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An unlikely political star tells us how Washington really works - and really doesn't. As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and become a teacher. Early motherhood seemed to put that dream out of reach, but fifteen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645163124Author Rick CareyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Birli PressPublisher Birli PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 14mm

Roman Women uses numerous primary sources to explore the lives of Rome's most influential women. It is not simply another lurid and sensational catalogue of scandalous sexual outrages; these all feature, but they are balanced by careful analysis of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688137953Author Martin BlumensonPage Count 320Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971814318Author Fleet MaullFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Prison Dharma PressPublisher Prison Dharma PressWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The inspirational true story of one man overcoming enormous odds - including sexual abuse from his alcoholic mother - to choose his own path in life and become a truly exceptional human being. From the age of four David Thomas was sexually...

The inspirational true story of one man overcoming enormous odds - including sexual abuse from his alcoholic mother - to choose his own path in life and become a truly exceptional human being. From the age of four David Thomas was sexually...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865433199Author Flora NwapaFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 160g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394716312Author M.F.K. FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Because Johnny Cash cut his classic singles at Sun Records in Memphis and reigned for years as country royalty from his Nashville-area mansion, people tend to associate the Man in Black with Tennessee. But some of Cash's best songs-including classics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781433515644Author Fred SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Crossway BooksPublisher Crossway BooksWeight(grams) 152g

This extensive, two-volume set presents every recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, awarded during the Second World War, and presented personally by Hitler from 1940 until 1945. Described inside - and shown with at least one photograph - are...

Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) was a writer, painter, illustrator, and popular bohemian personality who lived at the center of the Harlem Renaissance. Protege of Alain Locke, roommate of Wallace Thurman, and friend of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale...

What would you do if you owed $20,000? Would you:a) Not tell your parents?b) Stop colouring your hair, having pedicures and buying Gucci?c) Start your own website that asks for money without apology?If you were Karyn Bosnak, you'd do all three...In New...

After completing a tour of duty (thirty-five missions) in B-17s, Bert Stiles transferred to a fighter squadron. Just four months later he was killed in action on an escort mission to Hanover, Germany, on November 26, 1944. Stiles' book was written in the...

A true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle. December 1999: It was the Christmas season, but Joanne Smith was numb. She wished she could just go to sleep and wake up on...

These are the Journals of Francis Davies Leading Shipwright RN when on board Captain Scott's "Terra Nova" British Antarctic Expedition 1910 - 1913, Never seen before photos and historical artefacts, kept safe by his decadences, for over 100 years. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.Book InformationISBN 9780679428503Author Jon KrakauerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random...

Horatio Nelson was a naval genius and a natural born predator. In his private life as in war he was ruthless. A fanatic for duty, at times beyond all sense, he was also a royalist so infatuated with the divine right of kings that he began to see himself...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845276997Author Aled TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354206344Author Dr AmbedkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 2mm

'When you read Hope Street, you are uplifted, exhilarated, excited at the profound truths that shine through. This radiant book will bring great comfort, healing and hope to all who are blessed by reading it.'Patricia ScanlanThis is the true story of a...

'When you read Hope Street, you are uplifted, exhilarated, excited at the profound truths that shine through. This radiant book will bring great comfort, healing and hope to all who are blessed by reading it.'Patricia ScanlanThis is the true story of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244518431Author David MonksFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

'This is how I was born. At 7.30 a.m. at the Istituto Annunziata in Napoli on 1 May 1925...' So begins a manuscript, handwritten by Carlo Contini, which lay forgotten and unread for years. The scrawling script unfolds an incredible tale of poverty,...

'An outstanding book of astonishing power . . . One finishes it with an ache in the heart'JON SWAIN, writer and foreign correspondent, author of River of Time'Through a profoundly moving tale that weaves together the connected stories of a victim, his...

Northern Spain is the only part of Western Europe where anarchism played a significant role in political life of the twentieth century. Enjoying wide-ranging support among both the urban and rural working class, its importance peaked during its "brief...

This elegantly written book offers an unexpected and unprecedented account of blindness and sight. Legally blind since the age of eleven, Georgina Kleege draws on her experiences to offer a detailed testimony of visual impairment-both her own view of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359732869Author Mathilde KschessinskaFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873855478Author Margaret M. HutchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint John Owen SmithPublisher John Owen Smith

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800167810Author Lucy RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Despite the significant role played by the health and fitness of the British crews in Nelson's defeat of the Combined Fleet in 1805, little has been written hitherto about the naval surgeon in the era of the long war against France. This book is intended...

A definitive biography of the iconic actor and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and his extravagant, sometimes tawdry life, drawing on never-before-seen excerpts from Rooney's diary and exclusive interviews with Mickey, and with those who knew...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583229187Author Lee StringerFormat PaperbackPage Count 249Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 239g

One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. Winston Churchill's attitude towards the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785370342Author Eamon GilmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958374Author Shani OatesFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 468g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Reviews'immaculate editing' Notes and Queries'A wealth of biographical information is digested into footnotes and supports the particularity of the journals. Moreover, the text...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782812104Author Knight TimothyFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment LtdDimensions(mm) 158mm * 158mm * 12mm

Eleanor Stewart had always had a difficult relationship with her mother, but when her mother's persistent ill-health, caused by Parkinson's Disease, meant she needed a new home, Eleanor offered her one. 'It will only be for six months' she assured her...