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Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently by Emer O'Toole
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Part autobiography, part heartfelt plea to change the way we look at gender, Girls will be Girls is an excellent primer on feminist theory. Every teenage girl should be given a copy' HOT PRESSBeing a woman is, largely, about performance - how we dress... -
Climb with Charlie by Charlie Bird
RRP: £16.99£14.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373688Author Charlie BirdFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Life of Jews in Poland before the Holocaust: A Memoir by Ben-Zion Gold 9780803271753
RRP: £14.99£12.20Ben-Zion Gold's memoir brings to life the world of a million Jews in pre-World War II Poland who were later destroyed by the Nazis. Warmly recalling the relationships, rituals, observances, and celebrations, Gold evokes the sense of family and faith that... -
Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want by Ruby Tandoh 9781781259603
RRP: £8.99£6.45TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Think about that first tickle of hunger in your stomach. A moment ago, you could have been thinking about anything, but now it's thickly buttered marmite toast, a frosty scoop of ice cream straight from the tub, some... -
Finding Tipperary Mary by Phyllis Whitsell 9781910335338 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'What an extraordinary story... very moving indeed' Vanessa Feltz, Radio 2The astonishing true story of a daughter's search for her own past and the desperate mother who gave her up.Phyllis Whitsell began the search for her... -
Peace From Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You're Going Through by Iyanla Vanzant
£15.23How do you find your way through the broken pieces and the pain to peace? In this searingly honest and searching book, the New York Times bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant recounts the last decade of her profoundly human journey. Although Ilyanla had... -
The Secret Life of a Submissive by Sarah K 9780007506217
RRP: £10.99£8.29THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Sarah K has a secret. By day she's a writer and level-headed single mother; by night she's a submissive, living a real-life Fifty Shades of Grey that is thrilling beyond her wildest dreams. But... -
The Memory Keeper: A Journey into the Past to Unearth Family Secrets by Jackie Kohnstamm 9781838858056
RRP: £10.99£7.32Max and Mally, two out of millions murdered in the Holocaust, are deported in 1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt - where they will starve to death.Decades later, in London and on a whim, their granddaughter, Jackie googles their names to find two... -
Steven Spurrier: A Life in Wine by Steven Spurrier
RRP: £35.00£22.83The moment he was handed a glass of Cockburn 1908 vintage port by his grandfather at 13 years old, Steven Spurrier knew he would make wine his career. He travelled Europe in his red sports car (fitted with a compact wine fridge in the boot), working the... -
Sea State by Tabitha Lasley 9780008390938
RRP: £14.99£9.70'Sea State marks the arrival of a gifted and exciting new voice' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE ... -
Before I Go by Catherine Cookson
RRP: £8.99£6.13Known for the wit of her writing, Catherine Cookson was the UK's most widely read novelist during her lifetime. When her Estate discovered this never-before-published memoir in the attic of her home, it was an astonishing find. Before I Go is the... -
Letters to Gil by Malik Al Nasir
RRP: £20.00£6.85'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure' IRENOSEN OKOJIE Letters to Gil is... -
The Fleet Street Girls: The women who broke down the doors of the gentlemen's club by Julie Welch
RRP: £9.99£5.96When Julie Welch called in her first ever football report at the Observer, an entire room of men fell silent. Heart in her mouth, Julie waited for the voice on the other end of the line to declare it passable. She'd done it. She was the first ever female... -
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger
RRP: £25.00£16.43A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war" Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain ... -
Look Again: The Autobiography by David Bailey 9781509896868
RRP: £10.99£7.93Eye-opening and candid, David Bailey's Look Again is a fantastically entertaining memoir by a true icon.'Rollicking . . . with roguish tales as vivid as his era-defining photos' - Daily Mail'Brilliant' - TelegraphDavid Bailey burst onto the scene in 1960... -
Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James 9780330264631 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.78'I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but for the moment, that did not affect me.' In Unreliable Memoirs, the first instalment of Clive James's memoirs, we meet the young Clive, dressed in short... -
Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terrence McKenna by Dennis McKenna
RRP: £17.99£12.70Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life with Terence McKenna, is an autobiographical account of renowned ethnobotanist Dennis McKenna's childhood, his relationship with his brother, and the author's experiences with and reflections on psychedelics,... -
David Beckham: My Side by David Beckham
RRP: £12.99£8.48He may live in Madrid but he continues to make front-page headlines. This is David Beckham's own story of his career to date, for Manchester United, Real Madrid and England, and of his childhood, family and private life. Featuring David's first full... -
Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World by Eliza Reid
RRP: £12.99£9.92THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!A New York Times Book Review Editor's Pick"Secrets of the Sprakkar is a fascinating window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it's worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the playing... -
Chelsea Manning Memoir by Chelsea Manning 9781847925619
RRP: £20.00£14.29An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous transparency activists and trans women.In 2010, Chelsea Manning was working as an intelligence analyst for the US Army in Iraq. She disclosed 720,000 classified military... -
The Best I Could: 2015 by Subhas Anandan 9789814677813
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Best I Could traces the life and career of Subhas Anandan, an advocate whose tireless devotion to the Singapore criminal justice system is legendary. In this highly personal autobiography, first published in 2009, Subhas describes not only the many... -
Father and Son by Edmund Gosse 9781784874391
RRP: £15.99£11.61'The classic of memoir of inter-generational strife, with an afterword from author of The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry and an introduction from Anthony Quinn. Subtitled 'a study of two temperaments' Edmund Gosse's childhood memoir tells the often... -
A Black Boy at Eton by Dillibe Onyeama
RRP: £9.99£7.11'The story [Onyeama] had to tell was so gripping and shocking, it wouldn't let me go . . . A remarkably well-written memoir' Bernardine Evaristo, from the IntroductionDillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton - joining in 1965 - and the first to... -
Standing on my Brother's Shoulders: Making Peace with Grief and Suicide by Tara Lal
RRP: £10.99£7.40'A deeply affecting memoir ... [this] courageous book tracks the nature and processes of destruction, but more than this, the crucial reconstructions that can follow.' - Alex Garland, director of Ex Machina and author of The Beach 'Insightful, moving... -
Devorgilla Days: A Memoir of Hope and Healing by Kathleen Hart 9781529300420 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£4.76AN INSPIRING STORY OF STARTING OVER'We all need a Devorgilla Cottage somewhere in our hearts' - KIRSTY WARK'Beautifully written' - ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG 'A magical and beautifully written memoir and so evocative of Wigtown and its landscape' - RUTH... -
Devorgilla Days: A Memoir of Hope and Healing by Kathleen Hart
RRP: £10.99£7.40AN INSPIRING STORY OF STARTING OVER'We all need a Devorgilla Cottage somewhere in our hearts' - KIRSTY WARK'Beautifully written' - ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG 'A magical and beautifully written memoir and so evocative of Wigtown and its landscape' - RUTH... -
The Peregrine by J. A. Baker 9781590171332
RRP: £13.99£11.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590171332Author J. A. BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)... -
When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery by Frank Vertosick
RRP: £12.99£11.46With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a ... -
Secrets Never To Be Told: The true story of a windfall inheritance and a very personal investigation by Fiona Chesterton
RRP: £9.99£8.17'Secrets Never to be Told' is an extraordinary story, compellingly told, which unravels a century and a half of family secrets. It reveals how being born illegitimate shaped the lives of two women - one of them, the author. Starting with a letter... -
Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams by Yvonne Orji 9781529389784
RRP: £10.99£7.40Yvonne Orji has never shied away from being unapologetically herself, and that includes being outspoken about her faith.Known for interpreting Biblical stories and metaphors to fit current times, her humorous and accessible approach to faith leaves even... -
Revolution: the bestselling memoir by France's recently elected president by Emmanuel Macron 9781911344797 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.65The bestselling memoir by France's president, Emmanuel Macron. Some believe that our country is in decline, that the worst is yet to come, that our civilisation is withering away. That only isolation or civil strife are on our horizon. That to protect... -
Revolution: the bestselling memoir by France's recently elected president by Emmanuel Macron 9781911344797
RRP: £14.99£9.80The bestselling memoir by France's president, Emmanuel Macron. Some believe that our country is in decline, that the worst is yet to come, that our civilisation is withering away. That only isolation or civil strife are on our horizon. That to protect... -
My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself by Rian Malan
RRP: £12.99£9.09WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy, friend to blacks - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand... -
Get Well Soon by Nick Duerden 9781472950482 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65'An intelligent, incisive exploration of the cures trotted out to treat the 21st century's most insidious malaise. And no, it's not all in your head.' - Meg Rosoff When Nick Duerden became ill with an all-too-common, if routinely misunderstood, viral... -
Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop by Leroy Logan 9780281083466 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.65Closing Ranks tells of an illustrious career, giving a behind the scenes look at the workings of the Metropolitan Police. One of the founder members of the Black Police Association Charitable Trust, Leroy Logan has had first-hand experience of race... -
Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop by Leroy Logan
RRP: £16.99£12.68Closing Ranks tells of an illustrious career, giving a behind the scenes look at the workings of the Metropolitan Police. One of the founder members of the Black Police Association Charitable Trust, Leroy Logan has had first-hand experience of race... -
This Road I Ride: My incredible journey from novice to fastest woman to cycle the globe by Juliana Buhring
RRP: £14.99£9.80In December 2012, Juliana Buhring became the first woman to circumnavigate the world by bicycle. With only a few months of training and little sponsorship, support or money she left from Naples on 23 July 2012 to cycle the world. Raised in a religious... -
Mrs Escobar: My life with Pablo by Victoria Eugenia Henao
RRP: £16.99£12.28**A Sunday Times Book of the Year**The closest you'll ever get to the most infamous drug kingpin in modern history, told by the person who stood by his sideThe story of Pablo Escobar, one of the wealthiest, powerful and violent criminals of all time has... -
Soulshaping by Jeff Brown
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556438103Author Jeff BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Small: On motherhoods by Claire Lynch
RRP: £12.99£8.60"Original, important, moving, witty and exquisitely-written. WHAT a feat." - BERNARDINE EVARISTO"Incredible... beautiful and funny and humane." - EMILIE PINE"Pristine poetry and prose." KATHERINE MAY, AUTHOR OF WINTERING"Babies who are this small, he...