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The Adding Machine by William S Burroughs 9780802121950
RRP: £12.99£11.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802121950Author William S BurroughsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly... -
Raising Raffi: A Book about Fatherhood (For People Who Would Never Read Such a Book) by Keith Gessen 9781837730223
RRP: £10.99£7.32'A wise, mild and enviably lucid book about a chaotic scene' - Dwight Garner, New York Times 'Memoirs of fatherhood are rarely so honest or so blunt' - Daniel Engber, Atlantic'Tender and generous' - New York magazineKeith Gessen had always assumed that... -
Shaking A Leg: Collected Journalism and Writings by Angela Carter 9780099583073
RRP: £18.99£14.01WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL COOKEReading Shaking a Leg is like spending time with the funniest, wisest friend you've ever had; a person whose breadth of interest ranges from food to feminism to science fiction, and everything in between; a person... -
True Stories: And Other Essays by Francis Spufford
RRP: £16.99£12.37An irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability Francis Spufford's welcome first volume of collected essays gathers an array of his compelling writings from the 1990s to the... -
A Fly Girl's Guide To University: Being a Woman of Colour at Cambridge and Other Institutions of Elitism and Power by Odelia Younge
RRP: £15.99£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912565146Author Odelia YoungeFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Verve Poetry PressPublisher Verve Poetry PressDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm -
The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing by Mary Webb 9780994430663
RRP: £9.95£8.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994430663Author Mary WebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Michael WalmerPublisher Michael WalmerWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 9mm -
From the Body by Charley Barnes 9781915606099
RRP: £10.99£7.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915606099Author Charley BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Valley PressPublisher Valley Press -
Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers by Natalie Eve Garrett 9781936787791
RRP: £20.99£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936787791Author Natalie Eve GarrettFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint CatapultPublisher Catapult -
Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper 9781398510586
RRP: £22.00£14.05From the bestselling author of The Tall Man and The Arsonist, a personal tale about death, life and the enchantment of stories. With illustrations by Anna Walker.'A striking voyage of discovery.' Observer Let me tell you a story... When Chloe Hooper's... -
A The Dedalus Book of Absinthe by Phil Baker 9781910213803
RRP: £9.99£8.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910213803Author Phil BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Dedalus LtdPublisher Dedalus Ltd -
Works: v. 1 by Decimus Magnus Ausonius
RRP: £24.95£23.39A master of the jeweled style.Ausonius (Decimus Magnus), ca. AD 310-ca. 395, a doctor's son, was born at Burdigala (Bordeaux). After a good education in grammar and rhetoric and a short period during which he was an advocate, he took to teaching rhetoric... -
Late Essays: 2006 - 2017 by J. M. Coetzee
RRP: £10.99£7.77A fascinating collection of essays on literary subjects ranging from Daniel Defoe to Samuel Beckett by a Nobel and Booker Prize-winning writerLate Essays gathers together J.M. Coetzee's literary essays from 2006 to 2017. The subjects covered in this... -
Histories: Bk. V-VII by Herodotus
RRP: £24.95£23.39The "Father of History."Herodotus the great Greek historian was born about 484 BC, at Halicarnassus in Caria, Asia Minor, when it was subject to the Persians. He traveled widely in most of Asia Minor, Egypt (as far as Aswan), North Africa, Syria, the... -
Daphnis and Chloe by Longus 9780140440591
RRP: £10.99£7.77A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately, two years apart, alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside. Taken in by a goatherd and a shepherd respectively,... -
Self-Portrait Abroad by Jean Toussaint 9781564785862
RRP: £9.99£6.75Even on holiday, sex and death are Jean-Philippe Toussaint s constant companions...About the AuthorJean-Philippe Toussaint is the author of nine novels, and the winner of numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Decembre for "The Truth about Marie"... -
Works: v. 1 by Philo
RRP: £24.95£23.39Syncretistic exegesis.The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BC to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish Diaspora as well as the chief center of Hellenistic culture; he was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In... -
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen
RRP: £9.99£6.64A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'. Jonathan Franzen, bestselling author of 'Freedom' and the highly acclaimed 'The Corrections', arrived late, and last, in a family of boys in Webster Groves,... -
Alexandrian, African and Spanish Wars by Julius Caesar
RRP: £24.95£23.39Arrivals, inspections, victories.In this volume are three works concerning the campaigns engaged in by the great Roman statesman Julius Caesar (100-44 BC), but not written by him. The Alexandrian War, which deals with troubles elsewhere also, may have... -
Living, Thinking, Looking by Siri Hustvedt
RRP: £9.99£6.80FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED AND A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN'Richly intelligent insights on every page' Financial Times'A rare kind of quiet intellectual confidence' Sunday TelegraphIn these fascinating, lively... -
Seek: Reports from the Edges of America and Beyond by Denis Johnson 9780413772756
RRP: £10.99£8.94Part political inquiry, part travel journal, part-self exploration, "Seek" is a collection of essays by an award-winning novelist out to explore himself and his life in the company of those who live on the edges of society. Denis Johnson travels between... -
On Christmas by Gyles Brandreth
RRP: £14.99£12.55A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day. This delightful book offers a diverse array of classic and contemporary writers who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas over the centuries -... -
The Gray Notebook by Josep Pla
RRP: £23.00£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590176719Author Josep PlaFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 665gDimensions(mm)... -
Complete Essays: Aldous Huxley, 1920-1925 by Aldous Huxley 9781566633222
RRP: £30.00£22.43These first two volumes of a projected five, in preparation for several years, begin a major publishing venture, collecting the complete essays of one of the giants of modern English prose and of social commentary in our time. The first two volumes span... -
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper
RRP: £13.99£12.69It's time to diversify your reading list. This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen knowledge and deep love for all things literary,... -
The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives by David Mura
RRP: £19.99£17.54Uncovering the pernicious narratives white people create to justify white supremacy and sustain racist oppression The police murders of two Black men, Philando Castile and George Floyd, frame this searing exploration of the historical and fictional... -
Lives of the Caesars: v. 2 by Suetonius
RRP: £24.95£23.39Antiquity's imperial biographer par excellence.Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. AD 70), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119-121. He... -
The Art of Solitude: Selected Writings by Zachary Seager
RRP: £10.99£7.51In a world where we're more connected than ever, why is it that we're also more lonely? Dip into this anthology of classic writing to reclaim the pleasure of your own company.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size... -
Fraud by David Rakoff 9780767906319
RRP: £14.99£11.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767906319Author David RakoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A Division... -
Quintilian Institutionis Oratoriae Vol. I by Michael Winterbottom 9780198146544
£48.26Quintilian Institutionis Oratoriae Vol. IBook InformationISBN 9780198146544Author Michael WinterbottomPage Count 392Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 193mm * 127mm * 26mm -
Horseman Pass by! by Michel Deon
RRP: £10.00£8.18These reflective essays about Deon's life and experiences in the west of Ireland describe the colourful and varied personalities that the French novelist has come across since he and his family moved there in the mid 1970s. From his friendship with John... -
Sleeping Among Sheep Under a Starry Sky: Essays 1985-2021 by Wallace Shawn
RRP: £16.99£11.98"Lovely, hilarious, and seriously thought-provoking." TONI MORRISON "Endlessly curious, playful, and subtle." PANKAJ MISHRA SLEEPING AMONG SHEEP UNDER A STARRY SKY is a collection of essays written over the course of the last thirty-five years. Shawn... -
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) by Rebecca Solnit 9781783784974
RRP: £12.99£8.91Beginning with the election of Donald Trump ("The Loneliest Man in the World") and expanding back and forth into American history, surveillance, violence against the individual, the denormalizing of misogyny and the rehumanizing of public space. The... -
The Golden Flea by Michael Rips
RRP: £9.99£6.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911547761Author Michael RipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald
RRP: £18.99£13.61* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * * WINNER OF THE 2022 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION * 'A heart on the sleeve, demons in check, eyes unblinking, unbearably sad, laugh-out-loud funny revelation' MARLON JAMES Isaac Fitzgerald has... -
Douglas Coupland - Shopping in Jail: Ideas Essays and Stories for the Increasingly Real 21st Century by Douglas Coupland
£9.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783943365863Author Douglas CouplandFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 111gDimensions(mm) 195mm *... -
The Tale of the Heike by Helen Craig McCullough
RRP: £27.99£24.54The Tale of the Heike is one of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. This new translation is not only far more readable than earlier ones, it is also much more faithful to the content and style of... -
The Best of Brevity: Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash Nonfiction by Zoe Bossiere
RRP: £16.95£12.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941628232Author Zoe BossiereFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Rose Metal PressPublisher Rose Metal PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
Cratylus by Plato
RRP: £24.95£23.39On names, forms, beauty, and lies.Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is... -
The Writer and the World: Essays by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: £12.99£9.26During forty years of travel, V. S. Naipaul has created a wide-ranging body of work, an exceptional and sustained meditation on our world. Now his finest pieces of reflection and reportage - many of which have been unavailable for some time - are... -
Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God by Will Durant
RRP: £17.99£11.08Praised as a "revelatory" book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.The culmination of Will Durant's sixty-plus years...