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Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), one of the most perplexing personalities of Western culture, has been called 'the freest spirit who ever lived' and 'a frenetic and abominable assemblage of all crimes and obscenities'. Yet scant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850895015Author Terry ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint ISIS Large Print BooksPublisher ISIS Large Print Books

Ems and Ian dig deep into the issues that all young people struggle with both out loud e.g. sex and relationships coping with your family being a Christian in school and in silence e.g. self harm homosexuality eating disorders drug use. With a mixture of...

Katie Price has led a rollercoaster life and the excitement, glamour and emotional twists and turns show no signs of slowing down. Although happily married to Peter Andre, the past few years have been troublesome for Katie. She has overcome a string of...

From early childhood, Julie Gregory was continually X-rayed, medicated and operated on, in the vain pursuit of an illness that was created in her mother's mind. This title tells the story of how she survived Munchausen By Proxy (MBP), a form of child...

G H Lewes was a deeply unconventional Victorian. Though he is best remembered for the liaison with George Eliot - marriage in all but name - which occupied the last twenty-five years of his life, he was also a man and writer of strikingly varied...

On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between the...

Lost and Found could very easily have been called the unpublished Eric Morecambe, collating as it does the very best of this British comedy great but also a plethora of neverbefore- seen material. Pulled together from a variety of dusty archives and...

This is selected as a Book of the Year in the Telegraph & the Lady. As read on BBC Radio 4. All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers - the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother...

A behind-the-scenes look at Daphne du Maurier, author of "Rebecca", "Frenchman's Creek" and "My Cousin Rachel". This biography explores, amongst other things, her stifling relationship with her father, actor-manager Gerald...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714506326Author R. N. StendhalFormat PaperbackPage Count 566Imprint Calder Publications LtdPublisher Alma Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906120696Author Robin Lloyd-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Two Ravens PressPublisher Two Ravens PressWeight(grams) 136g

Arthur Meyerowitz was on his second air mission over France when he was shot down in 1943. He was one of only two men on the B-24 Liberator known as Harmful Lil' Armful who escaped death or immediate capture on the ground. After fleeing the wreck,...

The author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China. Both her book titles are based on such proverbs. The majority of Chinese proverbs are drawn...

Rebecca West was talented, unpredictable and enigmatic, with a fearsome persona and a colourful private life. In reviewing her image as a great writer, the author of this book had exclusive access to her personal archives, providing details of her love...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955508608Author Barry PotterFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Barry PotterPublisher Barry Potter

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977262738Author Amber HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 82g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977241832Author William F F YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 91g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977237774Author Virginia EmersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977232144Author Kathie Wennes TaitanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 152g

This book is non fiction on a british government scandal. Forged documents were made and used by staff in a british university. These criminal activities were arranged by a high level british government official. In 1987 the police confirmed they had the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954286002Author Lino PiresFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Live Wire BooksPublisher Live Wire Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951097953Author Arthur James WestcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Congresbury History GroupPublisher Congresbury History Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948385391Author Rod HumphriesFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint St Ives Printing & Publishing CompanyPublisher St Ives Printing & Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780912308487Author Hugh SideyFormat PaperbackPage Count 91Imprint White House Historical AssociationPublisher White House Historical...

Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's famous account of the 1996 Everest disaster, INTO THIN AIR, will remember the story of Beck Weathers: the gregarious Texan climber who went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the...

The Marquis de Sade is a name that is instantly recognized, but the man behind the name remains obscure. This biography places him in perspective, unravelling his complex life against the turbulent background of revolutionary France.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780818405334Author Janet WallachFormat HardbackPage Count 465Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 930g

For every brave soldier putting their life on the line for Queen and country, there is a second, more subtle sort of heroism at work back at base in Britain. "Daffodil Girls" is the story of the women behind the soldiers of The 2nd Battalion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780753193877Author Alan WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint ISIS PublishingPublisher ISIS Publishing

Offering an irreverent inside look at American entertainment, from the heyday of Hollywood and Las Vegas and the rise of television, this is a biography of Dean Martin. Born in Ohio, Dino Crocetti came up the hard way, pumping petrol, boxing, working in...

This biography of W.H. Auden, one of the best-known English poets of the century, is not only a study of his life and ideas, but a commentary on the wars, ideologies and attitudes of his times. Auden saw his life as a quest, and his journey took him from...

Omnibus edition of 'A House by the Shore' which documents the author's retreat from urban life to the ragged landscape of the island of Harris, and 'Scarista Style', a collection of her recipes.Book InformationISBN 9780708834046Author Alison...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780747205111Author Nancy NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 650g

On 24 September 2000 at the Sydney Olympics, Denise Lewis won the gold medal for the heptathlon. Although quite badly injured after the fifth event, she gritted her teeth and pulled through to achieve an excellent throw in the javelin, and finished the...

This astute biography brilliantly captures, in one volume, the full range of Winston Churchill's astonishing career. perhaps the greatest political figure of modern times, Churchill's achievement extended well beyond his emblematic role in the Second...

Jonathan Swift is an infinitely intriguing figure in the literary and political history of England and Ireland. Best known as the author of GULLIVERS TRAVELS, he was an ordained clergyman whose enemies thought did not believe in God. He became a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780747200734Author Su PollardFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 400g

Part detective story, part memoir, this book also provides a memorable account of a Mediterranean island under attack by a criminal society. More than a century ago, the author's namesake was murdered in Sicily. The dead relative was a revolutionary and...

British, young, beautiful and exceptionally talented, Darcey Bussell has crossed from the dance world to become a household name. Consequently, Darcey is caught up in the media whirl which surrounds all modern celebrities. In this candid memoir she talks...