Nonfiction

George Orwell, perhaps one of the most perceptive writers of the twentieth century, wrote extensively about English life and politics. This selection of his essays and journalism brings together his most provocative and insightful writing on England and...

** Business Book Awards 2023 Finalist **‘A really powerful book.’ - Bruce DaisleySimple tools, extraordinary results.Everything we’re learning about how we function best as humans in the digital age is pointing towards one of our oldest technologies: the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156482400Author Samuel I. HayakawaFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Harcourt Brace InternationalPublisher Harcourt Brace International

Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The War Diaries illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956934458Author Nicolas ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Nicolas MatherPublisher Nicolas MatherWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733251167Author Jennie NashFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Tree Farm BooksPublisher Tree Farm BooksWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

From the acclaimed author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners brings together a diverse and fascinating selection of garden writing that spans the centuries, the seasons and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312010447Author FreyFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 146mm * 19mm

WINNER OF OVER 20 LITERARY AND DESIGN AWARDS including the Writer's Digest Grand Prize and Rubery Book Award Book of the Year True stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from the last days of...

'Not all Essex girls are party girls. They can be sages, martyrs, leaders. In her neat and provocative little book, Sarah Perry celebrates their courage and vivacity.' Hilary Mantel A defence and celebration of the Essex Girl by the best-selling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374528584Author Vivian GornickFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux

'Like a best friend giving you essential advice. I can't wait to give this to every writer I know.' Candice Carty-WilliamsWhy do stories matter? I tell stories to make sense of the world as I see it. The world I have lived and experienced, read about and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608688364Author Estelle ErasmusFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

The Associated Press Guide to News Writing, is the standard professional resource for both novice and experienced news writers. This practical handbook is the ideal writing style guide for all reporters, writers, editors, and English and journalism...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984616664Author Dinty W MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 179Imprint Rose Metal PressPublisher Rose Metal PressWeight(grams) 318g

A rich banquet at the cutting edge of the arts, rooted in California's eclectic cultural gumbo, by one of America's most gifted critics, who died young in 2019."A perfect journalistic valediction from one of LA's finest commentators."-Richard...

Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356998247Author Zeyad Masroor KhanFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578357812Author Leslie Anne FranklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Leslie Anne FranklinPublisher Leslie Anne FranklinWeight(grams)...

In her new memoir, Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way.As she approaches eighty, what she herself calls old age,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950186532Author Jennifer Leigh SeligFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Mandorla BooksPublisher Mandorla BooksWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Drawing on years of experience, and thousands of readers comments and reviews of her writing, Cathy Glass provides a clear and concise, practical guide on writing and the best ways to get published. Bestselling author Cathy Glass has written...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760293086Author Patti MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 432gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 153mm *...

he first comprehensive work on nonfiction as an art form * Shows how nonfiction, especially how-to and self-help, can take on the same power and luminosity as great fiction * Develops processes to reliably induce the dreaming state from which all writing...

Natalie Barney,'the wild girl of Cincinnati', and Romaine Brooks were both rich, American and grandly lesbian. They met in Paris in 1915 and their tempestuous affair lasted more than fifty years. By the end of their lives together, Natalie and Romaine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608688074Author Nancy Slonim AronieFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737688013Author Andrea JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Andrea J. JohnsonPublisher Andrea J. JohnsonWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Sol Stein is one of the most popular writing instructors in the world, teaching through well-attended workshops, featured appearances at writers' conferences, software for writers, on-line columns, and ongoing sales of his first guide, Stein On Writing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951897512Author Bad Billy PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Terror House Press, LLCPublisher Terror House Press, LLCWeight(grams)...

The Few Who Flew is an evocative memoir written by one of the last young men to train as a RAF pilot, gaining his 'Wings' in April 1957 just days before the end of National Service. Michael Morris as he was then (he is now Lord Naseby) was selected to...

microbursts is a collection of hybrid, lyric essays about the places between life and death; memoir and poetry; making and letting go. Originally written by Reeder as an intense text-based collection of lyric and experimental essays responding to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312254216Author Sol SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Publisher Griffin PublishingWeight(grams) 356gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645471943Author Maureen MurdockFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884995682Author Carolyn KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Word Dancer PressPublisher Word Dancer PressDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940785592Author Rachael HerronFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Hga PublishingPublisher Hga PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830845699Author Andrew T. LepeauFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm)...

What's Your Story? is an effective tool for transformation: an interactive journal for anyone who longs to bring a new story to life - if only they could figure out what it is. Through a series of deeply personal writing prompts, the journal inspires you...

Memoir is, for better and often for worse, the genre of our times,' Birkerts writes. This piece of elegant literary criticism seeks to understand what makes some memoirs memorable and others self-serving. Birkerts argues that the memoirists strategies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593524404Author Ruta SepetysFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...