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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
RRP: £9.99£7.11Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they... -
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi 9780593134597
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593134597Author Ahed TamimiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Eden's Story by Louise Allen
RRP: £7.99£5.79Ashley is a young single mum raising her daughter, Eden, and working hard to do the very best job she can - until one night she can't find a babysitter and makes the decision to leave Eden home alone for a couple of hours, asleep inside a wardrobe. It is... -
A Very Simple Secret: My parents, their mission to change the world, and me by Judi Conner 9781805141624
RRP: £12.99£9.09Judi's parents were on a mission to remake the world. These were the Cold War years of the 1950s and '60s, following a catastrophic world war and the breaking up of colonial empires. The couple had joined many others in giving up conventional careers and... -
Hurricane: The Life of Rubin Carter, Fighter by James S. Hirsch
RRP: £12.99£8.48Rubin Carter is the Hurricane. A pistol shot in a bar room ruined his chances of becoming the middleweight champion of the world. But he did not fire the gun. Nineteen long years in prison, a massively high profile campaign to release him that failed,... -
Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 5: Never Really Left, 2003 - 2005 by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £25.00£18.24THE ALL-NEW DIARIES; "Alastair Campbell's diaries have the quality of Pepys ...people will be looking for insights and finding them in 100 years' time." Lord Alex CarlileLaunched to a blaze of critical acclaim, Alastair Campbell's explosive diaries... -
Blue Remembered Hills by Rosemary Sutcliff 9781912766802
RRP: £13.99£9.26Blue Remembered Hills is Rosemary Sutcliff's memoir of her childhood, youth and her first love affairs. It's a classic of perfect writing about her close and not always easy relationship with her bipolar mother, life in the naval dockyards where her... -
Thunder and Lightning by Colin Bateman
RRP: £14.99£14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785374357Author Colin BatemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Joy of Big Knickers: (or learning to love the rest of your life) by Kate Garraway 9781911274476 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.29The Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerTV and radio presenter Kate Garraway has a lot on her mind. She's turned 50, and suddenly seems to have MANY questions about EVERYTHING. Should she get plastic surgery? Will the menopause ruin her life? What's the... -
The Joy of Big Knickers: (or learning to love the rest of your life) by Kate Garraway
RRP: £8.99£6.22The Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerTV and radio presenter Kate Garraway has a lot on her mind. She's turned 50, and suddenly seems to have MANY questions about EVERYTHING. Should she get plastic surgery? Will the menopause ruin her life? What's the... -
Becoming Reverend: A diary by Matt Woodcock 9781781400104
RRP: £9.99£8.17Meet Woody. Former journalist. Die-hard Oasis fan. High energy. Low sperm count. Training to be a vicar. Obviously. Matt Woodcock's frank, funny real-life diaries reveal what it was like for him to train as a vicar while struggling against all... -
From A Clear Blue Sky by Timothy Knatchbull 9780099543589 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29Winner of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award, and nominated for the PEN/JR Ackerley prize.The powerful memoir of a Mullaghmore bombing survivor___________________________________On the August bank holiday weekend in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy... -
From A Clear Blue Sky by Timothy Knatchbull
RRP: £10.99£7.77Winner of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award, and nominated for the PEN/JR Ackerley prize.The powerful memoir of a Mullaghmore bombing survivor___________________________________On the August bank holiday weekend in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy... -
A Life in Peace and War by Brian Urquhart 9780393307719
RRP: £22.50£19.37How can peace be encouraged and sustained in a violent world? For nearly half a century at the United Nations, ultimately as Under Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, Brian Urquhart wrestled with this problem at its front lines. Managing the... -
Sea Bean by Sally Huband
RRP: £18.99£13.61A WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT NATURE WRITING PRIZE 2023'Modern, revealing and restorative, a coastal treasure' Amy Liptrot'Like its talismanic title, Huband's voice is distinct and singular. A gorgeous... -
London Made Us: A Memoir of a Shape-Shifting City by Robert Elms
RRP: £10.99£7.32'London is a giant kaleidoscope, which is forever turning. Take your eye off it for more than a moment and you're lost.' Robert Elms has seen his beloved city change beyond all imagining. London in his lifetime has morphed from a piratical, bomb-scarred... -
Confessions of a Funeral Director: How Death Saved My Life by Caleb Wilde
£12.97"I tremble to say there's good in death, because I've looked in the eyes of the grieving mother and I've seen the heartbreak of the stricken widow, but I've also seen something more in death, something good. Death's hands aren't all bony and cold."-from... -
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison by Jordan Belfort
RRP: £10.99£7.40Read what happened next in the follow-up to the bestselling The Wolf of Wall Street, now a major motion picture directed by MARTIN SCORSESE, starring LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, JONAH HILL, JEAN DUJARDIN, KYLE CHANDLER and JOANNA LUMLEY... -
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate 9781529075724
RRP: £9.99£6.87'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.' - Greta ThunbergNo matter your age, location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist... -
Maidens' Trip by Emma Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.09______________ 'Wonderfully written, humorous and humane, and beautifully evocative of the time' - Independent Summer Reads 'Smith's writing exudes wisdom and humour, and her descriptions ... are vividly drawn' - Times Literary Supplement 'Hope... -
Letters to the Midwife: Correspondence with Jennifer Worth, the Author of Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
RRP: £10.99£7.40Letters to the Midwife is a wonderful collection of correspondence received by Jennifer Worth, offering a fascinating glimpse into a long-lost world.Along with readers' responses and personal histories, it is filled with all sorts of heart-warming gems... -
Dark Luminosity: Memoirs of a Geezer, the expanded edition by Jah Wobble 9780571375356
RRP: £12.99£8.56Written in his own unmistakable voice, this is the frank and fascinating memoir by arguably the greatest bass player of his generation. Beginning with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War, Jah Wobble takes us on a journey... -
The Parkhurst Years: My Time Locked Up with Britain's Most Notorious Criminals by Bobby Cummines
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The next stage meant that there was no going back. An Irish prisoner stepped forward and slipped a blade into my hand. I felt the ice cold metal and pressed it against the governor's cheek. I thought to myself: would they ever release me after... -
The Song of the Whole Wide World: On Grief, Motherhood and Poetry by Tamarin Norwood 9781911648734
RRP: £9.99£6.80An extraordinary memoir of anticipatory grief, seventy-two minutes of life and a silent maternity leave, from artist and academic Tamarin Norwood. A few months into pregnancy, Tamarin Norwood learned that the baby she was carrying would not live. Over... -
Tanqueray by Brandon Stanton
RRP: £25.00£14.87Reeling from a brutal childhood, immersed in a world of go-go dancers and hustlers, dirty cops and gangsters, Stephanie Johnson was determined to become the fiercest thing the city had ever seen. And she succeeded. This is her story.The storytelling... -
Into the Night: A Year with the Police by Matt Lloyd-Rose 9781035004287
RRP: £10.99£7.51As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.'Told with the verve and immediacy of a novel' - Iain SinclairA vividly told yet reflective account of a year as a volunteer police officer, examining the nature of policing, its impact on those who are policed... -
34 Years in Hell: My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons by Jamie Morgan Kane
RRP: £8.99£6.45In July 1983, James Morgan Kane returned home in the evening to find a corpse in his living room.Fearing that he would be held responsible, and sensing that his wife was somehow involved, he wanted to do all he could to protect his young family.Jamie... -
GBP3 Million In 3 Weeks - The Squirrel Syndicate - A Gambler's Tale by Richard Brocklebank
RRP: £19.99£15.65This immensely readable and highly entertaining book, 'GBP3 Million In 3 Weeks - The Squirrel Syndicate - A Gambler's Tale', is a fun-filled romp through the stunning successes of a syndicate of gambling pals. Fast-paced, and filled with handy hints that... -
I Spy: My Life in MI5 by Tom Marcus
RRP: £10.99£7.77The explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes you on a non-stop, adrenalin-fuelled ride as he hunts down those who would do our country harm.'The brutal truth about the war against terror. Fast-paced and gripping.' - Ant Middleton,... -
If Only They Could Talk: The Classic Memoir of a 1930s Vet by James Herriot
RRP: £10.99£7.93'I grew up reading James Herriot's book and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then.' - Kate Humble Fresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an... -
Process: Finding my way through by Lucy Spraggan
RRP: £20.00£14.05The chart-topping singer/songwriter's powerful story, told for the first time, in her own words.The must-read memoir from a musician who has seen the darkest side of fameAbout the AuthorLucy Spraggan shot to fame on the 2012 series of X Factor. Since... -
Christmas Around the Village Green: In a WWII 1940s rural village, family means the world at Christmastime by Dot May Dunn
RRP: £9.99£6.80Dot May Dunn grew up in Derbyshire, the daughter of a miner, during the wartime years. In 1951 she joined the NHS as an early recruit and went on to train as a nurse. Dot's books are full of wonderful anecdotal insight into the life that she has... -
To the One I Love the Best by Ludwig Bemelmans
RRP: £9.99£6.70Ludwig Bemelmans came to the California home of famed interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl, for cocktails. By the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the... -
The Turkish Embassy Letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
RRP: £10.99£6.47The critical and biographical introduction tells of Lady Wortley Montagu's travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her lively letters offer insights into the paradoxical freedoms conferred on Muslim... -
Light the Road of Freedom by Sahbaa Al-Barbari
RRP: £19.99£16.44Sahbaa Al-Barbari's story provides a unique perspective on Palestinian experiences before and after the 1948 Nakba. Born and educated in Gaza, Al-Barbari was an activist in her community. When Israel occupied the Gaza Strip in 1967, Al-Barbari and her... -
The struggle continues: 50 Years of tyranny in Zimbabwe by David Coltart 9781431423187
RRP: £30.00£24.57David Coltart is one of the most prominent political and human rights figures in Zimbabwe. In 2000, he was elected to Parliament and, following the creation of a 'coalition' government in September 2008, he was appointed Minister of Education, Sport,... -
Primitive Technology: A Survivalist's Guide to Building Tools, Shelters & More in the Wild by John Plant
RRP: £22.00£16.02THE PERFECT GIFT FOR SURVIVALISTS, OUTDOOR LOVERS AND ARMCHAIR ADMIRERS OF PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY.Disconnect from digital and reconnect with your inner caveman.BUILD. COOK. HUNT. HEAT. SURVIVE.COULD YOU THRIVE IN THE WILDERNESS?The most primitive human... -
Alastair Campbell Diaries: Volume 7: From Crash to Defeat, 2007-2010 by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £25.00£18.84Caught in the no man's land between being a key figure in Downing Street and the relative anonymity of the world outside politics, Alastair Campbell finds himself being torn in several directions. Having succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister, Gordon... -
Like Farmer, Like Son by Adam Henson 9781785940729 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£1.86'People say "Like father, like son", and the story of my life has mirrored my father's to a quite uncanny degree. Right from when I was a little boy, he was my rock; my mentor; my hero. It is no exaggeration to say that he taught me virtually everything... -
Like Farmer, Like Son by Adam Henson
RRP: £14.99£8.32'People say "Like father, like son", and the story of my life has mirrored my father's to a quite uncanny degree. Right from when I was a little boy, he was my rock; my mentor; my hero. It is no exaggeration to say that he taught me virtually everything...