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Cryptozoic! by Brian Aldiss
RRP: $19.48$7.88In the year 2093, human consciousness has expanded to the point that man can visit the past using a technique called 'mind-travelling'. Artist Edward Bush returns from a lengthy 'trip' to the Jurassic period to find the government overthrown by an... -
Surprising Birds: Lift-the-Flap Colours by elo 9781406379501
RRP: $17.53$6.84Learn your colours in this stylish lift-the-flap book.A red wing, an orange beak or a vibrant tail - all of these birds have a surprise in store. Lift the flaps and have fun learning colours with the help of some unusual birds.About the AuthorElodie... -
A Dead Man in Athens by Michael Pearce
RRP: $17.53$5.67This title is set in Athens, 1913, the capital of a country on the brink of war. The new Greek prime minister, Venizelos, tired of the Ottoman overlords, has what he calls the Great Idea - a vision of a new Greece which unites all the Greek people... -
Growing Up Happy: Ten proven ways to increase your child's happiness and well-being by Alexia Barrable
RRP: $27.28$8.01In Growing Up Happyneuroscientist Dr Jenny Barnett, and teacher and mum Alexia Barrable describe scientifically-proven methods by which children's happiness can be boosted in just a few minutes each day.With easy-to-use activities for toddlers through to... -
The Girl from Kingsland Market: Danger and romance lie ahead for one woman by June Tate
RRP: $17.53$5.67Southampton 1920. Phoebe Collins rose to the challenge of running the family fruit and vegetable stall in Kingsland Market after her father did not return from fighting at the Front. The work outside in all weathers can be hard and there are rough... -
Fire Queen: Shakespeare's Ophelia as you've never seen her before . . . by Joanna Courtney 9780349419534
RRP: $17.53$7.88Lover or leader? Weakling or warrior? Madwoman or misfit?Escape into the untold story of Shakespeare's Ophelia . . . As a young girl, Ofelia stood frozen as her mother threw herself on her father's funeral pyre. Such is the fate, she learned, of the... -
The Mutiny by Julian Rathbone
RRP: $19.48$6.84For its British population, the India that swelters in the late spring of 1857 is a place of amateur theatricals, horseracing and flirtations under the aegis of the omnipotent East India company. But a brutal awakening lies in store for the complacent... -
The Winker by Andrew Martin 9781472153975
RRP: $17.53$5.67'A highly enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse with perfect period texture and some nicely wry humour' The Guardian'This playful caper is equally successful as a detailed, culture-rich evocation of its period and an English reworking of Patricia Highsmith's... -
Simple Secrets for Keeping Your Brain Young: How to remember more the older you get by Harry Lorayne
RRP: $19.48$5.67Completely practical and easy to use, the book advises in 24 chapters on how to recall names and faces; remember appointments; find keys, glasses, valuables; give speeches without notes; learn foreign words and phrases; memorise lists of items,... -
Angels in the Trenches: Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural during the First World War by Leo Ruickbie
RRP: $27.28$13.53After a miraculous escape from the German military juggernaut in the small Belgian town of Mons in 1914, the first major battle that the British Expeditionary Force would face in the First World War, the British really believed that they were on the side... -
The Flower Girl by Maggie Ford
RRP: $33.13$9.18From rags to riches...?Since her father's death, Emma Beech has supported her family by selling paper flowers to the theatre crowds in the West End. But when Emma meets street musician Theodore Barrington, she dreams of finally leaving poverty behind... -
A Dead Man in Barcelona by Michael Pearce
RRP: $17.53$5.67Barcelona, 1912. A city still recovering from the dramatic incidents of the so-called 'Tragic Week' when Catalonian conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city's dockside against the royalist forces. In the... -
Friends Don't Lie: the emotionally gripping page turner about secrets between friends by Cath Weeks 9780349418735
RRP: $17.53$5.67'Riveting, thought-provoking, and impeccably written. I loved it' Carol Mason'This twisty tale explores the dark side of friendship and is just asking to be demolished in the back garden with a chilled glass of rose' Heat Magazine 'A real page turner'... -
Evie's War: A charming and captivating wartime saga by Kitty Danton
RRP: $17.53$5.67The first in a trilogy of World War Two sagas featuring Evie, a new teacher in a Devon primary school, and introducing a supporting cast of characters destined to become as familiar as old friends.After discovering that her fiance, Timmy, has been less... -
The Long, Hot Summer by Kathleen MacMahon
RRP: $25.33$5.67From the author of Nothing But Blue Sky, longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, 2021Nine Lives.Four Generations.One Family.The MacEntees are no ordinary family. Determined to be different to other people, they have carved out a place for... -
Lady Of Desire: Number 4 in series by Gaelen Foley
RRP: $21.43$5.67Impetuous beauty Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a notorious woman. Her mother - Georgiana, the Duchess of Hawkscliffe - had scandalised society with her affairs and exploits, earning her the moniker of the Hawkscliffe Harlot. All her life... -
Resistance, Rebellion and Revolt: How Slavery Was Overthrown by Professor James Walvin 9781472141453
RRP: $19.48$8.01This long overdue, vivid and wide-ranging examination of the significance of the resistance of the enslaved themselves - from sabotage and running away to outright violent rebellion - shines fresh light on the end of slavery in the Atlantic World. It is... -
Frog and a Very Special Day by Max Velthuijs 9781783441495
RRP: $13.63$5.67Frog is excited - Hare has promised that today will be a very special day. But when Frog decides to find out why, none of his friends seem to know. Has Hare been playing a trick on him? No - Frog has forgotten his own birthday! Luckily his friends... -
Real Life by Melissa Kite
RRP: $15.58$4.50Does an exciting weekend for you mean scrubbing all the grouting in your bathroom with a toothbrush? Have you ever felt the urge to kidnap the cable guy and tie him to the bed like Kathy Bates in Misery because you are terrified the TV will stop working... -
Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School and the Global Race to Achieve by Lenora Chu
RRP: $29.23$9.18'I couldn't put this book down. Whip smart, hilariously funny and shocking. A must-read'Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger MotherIn 2009, Lenora Chu, her husband Rob, and toddler Rainey, moved from LA to the Chinese... -
A Dead Man in Istanbul by Michael Pearce
RRP: $17.53$5.67From the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books, the second in a new series introducing Seymour of Special Branch and set in the British embassies and Consulates of Europe in the early 1900s. The Second Secretary of the Embassy in Istanbul has died... -
A Brief Guide to Secret Religions: A Complete Guide to Hermetic, Pagan and Esoteric Beliefs by David V. Barrett
RRP: $25.33$6.84This wide-ranging book explores the diversity of esoteric and occult beliefs.Neo-Paganism is one of the fastest-growing new religions in the western world where witchcraft or Wicca, Druidry, and Urban Shamanism are thriving. Alongside this there has been... -
Leave the Lights On by Egan Hughes
RRP: $17.53$5.67'Twisty and terrifying, LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON will keep you guessing until the end' B A Paris 'Utterly addictive' CRIME MONTHLY'A twisty, thoroughly modern thriller with a plot as smart as the deadly home it depicts' RACHEL EDWARDS'I was completely hooked... -
In Emily's Garden: Little Poet Emily Dickinson by Kate Coombs 9781423651529
RRP: $17.53$9.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423651529Author Kate CoombsPage Count 22Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc -
A Brief History of the Mediterranean by Jeremy Black
RRP: $21.43$6.84A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean... -
Warlord by James Steel
RRP: $13.63$4.50An utterly gripping thriller that sees former cavalry Major turned hardened mercenary Alex Devereux plunged into conflict in the dark heart of Africa, as he battles the dominant militia in the Congo. China intends to take over the Kivu region... -
The Powder of Death by Julian Stockwin
RRP: $15.58$5.671261. Oxford, England. An envoy returns from the land of the Tartars to meet with an English scholar and share a deadly secret. The two men vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them as the consequences are otherwise too fatal to contemplate... -
Reiki, Orion Plain and Simple by Philip Jones
RRP: $17.53$6.84A pracitcal guide to opening and strengthening your reiki channels.Since originating in Japan in 1922, Reiki has been adapted to cultural traditions across the world. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through... -
Tickbox by David Boyle
RRP: $27.28$5.67The word 'tickbox' emerged recently as a cynical angle on official or corporate incompetence. They had 'ticked the box' - people said - but failed to act. It is increasingly used to describe this gap between official spin and reality.Yet, says David... -
Question Time: A Journey Round Britain's Quizzes by Mark Mason
RRP: $19.48$6.84Which major UK retailer has the same name as Odysseus's dog in Greek mythology?In the original version of the Band Aid hit 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', who sang the opening line?Which is the only US state whose name can be typed on a single row of a... -
The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer by Jennet Conant
RRP: $37.03$9.96On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand servicemen and hundreds of civilians. Caught in the surprise air raid was the John Harvey,an American... -
The Secrets at Ocean's Edge: The heart-breaking historical bestseller by Kali Napier
RRP: $17.53$5.67'One of the best books I've read this year!' Melissa Ashley, author of The Birdman's WifeAlready a bestseller in Australia, this is a haunting, memorable and moving debut of one family's search for belonging. For fans of The Light Between Oceans and The... -
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith
RRP: $15.58$6.84It takes a lot to get under the skin of Cornelius 'Fatty O'Leary, but then there is a lot of skin to get under. The heroically proportioned Fatty can normally take life as it comes. Right at home in easy-going Fayetteville, Arkansas, he is happily... -
Sweet! Celebrations: A My Cupcake Addiction Cookbook by Elise Strachan 9781743369203
RRP: $39.00$14.66The creator and host of My Cupcake Addiction-one of the world's most widely viewed online baking shows-shares her most dazzling and delicious dessert recipes and ingenious entertaining tips so you can throw the perfect party.Whether you're putting... -
Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman
RRP: $19.48$5.67In 1985 police bombed a West Philadelphia row house. Eleven people died and a fire started that destroyed sixty other houses. John Edgar Wideman brings these events and their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel.At the heart of... -
In the Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark
RRP: $33.13$9.96In the Full Light of the Sun follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in a devastating scandal of 1930s' Germany. It tells the story of Emmeline, a wayward, young art student; Julius, an anxious, middle-aged art expert; and a mysterious art... -
This is Planet Earth: Your ultimate guide to the world we call home by New Scientist 9781473629776
RRP: $29.23$8.01The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is.Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was nothing special,... -
Beat IBS: A simple, five-step plan for restoring your digestive health by Hilda Glickman
RRP: $21.43$5.67Are you suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Do you have episodes of wind, bloating, constipation and diarrhoea? If so, this probably means that your digestive system is not functioning properly and you need to find out why. Based on proven methods... -
Trust No One by Jayne Ann Krentz
RRP: $17.53$5.67It's no coincidence when Grace Elland finds a vodka bottle next to the lifeless body of her boss, motivational speaker Sprague Witherspoon. The bottle is a terrifying-and deliberate-reminder of the horrors of her past.Grace retreats to her hometown to... -
Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie by Carly Simon 9781472133823
RRP: $29.23$8.01A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair - Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from her recent divorce,...