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'Fast moving and frothing with the fun kind of female fury' JO BRAND WHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, IT'S TIME TO GET EVEN. Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the top of their game; so imagine their surprise when they start to be personally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506493473Author Lalsangkima PachuauFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

An exquisite middle-grade novel by the award-winning Jill MacLean Fifteen-year-old Nix Humbolt doesn't talk much. He's barely outgrown his "Fatty Humbolt" days, and although he is taller and leaner now, he has learned it is best to keep a low profile. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549370Author Bernard TschumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 650Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The S&C is fast approaching its 150th anniversary, a remarkable milestone considering its threat of closure a few decades ago. For the last two decades, the author has lived both in Cumbria and North Yorkshire, near to both the northern and southern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886636154Author InsightsFormat HardbackPage Count 158Imprint InsightsPublisher InsightsWeight(grams) 409gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 178mm * 11mm

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce and a...

★ "The girls' slowly deepening understanding of themselves gives this book its heart. Like their rebuilt city, this friendship cannot reconstitute as an exact replica of what they had before.... [an] appealing and sensitive novel." -The Horn Book,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039640621Author Hannah PowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HelvetiqPublisher Helvetiq

Two days.One playlist.And the long road home with her past in the rear-view mirror.As a music connoisseur, Stella has a song for every day of her life – setting a pace with their rhythms and a tone with their lyrics. But when a heart-stopping phone call...

The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex AsterLove kills kingdoms... Back in Grim's castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal...

Portable, up-to-date, and to-the-point, Frommer’s Maui day by day is all about maximizing the time you have to spend in this enchanting Hawaiian paradise. This itinerary-based book, written by Hawaii resident and established travel journalist Jeanne...

Embark on a delightful journey into the world of drawing your own mantras with this insightful guide!Get ready to nurture your creative spirit as you explore the art of crafting personal affirmations that resonate with your soul. Whether you're a...

Say HOLA to a hilarious kite-flying adventure in Skeletown with everyone's favorite Día de los Muertos-inspired characters that will lead to giggles with English and Spanish readers alike!Hold on to your hats-it's a windy day in Skeletown! It's the...

A funny, heartfelt story about the lifelong friendship between a crocodile and the boy who becomes his zookeeper. Gus is the star of the reptile house. He enjoys putting on a show for visitors, and no one adores seeing Gus more than Edward. They don’t...

Illustrated sheet music was one of the most democratic forms of visual imagery in the U.S., owned by millions of Americans who were wooed by compelling lithographic covers, displayed the material culture in their parlors, and performed compositions on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780008641122Author Michael MorpurgoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint FarshorePublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams) 270g

Five hilarious stories from the charming mini-world of bugs. Discover the fly who told a lie and the bug who wanted a hug. Then meet the fleas who wouldn't say please and watch Steve the weevil as he tries, and fails, to be really evil. A locust who just...

A gorgeously illustrated story of a swallow who goes against the flock, and the wonderful friendship that emerges from her decision. For kids 3-7, The Swallow Who Stayed is a beautiful celebration of the seasons and what happens when we have the courage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781472127730Author Ian HamiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint ConstablePublisher Little, Brown Book GroupWeight(grams) 41g

The son of a Spanish mother and an American father who claimed to have worked for the CIA, Paul Stewart lives in his family home, a carmen in the Albaicín district of Granada. The house, which surrounds a lush courtyard, has foundations that date from...

Discover the story of Homer's The Odyssey with this exquisite edition from Union Square & Co.'s Signature Gilded Editions series! The stunning Odyssey special edition features sprayed edges, color end pages, a built-in ribbon bookmark, and embossed foil...

This is the illustrated story of the development of bus and tram services in the Edinburgh area in the period following the deregulation of bus services. There are examples of transport providers both new and old – some of these are long-term survivors,...

This book covers the ever-changing bus scene in Norfolk, Suffolk and Northern Essex since 2016. Operators covered include First Essex, First Eastern Counties, Arriva Colchester, Ipswich Buses, and the Go Ahead Group, as well as independent operators such...

A fake date with a cowboy. What could possibly go wrong? Everyone daydreams about a fresh start…but Willow Quinn is making it happen. She’s left her life in Phoenix to open a bar in cowboy-country with her two best friends. Except who knew her plans...

The first railway to reach Preston was the North Union (NU) with a line from Wigan in October 1838. By the turn of the nineteenth century there were some seventy stations within a fifteen-mile radius of Preston, with approximately half of these still in...

Moxie wants her snuggly cuddles, but Wally is too busy watching… cat memes! It’s more than a dog can take. Moxie tries everything she can to attract his focus, but Wally barely notices her amazing tricks. It’s going to take something really special to...

From Skye to Seil, Jura to Gigha, the islands off the West Coast of Scotland offer some of the most stunning scenery in Europe. Many have been drawn to live in these islands since Scotland was first populated and many more come to visit these remarkable...

The ‘green man’ or foliate head can be found in almost every pre-Reformation cathedral and in many churches. It often decorates arches, corbels, roof bosses, choir stalls and chancel screens. In this book, Imogen Corrigan takes the reader on a journey of...

»Keep it like a Secret« In 2019, Stefan Marx began his series of monotypes. In collaboration with Berlin-based screen printer Bjorn Wiede, he developed his own working method: Three individual images are created in three steps - one positive, one...

Beneath the surface of the West Yorkshire city of Wakefield lies a subterranean world, including tunnels, ancient cellars, disused railway tunnels and a burial ground. Coal mining had taken place around Wakefield for centuries, with the last pits closing...

Is The Sound of Music insensitive to deaf people, or The Barber of Seville cruel to the follicly challenged? In this age of gender fluidity, is the title Guys and Dolls acceptable when the more tasteful People of Unspecified Gender would do?Protecting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886630848Author Daniel WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 459g

Launched in 1959, the Triumph Herald had instant appeal. The attractive design by Giovanni Michelotti marked a change of direction for Triumph and the car also featured innovative engineering. In this book, Triumph enthusiast and expert Colin Lindsay...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063412347Author Lia RileyImprint HarperAudioPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Oswestry History Tour offers an insight into the fascinating history of this town in Shropshire. Author David Trumper guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the...

Coventry has been a major centre of trade and industry since the Middle Ages. Mediaeval Coventry was known for making tiles, cloth, buckles, statues and stained glass. Other textile industries followed, the dyeing of cloth with the famous Coventry true...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969992388Author Mark PetersonFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Steidl VerlagPublisher Steidl Publishers

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER SHORTLISTED AUTHOR ‘The first Booker contender of 2024... a deeply touching, beautifully composed book’ Sunday Times‘My Friends is a brilliant novel about...

Jarrow’s early history is associated with its mediaeval monastery, home of the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede, but much of the town developed later, during the Industrial Revolution, when coal mining and ship building became the dominant industries in the area...