Personal Memoirs

A harrowing account of Afghanistan's notorious Pul-e-Charkhi prison, written by its longest-serving western inmate.Former soldier Rob Langdon was working as a security contractor in Afghanistan when he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in...

I Don't Want to Go to the Taj Mahal tells the story of its author, Charlie Hill, living in the Midlands in the 1980s and 1990s. In a series of vignettes, I Don't Want to Go to the Taj Mahal recounts Hill's experiences with work, identity, sex,...

"A father shares the joys of fly-fishing with his daughters... A heartfelt, beautifully written celebration of the wonders of nature and comfort of family" (Kirkus STARRED)Fishing was Mark Hume's passion since he was a young boy, a lifeline through a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501158506Author Laurel BraitmanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982168315Author Cecily StrongFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Quarantined in a southwestern desert city in the midst of her high-risk pregnancy, Margo Steines felt her life narrow around her growing body, compelling her to reckon with the violence entangled in its history. She was a professional dominatrix in New...

It's 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they'll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy. Lucy has fallen...

Bill Ferguson was a keen amateur photographer who took many photos of his family growing up in post-war Glasgow. His daughter, Ann Burnett, wrote many articles for the magazine 'Scottish Memories', about her childhood illustrated by his photos. These...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953002228Author Christine BarkerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Delphinium BooksPublisher Delphinium BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 221mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142181218Author Mike TysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 539gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 141mm * 37mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952741220Author Neil G. M. HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint Muncaster PressPublisher Muncaster Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927771Author Ian ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739694401Author Angie ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Joyful Traveler PublishingPublisher Joyful Traveler Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739694401Author Angie ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Joyful Traveler PublishingPublisher Joyful Traveler Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525574866Author Andrew RannellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

'The path I have travelled, the things I have done and the people I have met in crisis situations have given me a window into those qualities that make us perform. My military training created a mindset, an outlook and skills that can be channelled into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908699763Author Willy SmaxFormat PaperbackImprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904491040Author Tony AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint Freedom PressPublisher Freedom Press

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Believe in Them is the first-ever memoir of Luma Mufleh, the widely honoured founder and director of Fugees Family, a non-profit organisation devoted to child survivors of war. She tells her extraordinary story with the moving, inspirational force with...

'Completely original, raw and warm' Evening Standard Books of the Summer'Poignant... written with intelligence and tears' Ben Okri'Nuanced, absorbing and moving... extraordinary' Observer'Raw, poetic, beautifully formed' Daisy JohnsonWhen Xanthi Barker's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807073315Author Terry GallowayFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901962Author Sasha Frere-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E)Weight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956130334Author David BramwellFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Cheeky Guides LtdPublisher Cheeky Guides LtdWeight(grams) 502g

When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. What she doesn't expect is that she'll end up in the hospital, examining close-up the way our cells listen to loneliness. She travels to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306847318Author Douglas LondonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122133Author Phyllida BarstowFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 587g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906122133Author Phyllida BarstowFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 587g

'Hough's conversational prose reads like the voice of a blues singer, taking breaks between songs to narrate her heartbreak in verse, cajoling her audience to laugh to keep from crying' - The New York Times'Hough's writing will break your heart' - Roxane...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999311646Author Ron ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Early Girl EnterprisesPublisher Early Girl EnterprisesWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800161986Author Joy AlwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

This is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player - how it, along with him, survived.When her father died, singer songwriter Roxanne de Bastion inherited a piano she knew had been in her family for over a hundred years. But it is only when she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770413481Author Neil PeartFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

In 1987 a massive snowstorm hits New York as Peter Kaldheim flees the city, owing drug debts to a dealer who is no stranger to casual violence. Leaving behind his chaotic past, Kaldheim hits the road, living hand-to-mouth in flop-houses, pan-handling...

In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a...

In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a...

John Hopkins brings back to life all the decadence and flamboyance of Tangier in the 1960s and 1970s. Tangier in the 1960s and '70s was a fabled place. This edge city, the 'Interzone', became muse and escapist's dream for artists, writers,...

Journalist Helene Cooper examines the violent past of her home country Liberia and the effects of its 1980 military coup in this deeply personal memoir and finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award.Helene Cooper is "Congo," a descendant of...

'A love letter to English horticulture written by a passionate gardener. A must-read for anyone who has dreamt of cultivating their own patch of land' Jane Perrone'Skymeadow is a fascinating book . . . Every flower, every passing bud, every change in the...