Personal Memoirs

Humans have always used their hands to create the world around them. But now most of us have gone from being practitioners to theorists, from being producers to consumers. What happens to our society when we are so divorced from the act of making? What...

This authentic account is a tribute to the courage and resolve with which soldiers and their loved ones confront uncertainty, fear, hardship and the loss of their comrades. Subjected to continual changes of affiliation as the Falklands campaign unfolds,...

Arthur Smith's first book for many years, 100 Things I Meant to Tell You brings together 100 stories, poems and articles gathered over a colourful lifetime making a living on the comedy circuit. In 2005 Arthur turned down a Perrier Award for Lifetime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035838363Author Lois Lois SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781724767Author Vernon HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781724767Author Vernon HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales Press

More Than Love is a memoir of loss, grief, and coming of age, set amid Hollywood glamour and royalty, by Natasha Gregson Wagner, the oldest daughter of Natalie Wood and her second husband Richard Gregson. Beginning with the night Natalie Wood went...

'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...

"What did you have? A boy or a girl?" Kyl and Brent imagined it would be years before their child would identify with a gender. Until then... As a first-time parent, Kyl Myers had one aspect dialed in from the start: not being beholden to the boy-girl...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501150173Author Patricia B McConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374534455Author Edward BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398467644Author Peter FowlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Hong Kong, 2019. Communist China wants to bring the former British colony under its control. The people of Hong Kong - used to the freewheeling democracy that has made it Asia's financial capital - take to the streets to protest. The stage is set for one...

Jonathan "Aggers" Agnew, England's voice of cricket, showcases some of the very best writings on the noble game, from the 1930s to the present day. In this wide-ranging and beautifully-produced anthology, Test Match Special's Jonathan 'Aggers'...

'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary man' Ken LoachTony Garnett's story begins in working-class, war-torn Birmingham where he movingly describes the trauma of his mother's death following a back-street abortion. Nineteen days later, stricken with...

'Unbearably moving' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe story of a young man's coming of age, a tender tribute to a life lost, and a devastating analysis of a broken system.Aged 15 and living in LA, Michael Allen was arrested for a botched carjacking. He was...

Rediscovered after 80 years gathering dust on a family bookshelf and first brought to public attention on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is a detailed and intimate account of the experience of Captain Stewart, an ordinary...

Separated from her real mother at birth, Anya grew up in terror of her drunken bullying uncle. Beaten, humiliated and sexually abused by him from the age of six, she thought her life couldn't get worse. But one day it did. "I was used to Daddy...

Separated from her real mother at birth, Anya grew up in terror of her drunken bullying uncle. Beaten, humiliated and sexually abused by him from the age of six, she thought her life couldn't get worse. But one day it did. "I was used to Daddy...

In early 2014, after many years living abroad, Sam Miller returned to his childhood home in London. His father was dying.In the months after his death, Sam began to write about his father. He had been told, long ago, a family secret involving his parents...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635576887Author Bill HayesFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 304g

'The Colours of Life' - through the eyes of a blind man is an astonishing and surprising page-turner of a memoir. Full of unexpected and captivating twists, it is a unique story and a thought-provoking and compelling read. The story of David's life...

The Villa Tugendhat, designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1928, is an icon of architectural modernism and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Behind the Glass tells the true story of the large family connected to it, who rose to prominence through industrial...

The acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book-the first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims and their families.A Rip in Heaven is Jeanine Cummins'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812974997Author Ken JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint VillardPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm *...

In 1938, two young women, both born in 1915, met by chance in London. Meta was a student and from Estonia, whilst Phyllis came from Croydon and worked as a secretary. Despite the vast difference in their backgrounds, they quickly became close friends...

'This book left me stunned. Breathtaking in its scope and generosity . . . We are in the midst of a transcendent talent.' Maaza Mengiste, author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted The Shadow King 'Rapturous . . . [Horn] is the mystic's David Attenborough.'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804391532Author Chris CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525522348Author Erica C. BarnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061133947Author Isabel VincentFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861511638Author Angela CousinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861511638Author Angela CousinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo BooksWeight(grams) 300g

Sarah Sak's son, Anthony Walgate, was murdered by gay serial killer Stephen Port after they met on dating app Grindr. Stephen Port was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey in November 2016. The case received extensive press coverage not only...

From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a passionate, revealing story about finding love and finding a calling, set against one of the most turbulent regions in the world.A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986218668Author Howard Scott WarshawFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Scott West ProductionsPublisher Scott West ProductionsWeight(grams)...

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt is two stories: that of the reclusive real-life writer who created a fictional character out of loneliness and thin air, and that of the magical Duchess Goldblatt herself, a bright light in the darkness of social media. Fans...

'What a wonderful, honest, refreshing book, full of free-spirited adventure, humour and profound thoughts to provide inspiration to anyone who simply dreams of getting out and doing their own thing' SIR CHRIS BONINGTON'Ernest Shackleton listed those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957070707Author Julia TugendhatFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Julia TugendhatPublisher Julia TugendhatWeight(grams) 235g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501130786Author Dr Edith EVA EgerFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams)...

Guruji said: 'Sing not the song that others have sung. Sing only what you yourself have realised in your own heart.' What I've realised in my own heart is that its song is for many, that it sings for whom it meets on its way. It does not remain at...