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An intimate yet frank biography of Gore Vidal, one of the most accomplished, visible and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century. The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini's biography probes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781335044983Author Thomas LockleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Hanover Square PressPublisher Hanover Square PressWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm)...

Rooted in two vastly different cultures, a young man struggles to understand himself, find his place in the world, and reconnect with his mother-and her remote tribe in the deepest jungles of the Amazon rainforest-in this powerful memoir that combines...

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, John and Flora Baird set up their home in Ayrshire, Scotland, and built a thriving farm and a successful family. But the story didn't end there. Each of the Baird sons carried on the legacy of their...

Bob Marley left an indelible mark on modern music, both as a reggae pioneer and as an enduring cultural icon. "Catch a Fire", now a classic of rock biography, delves into the life of the leader of a musical, spiritual, and political explosion that...

Celebrating the centenary of the birth of the trailblazing African American author, Encounters with James Baldwin is a wide-ranging volume of short essays, reflections, interviews and poetry. This moving collection demonstrates the significant legacy of...

The story of a Hungarian Jewish girl, a slave labourer for the Nazis, educated under the Soviet occupation who escaped in 1956 to find work as an Electrical Engineer in the UK where she had a brilliant career.Book InformationISBN 9781916106680Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375707049Author Caryl PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 139gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903854907Author Brian HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 317g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586423803Author Mark KamineFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Steerforth PressPublisher Steerforth Press

Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring, at five years old, the ancient and savage custom of female...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027330010Author Sojourner TruthFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint e-artnowPublisher e-artnowWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987583949Author Julie MallinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Ark House Press and Media IncorporatedPublisher Ark House Press and Media...

The incredible and heart-breaking true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - inspired by No.1 bestselling novel Before We Were YoursFrom the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book Award 2017. Nominated for Heritage Toronto Award - Historical Writing: Book 2018.Book InformationISBN...

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe-winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award-winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of...

'Inspiring... Important' Observer'A page-turner which everyone who cares about policing and justice in Britain should read.' Meera SyalAt the point of her retirement from the Metropolitan Police Service in 2019, Parm Sandhu was the most senior BAME woman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420968682Author Sarah H BradfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631322013Author Martin P HynesFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Advanced Publishing LLCPublisher Advanced Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

From the prison farms and lynch mobs of Mississippi to the political intrigue of the African liberation wars, Stokely Carmichael's remarkable life story covers the full range of the black liberation struggle in our time. Carmichael recounts his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528718059Author VariousFormat PaperbackPage Count 756Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 943gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 42mm

When the author bought a falling down fortified house on the Staffordshire moorlands, he had no reason to anticipate the astonishing tale that would unfold as it was restored. An increasingly mysterious, set of relationships emerged amongst its former...

An arrestingly drawn debut graphic novel, Baddawi is the story of a young boy named Ahmad struggling to find his place in the world. It explores the childhood of the author's father from a determinedly boy's-eye view. Ahmed was raised in the refugee camp...

You don't have to change your life overnight--instead, you can make small changes that leave a lasting impact. In The 2% Way, discover the simple, revolutionary practice behind the against-the-odds success story of Dr. Myron L. Rolle. Dr. Rolle has led a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984012909Author Anatoliy AnshinFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Kodenkan InstitutePublisher Kodenkan InstituteWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

From the author of The World and All That It Holds, Aleksandar Hemon's The Book of My Lives is an unforgettable memoir of a life forever marked by international conflict.Aleksandar Hemon grew up in a blissful Sarajevo, where his childhood was consumed by...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS*Eni Aluko: 102 appearances for England women's national football team. First female pundit on Match of the Day. UN Women UK ambassador. Guardian columnist. First class honors law degree. Now an...

From Special Forces veteran and internationally respected teacher of Ronin Tactics to streaming and videogame fan favorite, Tu Lam's memoir will captivate, astonish, exhilarate, and even profoundly resonate.Tu Lam has become known not just for his...

An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) led the Republic of China for almost fifty years,...

The Fleet Street Girls is the inspiring and evocative story of the female journalists who broke down barriers in the 1970s and 1980s as women moved up the ranks in Fleet Street for the first time. When Julie Welch called in her first ever football...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618257751Author WIDEMANPage Count 256Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton Mifflin

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737512219Author Stephanie Big EagleFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Big Eagle PublishingPublisher Big Eagle PublishingWeight(grams)...

My mother was a prostitute. My grandmother and great-grandmother were prostitutes.Maybe I should have given the family business a chance...BBC RADIO 4 PICK OF THE WEEK, Katie Puckrik'Eliska's story is an extraordinary and powerful read. It's the ultimate...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a new biography of the seminal twentieth-century historian and thinker who pioneered the study of Jewish mysticism and profoundly influenced the Zionist movement Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) was perhaps the...

Newly opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself, discover the history and secret stories of the people who've lived above London's newest trainline.Crossrail, or the 'Elizabeth' line, is just the latest way of traversing the very old east-west route through...

This 10th anniversary edition of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller includes a new introduction and afterword by the author. Chronicling the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy that began with one small...

On one side, there is Grace: prize-winning author Diana Abu-Jaber's tough, independent sugar-fiend of a German grandmother, wielding a suitcase full of holiday cookies. On the other, Bud: a flamboyant, spice-obsessed Arab father, full of passionate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578817965Author Shirish V PatelFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Shirish PatelPublisher Shirish PatelWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345478238Author Frederick DouglassFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of "extraordinary grit" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his...