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Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa
RRP: $23.08$15.37Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England but spent her childhood summers in Nigeria - a country she considered an unglamorous parallel universe, devoid of all creature comforts. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was murdered there in 1995, Noo... -
Give Her Six: A Distillery Manager's Son in 1960's Bruichladdich by Graham Logie 9781839526848
RRP: $18.88$13.55Graham Logie was brought up in Bruichladdich in the 1960s. This book tells how, as the Distillery Manager's son, he saw village life, and the special access he had to the distillery. The 1960s probably saw one of the biggest changes to island life... -
The Wife's Tale: A Personal History by Aida Edemariam
RRP: $27.28$17.81WINNER OF THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CBC BOOK OF THE YEAR The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old... -
The Girl from Guildford Street: Growing up in working class Birmingham 1957-1968 by Grace Caroline Holte 9781858585796
$27.91The Girl from Guildford Street describes a working class childhood, growing up in Lozells, Birmingham, 1957-1968. The author and her sister and cousins were the last generation to grow up in the back to backs: Birmingham council houses, two up, one down;... -
Into the Fire: My Life as a London Firefighter by Edric Kennedy-Macfoy
RRP: $27.28$19.09___________________'Deeply personal and blisteringly powerful.' Tom Marcus, author of SOLDIER SPYThe incredible true story of life as a London firefighter. What is it really like to be a firefighter? How does it feel to respond to an... -
Lost In Translation: A Life in a New Language by Eva Hoffman
RRP: $23.08$16.32In 1959 13-year-old Eva Hoffman left her home in Cracow, Poland for a new life in America. This memoir evokes with deep feeling the sense of uprootendess and exile created by this disruption, something which has been the experience of tens of thousands... -
Nobody Leaves: Impressions of Poland by Ryszard Kapuscinski
RRP: $18.88$13.55'A masterpiece ... a moving image of post-war Poland, and the first breathing of one of the essential voices of the twentieth century... the master of literary reportage' The Times Literary SupplementWhen the great traveller-reporter Ryszard... -
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff
RRP: $27.28$19.09The much-loved, irresistibly funny memoir of literary New York which was an international bestseller and enchanted readers around the world - now a major film starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley, My New York Year 'Gripping and funny'... -
A Life Of Walter Scott: The Laird of Abbotsford by A. N. Wilson
RRP: $35.68$25.79'I have read all W. Scott's novels at least fifty times,' wrote Byron. '...grand work. Scotch Fielding, as well as great English poet - wonderful man! I long to get drunk with him.' A. N. Wilson's subtle, entertaining and frequently provocative... -
Corsets To Camouflage: Women and War by Kate Adie 9780340820605 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$3.91'The paciest and most entertaining history book to come my way' Ian McIntyre, The Times'Riveting and beautifully illustrated' The Lady'Engrossing . . . far more than a sartorial survey' The Oldie* * * * * * A vivid history of ordinary women and their... -
Corsets To Camouflage: Women and War by Kate Adie
RRP: $27.28$18.06'The paciest and most entertaining history book to come my way' Ian McIntyre, The Times'Riveting and beautifully illustrated' The Lady'Engrossing . . . far more than a sartorial survey' The Oldie* * * * * * A vivid history of ordinary women and their... -
Through the Narrow Gate: A Nun's Story by Karen Armstrong 9780006550549 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$3.91Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong's memoir of life inside a Catholic convent in the 1960's. With gentleness and honesty, Armstrong takes her readers on a revelatory journey that begins with her decision, at the age of seventeen, to... -
Iris Grace by Arabella Carter-Johnson
RRP: $18.88$13.55The astonishing tale of a little girl who was different, her cat and how they brought a family together.'Different is brilliant . . .' Iris Grace is different. From the moment she was born she found the world a strange and terrifying place: she neither... -
Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything by Kevin Cook 9780330529952
$21.99Titanic Thompson is the rollicking true story of one of the most charismatic characters in twentieth-century America. Travelling only with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash, this is the legendary tale of a man who was married... -
Lilian Silburn, a Mystical Life: Letters, Documents, Testimonials: A Biography by Jacqueline Chambron 9780942444209
RRP: $38.85$28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942444209Author Jacqueline ChambronFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Pelican PondPublisher Pelican PondWeight(grams) 517g -
Travelling Light: Journeys Among Special People and Places by Alastair Sawday 9780349142333 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$5.57A charming and beautifully written account of the pleasures of slow travel - for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Colin Thubron and Eric Newby.'Lawrence Sterne once suggested that we travel for one of just three reasons: imbecility of mind, infirmity of... -
Travelling Light: Journeys Among Special People and Places by Alastair Sawday
RRP: $23.08$6.11A charming and beautifully written account of the pleasures of slow travel - for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Colin Thubron and Eric Newby.'Lawrence Sterne once suggested that we travel for one of just three reasons: imbecility of mind, infirmity of... -
Heart of a Soldier by James B. Stewart 9780743244596
RRP: $35.68$33.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743244596Author James B. StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 428gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Bram Stoker And The Man Who Was Dracula by Barbara Belford 9780306810985
$42.38"What a splendid subject to sink one's teeth into," raved the Washington Post . Here was a six-foot-two Irishman with a red beard,a Victorian family man, a spirited debater, and the author of novels and short stories largely forgotten today. All, of... -
Narrow Margins: The Narrow Boat Books by Marie Browne 9781907016004 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.88$4.52Narrow Margins - a laugh-out-loud book which proves that lean times can sometimes be a very positive thing. Faced with the loss of everything following the collapse of the Rover Group, Marie Browne moved her long-suffering husband Geoff, chaotic... -
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle
RRP: $23.08$15.54'Forget geek stereotypes. Parsons' life seems straight out of a Hollywood thriller ... Pendle's book leaves us with a taste of genius's energy and fragility' Los Angeles Magazine'You couldn't make it up' Physics World'As a history of space travel,... -
Handel: The Man & His Music by Jonathan Keates
RRP: $42.00$30.85Jonathan Keates original biography of Handel was hailed as a masterpiece on its publication in 1985. This fully revised and updated new edition - published to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composers death - charts in detail Handel's life, from... -
GWAIPO - A Forbidden Love Story by Kathryn P. Fong 9781800749931
RRP: $20.98$16.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800749931Author Kathryn P. FongFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers -
A Walk Against the Stream: A Rhodesian National Service Officer's Story of the Bush War by Tony Ballinger 9781910294437
$43.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294437Author Tony BallingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
One Child by Torey Hayden 9780007199051 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.88$4.77This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full... -
One Child by Torey Hayden
RRP: $18.88$12.64This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full... -
Beyond Belief by Colm O'Gorman 9780340925287 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.03'I was living in a world where a priest who spoke the words of God used me for sex, and there was no-one to tell. The world where this horror happened didn't exist for anyone else.' As a boy in Ireland where everyone - from among his own neighbours to... -
Beyond Belief by Colm O'Gorman
RRP: $20.98$14.28'I was living in a world where a priest who spoke the words of God used me for sex, and there was no-one to tell. The world where this horror happened didn't exist for anyone else.' As a boy in Ireland where everyone - from among his own neighbours to... -
Left For Dead by Nick Ward
RRP: $27.28$20.56The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick's eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first, ill-fated attempt. The world-famous Fastnet Race takes yachts from the... -
What If I Had Never Tried It by Valentino Rossi
RRP: $23.08$16.32Valentino Rossi is the greatest living motorcyclist. His legions of fans adore him (over 4,000 turned up to see him in Leicester Square last March). He has fought through the 125 and 250 class groups to win the World Championships five times and has been... -
Those of Us Who Must Die: Execution, Exile and Revival after the Easter Rising by Derek Molyneux
RRP: $33.58$27.20The 1916 Rising is one of the most documented and analysed episodes in Ireland's turbulent history. Often overlooked, however, is its immediate aftermath. This significant window in the narrative of Irish revolutionary history, which saw the rebirth of... -
Hooligan by Patrick Holohan 9780717186280
RRP: $46.18$32.78When Paddy Holohan discovered mixed martial arts as a teenager, it was the first time his life settled into something approaching focus. Far removed from the chaos of the outside world, every bout reduced that maze of hardship to one simple proposition:... -
"Why, Gary, Why?": The Jody Plauche Story by Jody Plauche 9781948903219
RRP: $41.98$34.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948903219Author Jody PlaucheFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Inspired Forever Book PublishingPublisher Inspired Forever Book PublishingWeight(grams)... -
The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary deep-sea discoveries by David L. Mearns
RRP: $31.48$20.01David Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's 16th century fleet, David has searched for and found dozens of sunken... -
QUEEN IN 3-D by BRIAN MAY 9781838164522
RRP: $42.00$31.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838164522Author BRIAN MAYFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint The London Stereoscopic CompanyPublisher The London Stereoscopic Company -
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca 9781416532491
RRP: $37.78$24.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416532491Author Lee IacoccaFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 150mm... -
Algerian White by Assia Djebar 9781583225165
RRP: $27.28$18.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583225165Author Assia DjebarFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 326g -
You've Got This: And Other Things I Wish I Had Known by Louise Redknapp
RRP: $20.98$14.28The Sunday Times bestseller'Frank, funny and inspiring' - You Magazine'Louise is just ready to do her - and we're here for it' - Glamour'Warm-hearted, honest and relatable' - Daily Mirror__________________________________________In more than two decades... -
Under and Alone: Infiltrating the World's Most Violent Motorcycle Gang by William Queen
RRP: $23.08$16.32When veteran law-enforcement officer and lifelong motorcycle lover William Queen penetrated the San Fernando chapter of the notorious Mongols, he was at the mercy of psychopaths who sought to have him prove his fealty by any means necessary, from selling... -
Point To Point Navigation: A Memoir by Gore Vidal 9780349139104
$26.73POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION refers to a form of navigation Gore Vidal resorted to as a first mate in the navy during World War II. As he says, 'As I was writing this account of my life and times since PALIMPSEST, I felt as if I were again dealing with...