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A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT 'Incredibly moving and inspiring' Gabby Logan 'It's brilliant - I loved it' Lorraine Kelly 'Brilliant ... impressive and vividly told' The Times 'Louise is such a positive and uplifting...

'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian A beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374535957Author Chew-Bose, DurgaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

Target exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revisionwill help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage ofkey content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategiesto...

'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...

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOREvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525433866Author Camille PagliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

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You may think you know everything about the seemingly dazzling life of Coleen Rooney.From growing up in Liverpool, where she met her childhood sweetheart Wayne, her career as a successful columnist to raising a family, every detail of her life has been...

The Sunday Times BestsellerNational Book Awards Winner 2018!This is the must-read book that every woman needs. "Brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real. These essays illuminate the path for our future female leaders." - Reese WitherspoonWe asked 52...

This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that we are haunted by futures that failed to happen. Fisher searches for the traces of these lost futures in the work of David Peace, John Le Carre, Christopher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439153154Author Fr Gregory BoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Don't just see the sights get to know the people. The Japanese people have always seen themselves as a nation uniquely apart. Their exquisite art forms and elegant culture, military prowess and technological precision, have long been the envy of...

From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.Parents Angelina and Ben exist in enviable luxury: not just wealth, success and a gorgeous home, but a loving relationship and...

Every dog must have his day.Dogs are never just pets. Not for the British. We love them as members of the family. They work with us, sleep with us, eat with us, help us live our daily lives and come on holiday with us. Some parents will freely admit to...

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike's deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News' Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow won her Oscar? David Foster Wallace answers these...

'Talent. You've either got it or you haven't.' Not true, actually.In The Talent Code, award-winning journalist Daniel Coyle draws on cutting-edge research to reveal that, far from being some abstract mystical power fixed at birth, ability really can be...

A gripping, painfully honest and ultimately inspirational, New York Times bestselling memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith. 'It's a shame that Pinkett Smith's...

After in-depth research of the circumstances of that fateful night, investigative writer and former journalist Noel Botham finally reveals what he alleges to be the truth - Princess Diana fell victim to a ruthlessly executed assassination. Twenty years...

Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year 2023 Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022 THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022 A WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022 ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643753287Author Ross GayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Algonquin BooksPublisher Algonquin BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 175mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328451309Author Dr Nan WiseFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Harvest PublicationsPublisher Harvest PublicationsWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler.Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad.Meet magical Mr...

Like a treasure chest, this resource overflows with valuable resources - information, ideas and techniques to inspire and support those working with children who have experienced relational and developmental trauma. Drawing on a range of therapeutic...

Gangster Paul Grimes was a one-man crimewave with a breathtaking capacity to steal. Any villains who got in his way were made to pay - often with their blood. But when his son died of a drugs overdose, the old-school mobster swore revenge on the new...

The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the...

The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deepThe revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593419410Author Carol Stock KranowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399580949Author Kyle NewmanFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press

An entirely fresh and accessible approach to reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs by a proven expert, this step-by-step introduction assumes no previous knowledge of grammar or ancient languages, but guides readers through the inscriptions, from simple...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780967816258Author Peter MoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Sky BooksPublisher Sky BooksWeight(grams) 342g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875421186Author Scott CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060964375Author Laura DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 762gDimensions(mm)...

Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump even when you're successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch...

'An extraordinary story of transformation and inner strength' - KATIE PIPER'Well worth reading: a tale of real heroism and obstacles overcome' - THE MAIL ON SUNDAY'Truly remarkable and so helpful' - FEARNE COTTON'Finding self-acceptance hasn't always...

One of the defining works of twentieth-century sociology: a revelatory analysis of how we present ourselves to others'The self, then, as a performed character, is not an organic thing ... it is a dramatic effect'How do we communicate who we are to other...

'Atlas of Improbable Places has that rare, through-the-wardrobe quality. It is a delightful compendium of the strangest places on the planet.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 2020 WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR Atlas of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849352888Author Carla BergmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761340178Author Amee WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Ebury AustraliaPublisher Random House Australia

The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are investigated in this examination of the connections between religion, political conspiracy, and occultism. Readers are presented with detailed insight into how Charlie...