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Dark Interval by Rainer Maria Rilke
RRP: £19.99£14.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525509844Author Rainer Maria RilkeFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Essential Bukowski: Poetry by Charles Bukowski 9780062565327
RRP: £17.99£11.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062565327Author Charles BukowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 272g -
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer 9781009200165
RRP: £25.00£15.01Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame - and scandal - before finding a kind of redemption in the Greek Revolution. He also... -
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition by J. R. R. Tolkien 9780008628765
RRP: £30.00£16.28The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord... -
Ramadan Planner: A guide to reflection and growth during the holy month by Dina Aziz 9781529907148
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Ramadan isn't just about not eating for prolonged periods of time, it's about working on ourselves - our character and imaan - and setting goals, replacing bad habits and working on our spirituality. It's a time to focus on personal growth and to help... -
Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries by Sarah Gristwood 9781849948159
RRP: £25.00£16.87'Totally addictive.'- Alice Loxton, The Daily Telegraph'An intriguing, highly snackable guide to women's experiences.' - Independent'A modern classic.' - Alison Weir, author and historian'The sort of book you return to again and again.' - Tracy Borman,... -
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
RRP: £8.99£5.91This book is the very simple story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London'. DAILY TELEGRAPHTold in a series of letters in 84 CHARING CROSS... -
Living the Beatles Legend: On the Road with the Fab Four – The Mal Evans Story by Kenneth Womack 9780008551216
RRP: £25.00£16.83The first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles' beloved roadie, assistant, confidant and friend A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Malcolm 'Mal' Evans was an invaluable member of the Beatles' inner... -
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
RRP: £30.00£20.70Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and... -
Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson 9780300263602
RRP: £25.00£21.90Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world What did Jane Austen wear? Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson... -
One Fine Day by Ian Marchant
RRP: £20.00£13.86A time-travelling, genealogical adventure, bringing pre-industrial, rural, eighteenth-century England vividly to life on the page. One day Ian Marchant, acclaimed author of books on music, railways and pubs, decided, as all men of a certain age must,... -
Speak to Me: A love triangle with a difference - a wry and witty conversation starter by Paula Cocozza
RRP: £18.99£11.63*An Elle Summer Read 2023*'Cocozza's writing is addictive... her sharp observations steal the show ' Joanna Cannon, Guardian'Searing, perceptive, shattering' Observer'Charming, very touching and very funny. Taut and full of surprises' Tessa HadleyI shall... -
Dylan Thomas: The Collected Letters Volume 2: 1939-1953 by Dylan Thomas
RRP: £20.00£5.56Dylan Thomas's letters bring the fascinating and tempestuous poet and his times to life in a way that no biography can.The letters begin in the poet's schooldays and end just before his death in New York at the age of 39. In between, he loved, wrote,... -
Diary by Witold Gombrowicz
£21.30A single-volume edition of Diary, Gombrowicz's acclaimed masterpiece, now with previously unpublished pages restored Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953,... -
The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904-1948 by Salim Tamari 9781566569255
RRP: £23.99£16.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566569255Author Wasif JawhariyyehFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
Scent Magic: Notes from a Gardener by Isabel Bannerman 9781910258491
RRP: £30.00£19.78The Sunday Times Gardening Book of the Year 2019 In Scent Magic, a book which is at once romantic and extremely practical, plantswoman, designer and garden-maker extraordinaire Isabel Bannerman immerses the reader in the luscious smells of the... -
Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca
RRP: £9.99£7.11'It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us ... without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry'For several years of his turbulent life, in which he was dogged by ill health, exile and danger, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman... -
The Anxiety Workbook: Practical Tips and Guided Exercises to Help You Overcome Anxiety by Summersdale Publishers
RRP: £10.99£7.19Take control of your anxiety with this step-by-step workbook to help you identify and overcome your worries Life has plenty of challenges, and it's normal to feel anxious from time to time. But when worry starts to affect your health and happiness,... -
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke 9780241252055
RRP: £3.00£2.49'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.'A hugely influential collection for writers and artists of all kinds, Rilke's profound and lyrical letters to a young friend advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of... -
Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment by Hamish Ross 9781803993720
RRP: £12.99£11.01'The best biography I've read recently' - Colin Bateman, Sunday Independent An excellent examination of Mayne... Ross corrects many of the myths about him that have flourished over the years - History of War magazine 'This welcome reassessment,... -
The Letters of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney 9780571341085
RRP: £40.00£27.68'A marvellous book, lovingly edited, beautifully produced. . . and brimming with literary insights, much laughter, a sprinkle of gossip and the poet's insuppressible joie de vivre, even in adversity. Buy it, read it, and keep it to hand on to your... -
The Letters I Will Never Send: poems to read, to write and to share by Isabella Dorta
RRP: £14.99£10.95'these letters thus far have remained unsent, i want you to change that for me.' Embrace honesty and heal beautifully.In the letters i will never send, TikTok poet Isabella Dorta urges you to leave nothing unsaid and take comfort in moving poems on love,... -
Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £14.99£10.95As Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spokesman and chief strategist to Tony Blair. Prelude to Power is the first of four volumes, and covers the... -
Selected Diaries by Virginia Woolf
RRP: £12.99£9.09Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of domestic life. Between 1st January 1915 and her death in 1941 she regularly recorded... -
Nature Tales for Winter Nights by Nancy Campbell 9781783967421
RRP: £16.99£11.27'From the author of our former Non-Fiction Book of the Month Fifty Words for Snow comes a luminous collection of fascinating seasonal tales that explore everything from Tove Jansson's childhood to polar bird myths.' Waterstones A treasure trove of... -
Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina Stibbe
RRP: £10.99£7.77* * * WINNER OF THE 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS POPULAR NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * * * Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life by Nina Stibbe is the laugh-out-loud story of the trials and tribulations of a very particular family In 1982 Nina Stibbe,... -
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
RRP: £10.99£7.77Love, Nina meets Black Books: a wry and hilarious account of life in Scotland's biggest second-hand bookshop and the band of eccentrics and book-obsessives who work there 'The Diary Of A Bookseller is warm (unlike Bythell's freezing-cold shop) and... -
You Are Positively Awesome: Good vibes and self-care prompts for all of life's ups and downs by Stacie Swift
RRP: £12.99£8.48You Are Positively Awesome is a colourful and practical book for an everyday burst of positivity and an extra dose of self-kindness. We all weather some difficult days, sometimes we just wake up needing a bit of a... -
Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka
RRP: £9.99£7.11'You are the knife I turn inside myself'Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena... -
Dear Gay: Letters to The Gay Byrne Show – a handwritten history of Ireland by Suzy Byrne 9780717195633
RRP: £25.99£18.28For 25 years, Gay Byrne received thousands of letters from listeners all over Ireland. Some of these letters were light-hearted and innocent, but others were more challenging. While many people didn't feel comfortable sharing their issues with their... -
Countless Sleepless Nights: A collection of coming-out stories and experiences by Carina Maggar 9781399605984
RRP: £16.99£10.67'I'm sorry I can't say this to your face, but words fail me every time I try, even though I know you would be fine (and knowing you, you might have already guessed).'A moving, inspiring and thought-provoking collection of coming-out stories from around... -
November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War by Peter Englund 9781847924803
RRP: £25.00£18.02**A Telegraph Best History Book of 2023*'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVORAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs... -
House Arrest: Diary selections from the Pandemic Year March 2020 to March 2021 by Alan Bennett
RRP: £8.99£6.45THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022 'Sparklingly sardonic ... There really is no one like Bennett' Independent 'Filled with elegiac memories and literary gossip ... a major National Treasure' Lynn Barber 4 March. HMQ... -
The Orwell Diaries by George Orwell
RRP: £14.99£10.95George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. The Orwell Diaries presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from 1931 tells of a communal... -
Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft
RRP: £8.99£6.45'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... -
One-Way Street and Other Writings by Walter Benjamin
RRP: £10.99£7.77Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. This new selection brings together Benjamin's major works, including 'One-Way Street', his dreamlike,... -
Letters to a Young Writer by Colum McCann
RRP: £9.99£7.11From the National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin and Transatlantic comes a passionate and practical book of advice, as essential for budding writers as Stephen King's On Writing 'A warm, open-hearted... -
Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca 9780141395852
RRP: £14.99£10.95Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic are a set of 'essays in disguise' from one of the most insightful philosophers of the Silver Age of Roman literature. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the... -
More Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
RRP: £30.00£21.30More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our letters.These letters deliver the same mix of the heartfelt, the historically significant, the tragic, the comic... -
The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume 4: 1931-1935 by Virginia Woolf 9781783788750
RRP: £30.00£19.70With an introduction by Margo Jefferson Thursday 28 May 1931. On Whit Monday the sun blazed, making the grass semi-transparent. And space & leisure seemed to lie all about; & I said, not once in an exstasy, but frequently & soberly, This is happiness...