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Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, Corps and Divisional Leaders of a Legend: Kruger to Zimmermann by Mark C. Yerger 9780764307690
RRP: £54.99£37.01The units of the Waffen-SS were some of the most successful and influental combat formations produced by any country in this century. Their abilities and accomplishments, in both defense and offense, remain legendary. Finally, the commanders of these... -
If Only for Beth by Rita Southam 9781800166066
RRP: £11.99£8.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800166066Author Rita SouthamFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers -
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin L. Powell 9780062135124
RRP: £17.99£17.53"It Worked for Me" is a collection of lessons and personal anecdotes that have shaped four star-general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell's legendary career in public service. At its heart are Powell's "13 Rules", notes he accumulated on his... -
A LIFE SOLD: What Ever Happened to That Guy Who Sold His Whole Life on EBay? by Ian Usher 9780980865301
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980865301Author Ian UsherFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Wider Vision PublishingPublisher Wider Vision PublishingWeight(grams) 500g -
The Churchill Who Saved Blenheim: The Life of Sunny, 9th Duke of Marlborough by M. Waterhouse
RRP: £25.00£18.30History has been unkind to Sunny Marlborough, largely because it was written by his first wife, the 'dollar princess' Consuelo Vanderbilt. It is true that he was not an easy man and their marriage was indeed an unhappy one. However the unhappiness of... -
My Year With a Horse: Feeling the fear but doing it anyway by Hazel Southam
RRP: £9.99£7.11Hazel had been scared of horses all her life, and an earlier attempt to overcome her fear had ended in failure. She was still overcoming fear in other areas, travelling around the world with her job, reporting on areas recovering from war, famine,... -
The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud by Brian Garfield
RRP: £17.99£15.79Tall, handsome, charming Col. Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) was an acclaimed British war hero, a secret agent, and a dean of international ornithology. His exploits inspired three biographies, movies have been based on his life, and a square in... -
Mafia Cop by Lou Eppolito 9781416517016
RRP: £10.99£6.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416517016Author Lou EppolitoFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pocket StarPublisher Pocket StarWeight(grams) 159g -
Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant by Andrea Dworkin 9780826494429
£19.99'This final, short book, is the unfolding development of a life and a mind. It reminds us that she was never primarily a political activist, but a writer and, to herself, a scholar ...Since she died last year, a victim of her enormous size, I have come... -
Sneinton People by Dave Ablitt 9781910170670
RRP: £5.00£1.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910170670Author Dave AblittFormat PaperbackImprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood by Robyn Scott 9780143115090
RRP: £24.00£16.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143115090Author Robyn ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 132mm *... -
A Rip in Heaven by Jeanine Cummins 9780451210531
RRP: £17.00£11.31The acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book-the first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims and their families.A Rip in Heaven is Jeanine Cummins'... -
Mitchell's: The Story of a Stornoway Family's Garage and Bus Business by Colin Tucker
RRP: £15.00£12.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789070125Author Colin TuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint AcairPublisher Acair -
How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America by Sara Sinclair
RRP: £19.99£13.56In myriad ways, each narrator's life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience-and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take all that is Indigenous. Hear from Jasilyn Charger, one of the first... -
Not The Whole Story: A Memoir by Angela Huth 9781472127068
RRP: £4.99£3.91'Deliciously gossipy and amusingly trenchant' Daily Mail, BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR'A delightful memoir' Kate Saunders, The Times'Fabulous . . . dazzling' Tatler'Enchanting . . . movingly lyrical' Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Country LifeThis short volume has... -
John Calvin: A Biography by T. H. L. Parker
RRP: £9.99£7.93John Calvin, the French Protestant theologian, had planned a life of quiet, scholarly study. But while travelling to Strasbourg in 1536, a local war forced him to make a detour through Geneva. Here he stayed, apart from a short period of exile, until the... -
William Golding: The Man who Wrote Lord of the Flies by Professor John Carey 9780571231638 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.65William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. He published a volume of poems in 1934 and during the war served in the Royal Navy. Afterwards he returned to being a schoolmaster in Salisbury. Lord... -
The Padre was a Hooker: Reflections on 40 years as an Army Chaplain by Stephen A. Blakey 9781788230803
£15.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788230803Author Stephen A. BlakeyFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Midges, Maps and Muesli by Helen Krasner 9780953380107
£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953380107Author Helen KrasnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Garth PublicationsPublisher Garth PublicationsWeight(grams) 183g -
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Jonny Oates
RRP: £12.99£9.26Aged fifteen, armed with a credit card stolen from his father, Jonny Oates ran away from home and boarded a plane to Addis Ababa. His plan? To save the Ethiopian people from the devastating 1985 famine. Discovering that demand for the assistance of... -
A House of Air by Penelope Fitzgerald 9780007136438
RRP: £16.99£13.09WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HERMIONE LEE The previously uncollected occasional prose of a great English writer - full of wit, feeling and illumination. Penelope Fitzgerald was a prolific letter writer. She avoided the phone if she could, never even... -
Charles Kennedy: A Tragic Flaw by Greg Hurst 9780413777898
RRP: £16.99£14.10Charles Kennedy was found dead on 1 June 2015. He was only 55 years of age. His death was due to complications resulting from alcohol abuse over many years. Much has been written about his addiction to alcohol, with justification. The condition dominated... -
Introducing Chomsky: A Graphic Guide by John Maher 9781848312944
RRP: £8.99£3.51Can it be that the human brain possesses an in-built faculty for language? Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20th century, believes that it does- that there exists a 'universal grammar' common to all languages. Around the world... -
The Long Journey of Gracia Mendes by Marianna D. Birnbaum
RRP: £47.00£43.22The historical biography of a true Jewish heroine in her day, Gracia Mendes. Born in 1510 in Portugal, the book details this woman's extraordinary personality until her death in 1569 in Constantinople (today's Istanbul). Her life exemplified a... -
Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-loop, Zig-Zagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew 9781524761431
RRP: £14.99£10.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524761431Author Mari AndrewFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA Inc -
See It My Way by Peter White 9780751525472
£18.10Peter White was the second blind son born to sighted parents just after the war. His education took place before the days of integrated schooling for all (for which he is extremely grateful) and he describes with great honesty and humour the peculiar... -
Women Who Make a Fuss: The Unfaithful Daughters of Virginia Woolf by Carolyn Holbrook 9781517907624
RRP: £19.99£17.54Virginia Woolf, to whom university admittance had been forbidden, watched the universities open their doors. Though she was happy that her sisters could study in university libraries, she cautioned women against joining the procession of educated men and... -
Secret Life of Uri Geller by Jonathan Margolis
RRP: £8.99£6.20For over 60 years, spanning from his childhood to the Cold War to the current day, former Israeli paratrooper and Six Day War veteran Uri Geller has been a major enigma. Is he merely one of the most convincing stage magicians in history, a... -
The Journey Continues by Sara Ann Key 9781035841035
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035841035Author Sara Ann KeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu 9780349117584
£12.73The Tibetans refer to Moso country as 'The Country of Daughters' because of their unique matrilineal society. In Moso culture, daughters are favoured children. There is no word for father, marriage is considered a backward practice, and property is... -
Black Watch: Liberating Europe and catching Himmler - my extraordinary WW2 with the Highland Division by Tom Renouf 9780349123363 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.13As a 19-year old Black Watch conscript Tom Renouf's war began with some of the most vicious fighting of the conflict - against Himmler's fanatical 'Hitler Youth' SS Division. It ended with the capture of Himmler himself and Tom taking a trophy he still... -
Black Watch: Liberating Europe and catching Himmler - my extraordinary WW2 with the Highland Division by Tom Renouf
RRP: £10.99£7.40As a 19-year old Black Watch conscript Tom Renouf's war began with some of the most vicious fighting of the conflict - against Himmler's fanatical 'Hitler Youth' SS Division. It ended with the capture of Himmler himself and Tom taking a trophy he still... -
The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist by Larry Alex Taunton 9780718091491
RRP: £12.99£9.592016 Winner of the Gospel Coalition Book Awards A friend of the late Christopher Hitchens offers insight about the promise of faith and the dangers of pride in this one-of-a-kind look into the last days of the world's most famous atheist--now in paper... -
Keeping Hope Alive: How One Somali Woman Changed 90,000 Lives by Dr. Hawa Abdi
RRP: £14.99£9.80For the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from Mogadishu which has grown to shelter 90,000 displaced Somalis: men, women, and children in urgent need of medical attention. As Islamist... -
The Day That Changed My Life: Inspirational Stories from Ireland's Women by Caitlin McBride
RRP: £16.99£12.28Stories to inspire. Stories to connect. Extraordinary moments in which women's lives changed forever. Exhilarating, heartbreaking and ultimately inspiring, The Day That Changed My Life is a remarkable collection of stories of Ireland's women and the... -
Law, Life and Laughter: A Personal Verdict by Irvine Smith
RRP: £8.99£6.45Legendary Sheriff Irvine Smith QC is one of the most formidable criminal lawyers of his generation. Called to the Bar in 1953, he was involved as Counsel in some of Scotland's biggest cases, including the 'Glasgow Bank Raid', known at the time as 'the... -
We Can't All Be Astronauts: Your Friends Are Successes. You're a Failure. One Last Chance to Reach for the Stars... by Tim Clare 9780091928599 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£2.65'"Right!" My Dad slammed his fist against the dashboard. "If you want to die let's f***ing die together!""Dad...don't," I said, referring to the profanity rather than the death-threat.But my father was lost in his own private Thelma and Louise moment... -
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan
RRP: £14.99£9.80You've heard the controversy, now read the book:Sticky Fingers is Joe Hagan's pulsing account of 50 years of rock'n'roll excess from Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine and one of the best-connected men of the twentieth century. Featuring... -
Exhumation of a Murder: The Life and Trial of Major Armstrong by Robin Odell
RRP: £12.99£8.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869928926Author Robin OdellFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 425g -
Charles Waterton: A Biography by Brian Edginton 9780718829247
£51.52Charles Waterton (1782-1865) n a true English eccentric, ironically self-styled 'the most commonplace of men'. He talked to insects, fought with snakes, rode an alligator and lived like a monk. He was made famous in his own lifetime by publication of his...