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The Boy in the Cupboard by Shane Dunphy 9781844881604 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$2.30Three heart-stopping stories of children trapped by their parents' pasts ... Craig, the little boy who can't speak English, isn't allowed to use his real name and hides food around his playschool, afraid he'll be hungry again. His parents are trying to... -
Trampled Under Foot: The Power and Excess of Led Zeppelin by Barney Hoskyns
RRP: $25.80$18.65A unique look at the history, adventures, myths and realities of this most legendary and powerful of bands, it is a labour of love based on hours of first-hand and original interviews. What emerges is a compelling portrait of the four musicians... -
The Betrayal: The True Story of My Brush with Death in the World of Narcos, Launderers, and Treason by Robert Mazur
RRP: $19.34$12.64'A thriller-like tale ... [Mazur] is a good story-teller, with a flair for details that brings the criminal and their world to life' Daily Mail'Bob Mazur delivers again ... he artfully takes the reader through the harrowing account of life as an... -
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend by Gary L. Roberts 9780470128220
RRP: $24.51$16.96Acclaim for Doc Holliday "Splendid . . . not only the most readable yet definitive study of Holliday yet published, it is one of the best biographies of nineteenth-century Western 'good-bad men' to appear in the last twenty years. It was so vivid and... -
I Have No Regrets – Diaries, 1955–1963 by Brigitte Reimann 9781803091808
RRP: $25.79$21.89Frank and refreshing, Brigitte Reimann's collected diaries provide a candid account of life in socialist Germany. With an upbeat tempo and amusing tone, I Have No Regrets contains detailed accounts of the author's love affairs, daily life, writing, and... -
On a Shoestring to Coorg by Dervla Murphy 9781780600123
RRP: $19.34$12.64This is the first travel book that tested the idea that a five-year-old daughter makes for a useful international travelling companion. Together Dervla Murphy and her daughter Rachel with little money, no taste for luxury and few concrete plans meander... -
With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead by Mary Catherine Bateson 9780060975739
RRP: $25.79$17.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060975739Author Mary Catherine BatesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Flirting with French: Adventures in Pursuit of a Language by Alexander William
RRP: $12.89$8.71William Alexander is not just a Francophile, he wants to be French. It's not enough to explore the country, to enjoy the food and revel in the ambiance, he wants to feel French from the inside. Among the things that stand in his way is the fact that he... -
Ayesha's Gift: A daughter's search for the truth about her father by Martin Sixsmith 9781471149771
RRP: $11.60$8.32**FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING PHILOMENA, MADE INTO THE AWARD-WINNING FILM STARRING STEVE COOGAN AND JUDI DENCH**Ayesha's Gift is the true story of a young woman, born in Pakistan, living in Britain, whose life is thrown into desperate turmoil by... -
Raphael: A Passionate Life by Antonio Forcellino 9780745644127
RRP: $19.34$14.13Craving pleasure as well as knowledge, Raphael Sanzio was quick to realize that his talent would only be truly appreciated in the liberal, carefree and extravagantly sensual atmosphere of Rome during its golden age under Julius II and Leo X. Arriving... -
No One Wants You: A true story of a child forced into prostitution by Celine Roberts 9780091922702 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$3.61Given away by her mother at five months old, raped on the day of her first communion at age seven - when Celine Roberts was told 'No one wants you', she believed it.Illegitimate and unwanted, Celine was forced by her foster mother into prostitution. Her... -
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Jonny Oates 9781785905728
RRP: $25.80$18.68Aged fifteen and 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 single-handedly save the Ethiopian people from the devastating 1985 famine. Discovering on arrival that the... -
The Dogs of Windcutter Down by David Kennard
RRP: $14.18$9.55'There is no good flock without a good shepherd, and no good shepherd without good dogs.' These age-old words of wisdom have always guided Devon sheep farmer David Kennard. But as he battles to save his farm from extinction, they resonate more loudly -... -
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward: Sex, Scandal and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair by Anthony Summers
RRP: $16.76$11.09The Profumo Affair was the political scandal of the twentieth century. The Tory War Minister, John Profumo, had been sleeping with the teenage Christine Keeler, while at the same time she had been sleeping with a Russian spy. The ensuing investigation... -
Autobiographies by Charles Darwin
RRP: $11.60$8.32The Autobiographies of Charles Darwin (1809-82) provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the world's intellectual giants. They begin with engaging memories of his childhood and youth and of his burgeoning scientific curiosity and love of the... -
The Three of Us: A Family Story by Julia Blackburn
RRP: $20.63$14.98Winner of the J. R. Ackerley AwardThis is the story of three people: Julia Blackburn, her father Thomas and her mother Rosalie. Thomas was a poet and an alcoholic, who for many years was addicted to barbiturates; Rosalie, a painter, was sociable and... -
Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes by Colette Rossant
RRP: $16.76$11.73In 1937, five-year-old Colette Rossant arrived in Cairo from Paris with her Egyptian Jewish father and beautiful French mother. When her father dies Colette's flighty mother abandons the little girl to her wealthy grandparents. She soon settles into... -
The Real Deal: A Life Freed from the Grip of Addiction by Rod Williams 9781780781211
RRP: $14.18$12.37Rod's drug addiction began at college and quickly moved from cannabis to Ecstasy and eventually heroin and crack cocaine. He soon became heavily involved in dealing drugs and gambling in order to finance his drugs habit. Following an attempt to import... -
Rilke, a Soul History: In the Image of Orpheus by Daniel Polikoff 9781888602524
$47.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888602524Author Daniel PolikoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 1g -
Thomas Mann: A Biography by Ronald Hayman 9780747529460
RRP: $21.92$15.84Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The White Indian Boy: The Story of Uncle Nick Among the Shoshones by Howard R Driggs 9781589635838
RRP: $18.06$11.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589635838Author Howard R DriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Fredonia Books (NL)Publisher Fredonia Books (NL)Weight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)... -
The Learning Game: A Teacher's Inspirational Story by Jonathan Smith
RRP: $14.18$9.55We are all caught up in our children's lives. We all remember our own schooldays and, as parents, we watch anxiously as our children go through it. As we look at the world of teaching from the outside we wonder not only what is going on but what we can... -
Vivian Maier: A Photographer's Life and Afterlife by Pamela Bannos
RRP: $24.51$18.64Who was Vivian Maier? Many people know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker. They revealed her to be an... -
Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life by Eric Hobsbawm 9780349113531 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$2.95Born in 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, the eighty-five years of Eric Hobsbawm's life are backdropped by an endless litany of wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions. He has led a remarkably fulfilling and long life; historian and... -
Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: $16.76$11.09Born in 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, the eighty-five years of Eric Hobsbawm's life are backdropped by an endless litany of wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions. He has led a remarkably fulfilling and long life; historian and... -
The 33 by Jonathan Franklin 9780552777568 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$2.95On 12 October 2010 the world's attention was fixed on a remote copper mine in the Atacama desert in Chile. Final preparations were underway for a daring rescue to bring to an end the longest underground entrapment in human history.69 days earlier, 33 men... -
The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch by Paddy Manning
RRP: $23.21$15.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555996Author Paddy ManningFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
At Her Majesty's Pleasure by Robert Douglas
RRP: $14.18$9.55In his final instalment in his autobiographical trilogy, Robert Douglas takes us through the sixties and into the eighties with his memories of life as a prison officer, and, at the end of his career, as an electricity chargehand driving around the... -
R. C. Sproul: A Life by Stephen J. Nichols
RRP: $33.53$23.58This biography offers an in-depth look at R. C. Sproul's life and ministry, detailing his contributions to the trajectory of the Reformed tradition and his influence on American evangelicalism.About the AuthorStephen J. Nichols (PhD, Westminster... -
Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War by Anthony Swofford 9780743275378 [USED COPY]
RRP: $10.31$2.75Anthony Swofford's grandfather fought in WWII; his father fought in Vietnam; and he - a directionless, testosterone-battered teenager - became a scout/sniper in the marines and fought in the Gulf War. His account of that time is also part of a lineage -... -
Letters To Sartre by Simone de Beauvoir
RRP: $19.34$14.13In 1983 de Beauvoir published Sartre's letters, maintaining that her own to him had been lost. They were found by de Beauvoir's adopted daughter, and published to a storm of controversy in France. Tracing the emotional and triangular complications of her... -
Tom The Mighty Explorer by Tim Foley 9781527277083
RRP: $15.47$14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527277083Author Tim FoleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Keel Foley PublishingPublisher Keel Foley PublishingWeight(grams) 203g -
Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through by T Fleischmann
RRP: $16.76$11.13How do the bodies we inhabit affect our relationship with art? How does art affect our relationship to our bodies? T Fleischmann uses Felix Gonzales-Torres's artworks-piles of candy, stacks of paper, puzzles-as a path through questions of love and loss,... -
House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
RRP: $16.76$10.94A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. One bright morning Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers in Mugabe's Zimbabwe,... -
I Think I Want To Be A Chef – The Stinky Chef Chronicles by James Gingell 9781800165380
RRP: $16.76$11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800165380Author James GingellFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers -
The Elephant to Hollywood: Michael Caine's most up-to-date, definitive, bestselling autobiography by Michael Caine
RRP: $16.76$11.09'Uproarious and unflinching' Mail on Sunday'A truly incredible life story' The Sun'Most memorable . . . told in a voice as distinctive as his spoken one' Independent'Brims with his gift for genial anecdote' The Sunday TimesOne of 'the top 25 most... -
Victor Hugo by Bradley Stephens 9781789140842
RRP: $16.76$11.73Victor Hugo (1802-85) is an icon of French culture. He achieved immense success as a poet, dramatist, and novelist, and he was also elected to both houses of the French Parliament. Leading the Romantic campaign against artistic tradition and defying the... -
The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George by Georgette Jones 9781439198582
$14.98GEORGE & TAMMY IS SOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES-STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN AND MICHAEL SHANNON!Georgette Jones-the only child of country music's "First Couple," George Jones and Tammy Wynette-pens a memoir about life with her parents and the journey back to... -
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander 9781455599875
$28.56A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander.In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander--poet, mother, and wife--finds herself at an existential crossroads after the... -
The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper by James Carnac 9780552165396 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$2.95This memoir was recently discovered and appears to have been written in the 1920s by somone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper.This person is James Carnac, this memoir written shortly before his death is an account of his entire life, including a...