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The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
RRP: £12.99£12.13Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo,... -
The Divine Names: A Mystical Theology of the Names of God in the Qurʾan by ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī 9781479826124
RRP: £23.99£21.84A Sufi scholar's philosophical interpretation of the names of God The Divine Names is a philosophically sophisticated commentary on the names of God. Penned by the seventh-/thirteenth-century North African scholar and Sufi poet 'Afif al-Din... -
She Speaks: Women's Speeches That Changed the World, from Boudica to Greta by Yvette Cooper
RRP: £8.99£6.28Fully updated with new preface and five new speeches for paperback edition.A Guardian Book of the Year.Looking at lists of the greatest speeches of all time, you might think that powerful oratory is the preserve of men. But the truth is very different -... -
Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology by Laura Otis
RRP: £11.99£8.66'It has been said by its opponents that science divorces itself from literature; but the statement, like so many others, arises from lack of knowledge.' John Tyndall, 1874 Although we are used to thinking of science and the humanities as separate... -
The Illustrated Letters of the Brontes: The letters, diaries and writings of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte by Juliet Gardiner
RRP: £17.95£13.20The story both of the real world of the Brontes at Haworth Parsonage, their home on the edge of the lonely Yorkshire moors, and of the imaginary worlds they spun for themselves in their novels and poetry. Wherever possible, their story is told using... -
I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano 9781452110585
RRP: £9.99£7.21Animal lovers will laugh out loud at the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful and curious poems from the singular minds of funny cats. In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, the author of the internationally syndicated... -
Great Queer Speeches: LGBTQ+ voices that inspire and empower by Tea Uglow
£13.13Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation, with speeches from Olly Alexander, Sir Elton John, Alison Bechdel, and more. A sister title to Great Women's Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and... -
A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by Yoshida Kenko
RRP: £3.00£2.63'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met...'Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's... -
Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft
RRP: £8.99£6.65'If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.' William Godwin, the author's future husband, was not alone in admiring Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and... -
Aeneid by Virgil 9780872207318
RRP: £15.99£13.36Long a master of the crafts of Homeric translation and of rhapsodic performance, Stanley Lombardo now turns to the quintessential epic of Roman antiquity, a work with deep roots in the Homeric tradition. With characteristic virtuosity, he delivers a... -
Novelist as a Vocation: ‘Every creative person should read this short book’ Literary Review by Haruki Murakami 9781529918359
RRP: £10.99£7.33Words have power. Yet that power must be rooted in truth and justice. Words must never stand apart from those principles.'You end this collection...vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' GuardianReaders who have long wondered... -
Areopagitica and Other Writings by John Milton
RRP: £12.99£9.34John Milton was celebrated and denounced in his own time both as a poet and as a polemicist. Today he is remembered first and foremost for his poetry, but his great epic Paradise Lost was published very late in his life, in 1667, and in his own time most... -
Life with a Capital L: Essays Chosen and Introduced by Geoff Dyer by D H Lawrence
RRP: £9.99£7.32A brilliantly varied new selection of D. H. Lawrence's essays, chosen and introduced by Geoff DyerFor D. H. Lawrence the novel was the pinnacle, 'the one bright book of life', yet his non-fiction shows him at his most freewheeling and playful. This is a... -
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources by Asser
RRP: £12.99£9.34Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Composed by a monk of St David's in Wales who became Bishop of Sherborne in Alfred's service and worked with him in his efforts to revive... -
The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins by Zoë Bossiere 9780814349601
RRP: £24.95£18.93Lyric essayists draw on memoir, poetry, and prose to push against the arbitrary genre restrictions in creative nonfiction, opening up space not only for new forms of writing, but also new voices and a new literary canon. This anthology features some of... -
The Major Works by Samuel Johnson
RRP: £13.99£10.41This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Johnson's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by essays,... -
A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems: The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman by A. E. Housman
RRP: £8.99£6.65A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. This Penguin Classics edition is introduced by Nick Laird with... -
Last Stop Auschwitz: My story of survival from within the camp by Eddy de Wind
RRP: £10.99£7.99THE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The ultimate Holocaust testimony.' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's JourneyAfterword by JOHN BOYNE, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas_______________Eddy de Wind, a... -
Selected Works by Cicero
RRP: £10.99£7.99Collecting the most incisive and influential writings of one of Rome's finest orators, Cicero's Selected Works is translated with an introduction by Michael Grant in Penguin Classics.Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero... -
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson 9780679783220
RRP: £19.99£13.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679783220Author Ralph Waldo EmersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)... -
I Can't Stay Long by Laurie Lee
RRP: £9.99£7.32'They are memorials to times and countries whose best is probably past and gone . . . I was lucky to have known them when I did, before darkness began to fall from the air.'When Laurie Lee first left his country village aged nineteen, he discovered a... -
The Secret History of the Mongols by Christopher P. Atwood
RRP: £12.99£9.34A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan'Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders'Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships,... -
Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free online Audio Recording) Eriko Sato, Ph.D. 9784805316627
RRP: £16.99£11.71Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills!Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning to... -
Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English (Online Audio Included) Anne McNulty 9784805314685
RRP: £15.99£11.09A great story can lead a reader on a journey of discovery#8212;especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japanese... -
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for by Alison Bechdel
RRP: £18.99£16.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358424178Author Alison BechdelFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 201mm *... -
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon: And Other Stories of the Brazilian Rainforest by Fabio Zuker
RRP: £12.99£8.87As the Amazon burns, Fabio Zuker shares stories of resistance, self-determination, and kinship with the land. In 2007, a seven-ton minke whale was found stranded on the banks of the Tapajos River, hundreds of miles into the Amazon rainforest. For... -
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
RRP: £10.99£3.66As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, in An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world,... -
Oxford Literature Companions: Der Besuch der alten Dame by Rene Koglbauer
£11.03Get to grips with set texts and be fully prepared for the AS/A Level exam with the Modern Languages Oxford Literature Companions. The Companions are written by experienced lecturers, teachers and examiners and provide comprehensive coverage of... -
I Will Write To Avenge My People - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: The Nobel Lecture by Annie Ernaux 9781804270707
RRP: £6.99£5.02'I will write to avenge my people.' It was as a young woman that Annie Ernaux first wrote these words in her diary, giving a name to her purpose in life as a writer. She returns to them in her stirring defence of literature and of political writing in... -
How Did We End Up Here?: Unpublished Letters to the Daily Telegraph: Volume 15 by Kate Moore 9780711291225
RRP: £9.99£7.03In another surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers to The Daily Telegraph have once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events. Now in its... -
The Golden Ass by Apuleius
RRP: £12.99£9.34Written towards the end of the second century AD, The Golden Ass tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner -... -
The Art of War Sun Tzu 9781577152453
RRP: £14.99£9.36Featuring the Chinese text on the left and the English translation on the right, this beautifully bound edition of Sun Tzu's classic text makes a unique gift or collector's item. Written in the sixth century BCE, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still widely... -
Angels by Cecil Collins 9780954440909
RRP: £4.99£4.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954440909Author Cecil CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 51Imprint Fools' PressPublisher Fools' Press -
The Major Works by John Milton
RRP: £14.99£11.35This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Milton's poetry and prose - all the English verse together with a... -
On Grief And Reason: Essays by Joseph Brodsky
RRP: £14.99£10.95In this richly diverse collection of essays, Joseph Brodsky casts a reflective eye on his experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With dazzling erudition, he explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history... -
Selected Letters by Virginia Woolf
RRP: £14.99£10.95EDITED BY JOANNE TRAUTMANN BANKS, WITH A PREFACE BY HERMIONE LEEThe finest and most enjoyable of Virginia Woolf's letters are brought together in a single volume. It is a marvellous collection - spontaneous, witty, often flirtatious and powerfully moving... -
The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual by Ward Farnsworth
RRP: £20.99£14.59"Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn't just a book to read-it's a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation... -
1001 One-Liners Geoff Tibballs 9781802471212
RRP: £7.99£5.78Short, quick-fire jokes have been popular for centuries. Indeed the world's oldest surviving joke book, the Philogelos, which was written in Ancient Greek, contains this classic doctor joke: Patient: "Doctor! When I wake up I'm all dizzy. Then after... -
Culpeper's Complete Herbal: Illustrated and Annotated Edition Nicholas Culpeper 9781454932871
RRP: £19.99£13.95A revised and refreshed edition of Culpeper's classic book on herbal remedies. "[An] updated and beautifully designed guide . . . " -Booklist For more than 360 years, Nicholas Culpeper's historic guide to herbal remedies has been THE definitive book on... -
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 9781860498503
RRP: £8.99£6.30A TRUE STORY THAT HAS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF THOUSANDS'Unmitigated delight from cover to cover' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A real-life love story . . . A timeless period piece. Do read it' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Beguile an hour of your time and put you in tune with...