Orange Recipes by Terry's
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.7060 SMASHING RECIPES TO CELEBRATE TERRY'S CHOCOLATE ORANGE We all love a Terry's Chocolate Orange. It's chocolatey. It's orangey. It's round. It's a ball in a sea of bars. Not only is it great for smashing... -
The Dao of Complexity: Making Sense and Making Waves in Turbulent Times Jean Boulton 9783110992649
RRP: £19.00Booksplease Price: £15.11Finalist in the Leadership - Think Differently category of the Goody Business Book Awards 2024 The pandemic, climate change, rising populism, geo-political unrest - just a few of the issues causing turbulence in today's world. We are living and working... -
Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success Russ Buettner 9781847928245
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.84**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** LONGLISTED FOR THE FT AND SHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**'Meticulously documented ... This is a page turner, with spectacular anecdotes' Washington Post'Scalpel-like ... Damning' Sunday Times'A... -
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better by Will Storr
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.33SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'If you want to write a novel or a script, read this book' Sunday Times 'The best book on the craft of storytelling I've ever read' Matt Haig ... -
Writing Down The Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611803082Author Natalie GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
The Oxford Companion to Italian Food by Gillian Riley 9780195387100
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.33The popularity of Italian food all over the world is ever increasing. Unhampered by any sense of superiority, and unburdened by the weight of a great classical tradition, Italians cook and eat in the ways they have known and trusted for generations,... -
The Wipers Times by Ian Hislop
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573113512Author Ian HislopFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Classics: Level 17 More Pack A: Macbeth by William Shakespeare
RRP: £10.10Booksplease Price: £7.67Macbeth is the story of a noble and courageous man, Macbeth, who is happy to serve King Duncan. A chance meeting plants the seed of ambition in Macbeth's mind. Gripped with the same ambition, Lady Macbeth pushes her husband to gain power, with terrible... -
Cuneiform by Irving Finkel
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.02Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating... -
Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death by Laura Cumming 9781529922530
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024****WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE 2024 | NON-FICTION**A beautifully illustrated new memoir of a life in art, a father and daughter, and what a shared love of a painting can come to mean.'Brilliant'... -
Speakout 3ed A2+ Workbook with Key by Pearson Education 9781292407364
Booksplease Price: £34.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781292407364Author Pearson EducationFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Pearson Education LimitedPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams)... -
Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition by Christopher M. Bishop 9780198538646
RRP: £88.00Booksplease Price: £86.10This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of feed-forward neural networks from the perspective of statistical pattern recognition. After introducing the basic concepts of pattern recognition, the book describes techniques for modelling... -
I'm (Almost) Always Kind by Anna Milbourne 9781474983303
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.63Being kind is super important, but it isn't always easy. Using a goodhearted, enthusiastic little boy's perspective, a lot of sensitivity and a little gentle humour, this story explores the potential pitfalls of trying to be kind, and what being kind... -
In Defence of Witches: Why women are still on trial by Mona Chollet
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.73'Intriguing' - Sunday Times'A rousing read' - Irish Times'A bright light of Francophone feminism' - New York TimesRenowned journalist Mona Chollet recasts the witch as a powerful role model: an emblem of strength, free to exist beyond the narrow limits... -
Prose and Cons: The English Language in Just a Minute Gyles Brandreth 9781785946820
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.28'A whirlwind tour of the joys of English, by the master of concision and wit.' - Susie Dent'Gyles is very funny - and never lost for words!' - Dame Judi DenchAs fans of Just a Minute know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English... -
The Elements of Style by William I. Strunk
RRP: £11.10Booksplease Price: £10.35You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk &... -
Marbled Composition Notebook: Lavender Marble Wide Ruled Paper Subject Book by Young Dreamers Press 9781989387511
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989387511Author Young Dreamers PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Young Dreamers PressPublisher YDP Creative IncWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)... -
The Writer's Notebook II: Craft Essays from Tin House by Christopher Beha 9781935639466
RRP: £18.95Booksplease Price: £15.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935639466Author Christopher BehaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Handwriting Ages 7-9: New edition (Collins Easy Learning KS2) by Collins Easy Learning
RRP: £3.99Booksplease Price: £3.36Level: KS2 Subject: English Learn the easy way with this handwriting activity book! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst... -
Dyslexia: A Very Short Introduction by Margaret J. Snowling
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £5.69Since dyslexia was first described in the British Medical Journal in 1896, there has been debate about the definitions and diagnostic procedures used, with some casting doubt on its very existence. However, there is now a considerable body of research...