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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
RRP: £9.99£6.87'A beautiful, intimate and hunger-inducing portrait of grief, race, heritage and coming to know yourself through what you eat.' - Stylist 'Books of the Year''As good as everyone says it is and, yes, it will have you in tears. An essential read for... -
Mao's America: A Survivor’s Warning by Xi Van Fleet 9781546006305
RRP: £25.00£16.38Xi Van Fleet lived through the horrors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a schoolgirl. Forced to the countryside with other young Chinese for re-education after high school, she later escaped communism and found freedom and new a life in America. But... -
Stay True: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir by Hua Hsu 9781035036370
RRP: £10.99£7.51A deeply moving memoir about growing up in the 90s, written in the wake of the senseless killing of a beloved friend.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir.'A quiet, occasionally hilarious, ultimately devastating book . . . the most moving and memorable... -
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: the bestselling South Korean therapy memoir by Baek Sehee
RRP: £9.99£6.87THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR 'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' Red PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help... -
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
RRP: £10.99£7.77Read the inspiring Sunday Times bestselling memoir from the first woman, and woman of colour, to serve as Vice President of the United States.'A life story that genuinely entrances' Los Angeles TimesThe daughter of immigrants and civil rights activists,... -
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Collins Modern Classics) by Jung Chang
RRP: £9.99£6.64Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Few books have had such an... -
Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence by Mishal Husain 9780008531683
RRP: £18.99£12.71'Unforgettable' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Spell-binding' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Fascinating' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE An extraordinary family memoir from acclaimed newsreader and journalist, Mishal Husain, uncovering the story of her grandparents' lives amidst empire,... -
Takeaway: Stories from a childhood behind the counter Angela Hui 9781398705562
RRP: £9.99£6.80SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD 2023_______________'A beautiful book: compellingly written, tender and thoughtful' Ruby Tandoh'A warm, incandescent memoir about identity, food, family,... -
Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje 9781784877811
RRP: £10.99£7.77'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed... I think all of our lives have been terribly shaped by what went on before us.'Twenty-five years after leaving his... -
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner 9781984898951
RRP: £17.00£9.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984898951Author Michelle ZaunerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
RRP: £12.99£8.88Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival. ... -
In Love with the World: What a Monk Can Teach You About Living from Nearly Dying by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
RRP: £10.99£7.93A rare, intimate account of a world-renowned Buddhist monk's near-death experience and the life-changing wisdom he gained from it.'Generous, beautiful, and essential' - George Saunders, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the BardoIn In Love With... -
Black Pink: Pretty Savage by Carolyn McHugh 9781915343338
RRP: £21.99£15.61BLACKPINK's meteoric rise to global fame has seen them storm the charts, sell out arenas and achieve multi-platinum sales all around the world.Book InformationISBN 9781915343338Author Carolyn McHughFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Sona BooksPublisher... -
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 by Fergal Keane
RRP: £14.99£9.70Winner of the British Army Military Book of the Year 2011 The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history - fought at a major turning point of the Second World War. Kohima. In this remote Indian village near the border... -
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
RRP: £16.99£11.47A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to... -
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny by Ai Weiwei
RRP: £10.99£7.12A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION.Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - weaves a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own life and that of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet... -
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him 9780393322101
RRP: £12.99£11.46In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no... -
Eat A Peach: A Memoir by David Chang 9781529113426
RRP: £9.99£6.52The celebrated chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious gets uncomfortably real in his New York Times bestselling memoir.In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in Manhattan's East Village. Its young chef-owner, David Chang, served ramen and... -
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 9780593396599
RRP: £29.00£15.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593396599Author Michelle ZaunerFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams)... -
The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives by Christopher Harding
RRP: £12.99£9.09A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. The vivid and entertaining... -
Strangers on a Pier by Tash Aw
RRP: £8.99£6.02'So wise and so well done. It made me wish it were much longer than it is' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie From the award-winning author of Five Star Billionaire and We, The Survivors comes a whirlwind personal... -
Autobiography Of A Geisha by Sayo Masuda 9780099462040
RRP: £15.99£11.61Sayo Masuda's story is an extraordinary portrait of rural life in japan and an illuminating contrast to the fictionalised lives of glamorous geishas.At the age of sis Masuda's poverty-stricken family sent her to work as a nursemaid. At the age of twelve,... -
Deadly Quiet City: Stories From Wuhan, COVID Ground Zero by Murong Xuecun
RRP: £14.99£9.98From one of China's most celebrated and silenced literary authors, Murong Xuecun, Deadly Quiet City is an unforgettable collection of true stories from the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. On 23 January 2020, Wuhan was placed in total... -
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-Hee
RRP: £12.99£9.09_______________ THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR 'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' - Red PSYCHIATRIST: So how... -
London: Immigrant City Nazneen Khan-Ostrem 9781472145727
RRP: £20.00£13.75TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so... -
Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina by Georgina Pazcoguin
RRP: £9.99£7.27'Swan Dive is to ballet what Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential was to restaurants, a chance to go behind the serene front of house to the sweaty, foul-mouthed, psychofrenzy backstage.' - Daisy Goodwin, Sunday TimesIn this love letter to the art of... -
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
RRP: £9.99£7.11New 25th Anniversary Edition__________'I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure' Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club1940s, Shanghai. As the civil war rages on and China... -
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun: An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood by Jackie Wang 9781635901924
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901924Author Jackie WangFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E) -
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel
RRP: £13.99£9.20The Man Who Knew Infinity is the true story of a friendship between Srinivasa Ramanujan and G.H. Hardy that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English... -
Radical: A Life of My Own by Xiaolu Guo
RRP: £18.99£13.61**An Observer Book of the Year**The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative and original, it's her deeply personal take on striving for a life of her own'When it comes to spinning light and shadow on the... -
'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms by Naoko Abe
RRP: £14.99£10.95The irresistible story of Japanese cherry blossoms, threatened by political ideology and saved by an unknown Englishman'This is not just a tale of trees, but of . . . endeavour, war and reconciliation' Sunday TimesCollingwood Ingram, born in 1880, became... -
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu 9780008546472
RRP: £20.00£13.34The star of Marvel's first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story of being a Chinese immigrant, his battles with cultural stereotypes and his own identity, becoming a TV star, and landing... -
The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters by Joanna Gaines
RRP: £22.00£14.58AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERImagine if all the worn-out, untrue, painful chapters of our lives started to quiet, and the beautiful, unique pieces of who we are were to rise. Imagine if the stories we tell brought us back to our true selves, back... -
Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History by Margaret Juhae Lee 9781685890933
RRP: £30.00£19.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890933Author Margaret Juhae LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Geisha of Gion: The True Story of Japan's Foremost Geisha by Mineko Iwasaki
RRP: £9.99£7.11The extraordinary, bestselling memoir from Japan's foremost geisha.'A glimpse into the exotic, mysterious, tinged-with-eroticism world of the almost mythical geisha' Val Hennessy, Daily Mail'[An] eloquent and innovative memoir' The Times 'I can identify... -
Takeaway: Stories from a childhood behind the counter Angela Hui 9781398705548
RRP: £16.99£9.58SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD 2023_______________'A beautiful book: compellingly written, tender and thoughtful' Ruby Tadoh'A warm, incandescent memoir about identity, food, family,... -
The Go-Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds by Osman Yousefzada
RRP: £10.99£7.32WINNER OF THE BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE'Full of love, wisdom and yearning' Kit de WaalA coming-of-age story set in Birmingham in the 1980s and 1990s, The Go-Between opens a window into a closed migrant community living... -
An Area of Darkness: His Discovery of India by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: £10.99£7.77The first book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy - with a preface by the author. An Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul's semi-autobiographical account - at once painful and hilarious, but always thoughtful and considered - of his first visit to... -
Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang
RRP: £17.99£12.70A Kirkus Best Book of October 2021 From poet Victoria Chang, a collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations. For Victoria Chang, memory "isn't something that blooms, but something that bleeds internally."... -
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Haruki Murakami
RRP: £12.99£9.09An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz...