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High Performance: When Britain Ruled the Roads by Peter Grimsdale
RRP: £9.99£6.41'A band of stubborn pioneers rose from the embers of Britain's cities after the war and created the finest automobiles the world had ever seen... High Performance tells the exhilarating tale of their journey' Ben Collins, bestselling author of How To... -
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell 9780241951460
RRP: £8.99£6.45My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.'What we all need,' said... -
Hackney Child by Hope Daniels
RRP: £9.99£6.41The powerful, refreshingly honest, first-hand account of a childhood spent in the Care system.At the age of nine, Hope Daniels walked into Stoke Newington Police Station with her little brothers and asked to be taken into care. Home life was intolerable:... -
It Must Never Happen Again by John McShane
£9.59This is a comprehensive look at the events leading up to the death of Baby P. A recent investigation has found that there was poor communication between authorities, a repeated failure to take into account the child's history and inaccurate documentation... -
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
RRP: £9.99£7.11In 1914 Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya with her husband to run a coffee farm. Instantly drawn to the land, she spent her happiest years there until the plantation failed. Karen Blixen was forced to return to Denmark in 1931 and it was there that she wrote... -
The Boy Grows Up: The inspirational story of his journey from broken boy to family man by Richard McCann 9780091908645 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£1.78Richard McCann's account of his childhood became a massive UK bestseller. In it he told the harrowing story of how he and his sisters were left motherless when the Yorkshire Ripper killed his first victim, Richard's mother Wilma McCann. Just A Boy was... -
The Boy Grows Up: The inspirational story of his journey from broken boy to family man by Richard McCann
RRP: £12.99£9.09Richard McCann's account of his childhood became a massive UK bestseller. In it he told the harrowing story of how he and his sisters were left motherless when the Yorkshire Ripper killed his first victim, Richard's mother Wilma McCann. Just A Boy was... -
The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology by Mark Boyle
RRP: £10.99£7.77An honest, radical and moving account of life off the grid. It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers:... -
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
RRP: £9.99£6.80The Sayles might not have been the only Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool, but Alexei knew from an early age that they were one of the more eccentric. Born on the day egg rationing came to an end, Alexei was the only child of Joe, an affable... -
Tressa: The Twelve Year Old Mum: My Story by Tressa Middleton
RRP: £9.99£6.85'Nobody knew the truth. For all those years while people judged me, I protected those closest to me. Now it's time for the real story to be told. It's time for healing and forgiveness.' Tressa Middleton made UK history when she became Britain's youngest... -
Lump: The Dog who ate a Picasso by David Douglas Duncan
RRP: £12.95£8.58One spring morning in 1957, veteran photojournalist David Douglas Duncan paid a visit to his friend and frequent photographic subject Pablo Picasso, at the artist's home near Cannes. As a co-pilot alongside Duncan in his Mercedes Gullwing 300 SL was the... -
High Risk: A True Story of the SAS, Drugs and Other Bad Behaviour by Ben Timberlake
RRP: £11.99£11.12This is a dark, raw and uncompromising tale of the human condition in extremis, drawing on the many lives of Ben Timberlake: as an archaeologist, Special Forces soldier, combat medic and drug addict. Starting with Ben's first near-death... -
Calypso by David Sedaris 9780349141893
RRP: £10.99£6.14'Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses'ADAM KAY'Funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' HADLEY FREEMAN, GUARDIAN'The brilliance of David Sedaris' writing is that his very essence, his aura, seeps... -
The Jewel Garden by Monty Don
RRP: £12.99£7.51'TRULY INSPIRING' Mail on SundayNow familiar to millions of Gardeners' World fans as Longmeadow (the home of Nigel & Nellie), this is the story of Monty & Sarah Don's early days there. The Jewel Garden is the story of the garden that bloomed from the... -
Epileptic by David B.
RRP: £25.00£18.88The most acclaimed European graphic novel of the last ten years, Epileptic is David B.'s story of his brother's battle with epilepsy - but it turns into a penetrating and sometimes lacerating self-examination on the author's part, as he delves into his... -
Gertrude Jekyll by Twigs Way
RRP: £7.99£6.64Almost eighty years after her death, Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) is still one of the most influential of all English garden designers. Best known for the superb use of colour schemes in her hallmark flower borders, she combined an early training in art... -
The Durrells of Corfu by Michael Haag
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first place - and what happened to them after they left? The... -
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith by Mark E. Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.77The only way to appreciate the legendary Mark E Smith is to encounter the man in his own words.'Ranting, raging, burning...relentlessly splenetic, a long and sustained rant... may also be the funniest music book ever written' - Observer'Unutterably funny... -
The Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie 9781529391312 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65Kate Adie's story is an unusual one. Raised in post-war Sunderland, where life was 'a sunny experience, full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school', she has reported memorably and courageously from many of the world's trouble spots since she joined... -
The Kindness of Strangers by Kate Adie
RRP: £12.99£8.60Kate Adie's story is an unusual one. Raised in post-war Sunderland, where life was 'a sunny experience, full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school', she has reported memorably and courageously from many of the world's trouble spots since she joined... -
Elisabeth Elliot: A Life by Lucy S. R. Austen
RRP: £29.99£21.94This biography takes readers on an in-depth journey through the life of Elisabeth Elliot-her marriage to Jim Elliot, her years of international missions work, and her prolific career as a writer and speaker.About the AuthorLucy S. R. Austen (BA,... -
What Fresh Lunacy is This?: The Authorized Biography of Oliver Reed by Robert Sellers
RRP: £12.99£9.00Oliver Reed may not have been Britain's biggest film star - for a period in the early 70s he came within a hairsbreadth of replacing Sean Connery as James Bond - but he is an august member of that small band of people, like George Best and Eric... -
Londongrad: From Russia with Cash;The Inside Story of the Oligarchs by Mark Hollingsworth
RRP: £12.99£8.48The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world's best footballers - and chauffeur-driven Range Rovers with tinted... -
Not Normal: The uncensored account of an extraordinary true life story by Paul Connolly 9781982908713
RRP: £8.99£7.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982908713Author Paul ConnollyFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)... -
Wait For Me!: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister by Deborah Devonshire 9781848541917 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents (so memorably fictionalised by her sister Nancy); she... -
Wait For Me!: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister by Deborah Devonshire
RRP: £12.99£8.60Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents (so memorably fictionalised by her sister Nancy); she... -
Long Way Back by Charley Boorman 9780749579258
RRP: £8.99£5.55February 16, 2016: motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman suffers a major road traffic accident in Portugal, breaking his hand and ankle and shattering his left leg. It's unclear if he'll ever walk properly again, let alone ride a motorbike. Bed-bound in... -
The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology by Tom Shippey
RRP: £10.99£7.89A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien's creativity and the sources... -
To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins
RRP: £14.99£11.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524761400Author Jedidiah JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 252g -
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession by David Grann 9781849830669
RRP: £9.99£6.41By the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER As Sherlock Holmes once conceded to Dr. Watson, 'If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs and... -
"Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare
RRP: £8.99£7.99John Wilders - literary advisor to the BBC TV Shakespeare series - brings thorough scholarship and a practical understanding of performance needs to this new edition. Clarity, accessibility and rigour are the hallmarks of an edition which will provide... -
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, the Real Moriarty by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £12.99£8.48The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'. Adam Worth was the greatest master... -
Cruel To Be Kind: The Life and Music of Nick Lowe by Will Birch 9781472129154
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Brilliant biography of an undersung late-blooming treasure . . . subtly profound as well as wickedly entertaining, this biography does its subject scintillating justice' MojoCruel to Be Kind is the definitive account of Nick Lowe's uncompromising life... -
Tony 10: The astonishing story of the postman who gambled EURO10,000,000 ... and lost it all by Declan Lynch
RRP: £9.99£7.11Tony 10 was the online betting username of Tony O'Reilly, the postman who became front-page news in 2011 after he stole EURO1.75 million from An Post while he was a branch manager in Gorey, Co. Wexford. He used the money to fund a gambling addiction that... -
One Girl And Her Dogs: Life, Love and Lambing in the Middle of Nowhere by Emma Gray
RRP: £10.99£7.40EMMA GRAY'S NEW BOOK 'MY FARMING LIFE' ('A HEARTWARMING TALE OF LIFE ON THE LAND' Alan Titchmarsh) IS OUT NOWWhat happens when you swap 'I do' for pastures new?When twenty-three-year-old shepherdess Emma Gray breaks off her engagement, the chance to take... -
The Green Fool by Patrick Kavanagh
RRP: £12.99£9.09My part of Ireland had a poet at one time, a poor ragged fellow whom no respectable person whom no respectable person would be seen talking to, but he left doors open as he passed. A delightful autobiographical novel from one of Ireland's best-loved... -
Soar: My Journey from Council Estate to House of Lords by Simon Woolley
RRP: £20.00£13.65'Simon Woolley revolutionised British politics' - GuardianCan an outsider ever become a member of the establishment?Simon Woolley is a member of the House of Lords, the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college, and a policy changemaker who has the ear... -
The Living Years by Mike Rutherford
RRP: £10.99£7.40"Now Michael, you're the son of a naval officer, you must behave like a naval officer at all times..."What Captain William Rutherford told his seven-year-old son Michael was to stay with him all his life. Born in 1950, Michael was truly his father's... -
The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor by Trevor Rees-Jones 9780751537239
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Landscape For A Good Woman by Carolyn Steedman
RRP: £10.99£7.40This book is about lives lived out on the borderlands, lives for which the central interpretative devices of the culture don't quite work. It has a childhood at its centre - my childhood, a personal past - and it is about the disruption of that fifties...