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Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth: A Curious and Enduring Relationship by Christine Skelton
RRP: £20.00£14.53Charles Dickens called his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth his 'best and truest friend'. Georgina saw Dickens as much more than a friend. They lived together for twenty-eight years, during which time their relationship constantly changed. The sister of... -
Goethe: A Very Short Introduction by Ritchie Robertson 9780199689255
RRP: £8.99£6.45In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: 'Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times... because having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth, and richness of his criticism of life, by far our... -
Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou
RRP: £8.99£6.20'In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.' So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling... -
Agatha Christie by Laura Thompson
RRP: £12.99£8.18'Laura Thompson's outstanding biography . . . is a pretty much perfect capturing of a life' - Kate MosseIt has been 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. In this biography, Laura Thompson... -
Under the Rock: Stories Carved From the Land by Benjamin Myers
RRP: £9.99£6.65**Shortlisted for the Portico Prize 2019**; The astonishing new work of non-fiction from the prize-winning author of The Gallows Pole and The Offing.; Under the Rock is about badgers, balsam, history, nettles, mythology, moorlands, mosses, poetry, bats,... -
The Lives of the Poets: A Selection by Samuel Johnson 9780199226740
RRP: £13.99£9.75'If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.' In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English... -
Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose
RRP: £11.99£7.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911547525Author Phyllis RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A Caro
RRP: £10.99£7.77Robert A. Caro is one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, whose landmark biographies are widely hailed as masterpieces.This is the captivating account of his life as a writer, describing the sometimes staggering lengths to which he has gone... -
Untold Stories by Alan Bennett
RRP: £14.99£9.80Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home, updated for paperback. Untold Stories contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with... -
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
RRP: £10.99£7.25From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the... -
The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume 2: 1920-1924 by Virginia Woolf 9781783788699
RRP: £30.00£19.70With an introduction by Adam Phillips Monday 17 July 1922. Back from Garsington, & too unsettled to write - I meant to say read; but then this does not count as writing. It is to me like scratching; or, if it goes well, like having a bath - which of... -
The Little Book of J.R.R. Tolkien: Wit and Wisdom from the creator of Middle Earth by Orange Hippo!
RRP: £5.99£4.22A renowned scholar of the English language, Tolkien is today celebrated as the father of the high fantasy genre. Drawing on his knowledge of languages, mythology and legend, he created an entire alternative reality, Middle Earth, and populated it with... -
A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux
RRP: £12.99£9.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888363388Author Annie ErnauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Dylan Thomas: A New Life by Andrew Lycett
RRP: £14.99£9.32The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n' roll' lifestyle as his artistic workDylan Thomas was a romantic and controversial figure; a poet who lived to excess and died young. An inventive genius with a gift for... -
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
RRP: £9.99£6.87From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, Cathy Rentzenbrink's Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories.'Exquisite' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups'A warm, unpretentious... -
The Necessary Aptitude: A Memoir by Pam Ayres
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Next, I applied to work in the accounts department, a sealed room where women operated clattering machines like enormous typewriters. After I had catastrophically and erroneously applied all the wrong information to several trolley loads of documents... -
The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen: Selected and Introduced by Penelope Hughes-Hallett by Penelope Hughes-Hallet
RRP: £17.95£12.07A beautifully illustrated account of the letters and correspondence of Jane Austen. It has been said that Jane Austen the woman and Jane Austen the author are all of a piece, and nowhere is this more evident to the lovers of her novels than in the pages... -
Novelist as a Vocation: A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing from the internationally acclaimed author of NORWEGIAN WOOD by Haruki Murakami
RRP: £18.99£13.61A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestselling master of storytelling. The perfect gift for all book lovers.In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts... -
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk
RRP: £10.99£7.32In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusk's marriage of ten years came to an end. Candid and revelatory, Aftermath chronicles the perilous journey as the author redefines herself and creates a new version of family life for her daughters. Written in the months... -
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen
RRP: £20.00£12.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250829788Author Tove DitlevsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 28mm -
The Mystery of Charles Dickens by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £11.99£7.93A Book of the Year in The Times & Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Spectator, Irish Times and TLS. 'Superb' Daily Mail, 'Book of the Week''Brilliant' The Times, 'Book of the Week''[A] vivid, detailed account' Guardian, 'Book of the Week''Hugely enjoyable' Daily... -
Hungry Heart: A Story of Food and Love by Clare Finney
RRP: £16.99£10.67The Times Food Book of the Year. A soul-searching memoir for foodies everywhere. Let award-winning food writer Clare Finney take you on a passionate exploration of food and love. From family feasts to comfort food, first dates to office cake; how does... -
Portrait Of A Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson by Nigel Nicolson
RRP: £9.99£6.48The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group.'A brilliantly structured account of the dramas, infidelities and deep emotional attachments' GUARDIAN'An intimate and... -
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters by John Steinbeck
RRP: £12.99£9.09This collection of letters forms a fascinating day-by-day account of Steinbeck's writing of EAST OF EDEN, his longest and most ambitious novel. The letters, ranging over many subjects - textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, family matters -... -
Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D. H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer
RRP: £9.99£6.70Sitting down to write a book about his hero D.H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to do more or less anything else instead of write. In Sicily he is too preoccupied by his hatred of... -
Memoirs by Kingsley Amis
RRP: £14.99£10.95Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of famous friends, family, acquaintances (and a few eminent foes). From his childhood days to Oxford and army life, his travels... -
Conversations with Goethe by Johann Peter Eckermann
RRP: £12.99£9.09A perceptive introduction to the mind of one of German's greatest writers, in a new translation for the first time in 150 years'The best German book there is' Nietzsche By the turn of the nineteenth century, the poet, novelist and thinker Johann... -
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
RRP: £10.00£6.65A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can... -
Conversations with Joe R. Lansdale by Andrew J. Rausch
RRP: £24.95£15.24Joe R. Lansdale (b. 1951), the award-winning author of such novels as Cold in July (1989) and The Bottoms (2000), as well as the popular Hap and Leonard series, has been publishing novels since 1981. Lansdale has developed a tremendous cult audience... -
A Confession and Other Religious Writings by Leo Tolstoy 9780140444735
RRP: £10.99£7.77Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. By the time he was fifty, Tolstoy had already written the novels that would assure him of... -
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age by Leo Damrosch
RRP: £12.99£11.99The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernNamed one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review * A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 * A Kirkus... -
Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises by A. N. Wilson
RRP: £20.00£14.69Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his own early life, his experience of sexual abuse, his catastrophic mistakes in love (sacred and profane) and his life in Grub Street - as a prolific writer... -
A Horse at Night: On Writing by Amina Cain 9781914198373
RRP: £9.99£6.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198373Author Amina CainFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
Avid Reader: A Life by Robert Gottlieb 9781250141057
£14.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250141057Author Robert GottliebFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 23mm -
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
RRP: £10.99£7.32The #1 New York Times BestsellerAn Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the YearNow a Major Motion PictureThis is the true story of a boy who wanted to grow up with the Brady Bunch, but ended up living with the Addams Family. Augusten Burroughs's mother... -
Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence by Joseph Berger
RRP: £20.00£15.93An intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Biography category "An indispensable touchstone."-Julia M. Klein, Forward As an orphaned... -
The Notebook by Jose Saramago
RRP: £19.99£16.42Thought-provoking and lyrical, The Notebook records the last year in the life of Jose Saramago. In these pages, beginning on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, he evokes life in his beloved city of Lisbon, revisits conversations with friends,... -
Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country by Edward Parnell
RRP: £12.99£7.12SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020 'A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature' Philip Hoare 'An exciting new voice' Mark Cocker, author of Crow... -
Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang
RRP: £17.99£12.70A Kirkus Best Book of October 2021 From poet Victoria Chang, a collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations. For Victoria Chang, memory "isn't something that blooms, but something that bleeds internally."... -
Philip Larkin by James Booth
RRP: £16.99£12.28_______________ 'Superb ... Booth's psychology is subtler than Motion's and more convincing' - Peter J. Conradi, Spectator 'Booth's diligence is unquestionable and even readers who think they know the poems will see nuances they had previously...