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Thrown Away Child by Louise Allen 9781471166747
RRP: $18.88$12.62FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Thrown Away Child is a memoir covering Louise Allen's abusive childhood in a foster home, how she survived - using her love of art as a sanctuary - and how she hopes to right old wrongs now by fostering children... -
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
RRP: $27.28$19.61The Sunday Times top ten bestseller.Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated... -
Miserable Miracle Henri Michaux 9781590170014
RRP: $35.68$26.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590170014Author Henri MichauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker Victoria Coren 9781847672933
RRP: $23.08$15.83Miserable at an elegant day school for girls, Victoria Coren finds an escape in the mysterious world of poker. Twenty years later, she has won a million dollars and forgotten to have children. What price adventure? This is a true story of happiness and... -
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
RRP: $20.98$15.37New 25th Anniversary Edition__________'I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure' Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club1940s, Shanghai. As the civil war rages on and China... -
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
RRP: $23.08$15.67A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New... -
Saving Danny by Cathy Glass 9780008130497 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.81The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away. ... -
Saving Danny by Cathy Glass
RRP: $20.98$14.36The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away. ... -
How to be a Girl: A Mother's Memoir of Raising her Transgender Daughter by Marlo Mack
RRP: $31.48$21.13** Includes foreword from Susie Green, CEO of charity Mermaids ** Mama, something went wrong in your tummy. And it made me come out as a boy instead of a girl. When Marlo Mack's three year old says these words, she's not surprised - but she's completely... -
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him 9780393322101
RRP: $27.28$24.07In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no... -
The Illustrated Letters of the Brontes: The letters, diaries and writings of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte by Juliet Gardiner
RRP: $37.70$27.72The story both of the real world of the Brontes at Haworth Parsonage, their home on the edge of the lonely Yorkshire moors, and of the imaginary worlds they spun for themselves in their novels and poetry. Wherever possible, their story is told using... -
Yesterday's Children Jenny Cockell 9780749912468
RRP: $31.48$23.33This is the extraordinary story of Jenny Cockell, a young woman from Northamptonshire, who has always known that she has lived before. In her previous life her name was Mary. She was an Irishwoman who died 21 years before Jenny was born leaving several... -
Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle
RRP: $23.08$16.78A second idyllic helping of rural life in France from the bestselling author of the classic A YEAR IN PROVENCE. Skulking through customs with a suitcase full of truffles, toads singing the Marseillaise, taking pastis lessons and finding gold at the... -
What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald 9780063357563
RRP: $52.50$35.34A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award–nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul... -
Paper Lion: Confessions of a last-string quarterback by George Plimpton
RRP: $23.08$16.53In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions' pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and... -
(not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living by Mark Greenside
RRP: $27.28$19.61A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! In the tradition of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence, let the author of I'll Never Be French introduce you to Brittany a world of color and flavor that most of us only fantasize about.Every year upon arriving in Plobien,... -
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors by Rachel Hewitt 9781784742898
RRP: $52.50$37.59**An Economist Book of the Year**** A Critic Book of the Year**A trail-blazing book about women's fights to access the great outdoors - and a very personal book about how running through the landscape helped the author in her journey from bereavement... -
All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir by Brennan Manning
$27.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780781412445Author Brennan ManningFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint David C Cook Publishing CompanyPublisher David C Cook Publishing... -
The New Big 5: A Global Photography Project for Endangered Species by Graeme Green
RRP: $131.25$89.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647228705Author Graeme GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions -
Don't Call Me Home: A Memoir by Alexandra Auder
RRP: $58.80$47.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593299951Author Alexandra AuderFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 516gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 160mm *... -
Remembering Whitney: A Mother's Story of Life, Loss and the Night the Music Stopped by Cissy Houston
RRP: $23.08$15.67The definitive account of Whitney Houston's astonishing life, ground-breaking career and tragic death - complete with never-before-seen photographs - from the only one who truly knows the story behind the headlines: her mother, Cissy Houston. ... -
Skin Deep: All she wanted was a mummy, but was she too ugly to be loved? by Casey Watson 9780007595099 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.52Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved. 'Am I ugly, Mummy?' are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She... -
Skin Deep: All she wanted was a mummy, but was she too ugly to be loved? by Casey Watson
RRP: $20.98$14.36Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved. 'Am I ugly, Mummy?' are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She... -
The Face: A Time Code Ruth Ozeki 9781632060525
RRP: $20.98$14.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632060525Author Ruth OzekiFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Restless BooksPublisher Restless BooksWeight(grams) 115g -
No Friend but the Mountains: The True Story of an Illegally Imprisoned Refugee by Behrouz Boochani
RRP: $23.08$16.78The Award-winning International Bestselling Story of One Man's Six Year Detention in Australia 'A powerfully vivid account of the experiences of a refugee: desperation, brutality, suffering, and all observed with an eye that seems to see everything and... -
Prison: A Survival Guide Carl Cattermole 9781529103496
RRP: $27.28$19.61The cult guide to UK prisons by Carl Cattermole - now fully updated and featuring contributions from female and LGBTQI prisoners, as well as from family on the outside.Contains: Blood - but not as much as you might imagineSweat - and the prisons no... -
Imagine This by Julia Baird
RRP: $27.28$18.54'Honest and poignant' THE SUNThe honest and revealing story of John Lennon's childhood by his sister Julia. Through her own personal journey, Julia reveals the battle between two strong, self-willed women - John's mother and his Aunt Mimi - to have... -
I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
RRP: $27.28$19.61Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor's inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. A London... -
A Rumor Of War by Philip Caputo
RRP: $35.68$26.19The first memoir of the Vietnam War and an all-time classic of war literature|40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION|In March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months... -
Sea Bean by Sally Huband
RRP: $39.88$35.78A 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... -
Wheels within Wheels: The Makings of a Traveller Dervla Murphy 9781906011406
RRP: $31.48$19.95A first-hand account of the life of travel writer Dervla Murphy in which she tells of her early life in Lismore, Co. Waterford, in her rather unusual household. Her father was the county librarian and her mother a chronic invalid. An only child, Dervla... -
Stalin Ate My Homework by Alexei Sayle
RRP: $20.98$14.70The Sayles might not have been the only Jewish atheist communist family in Liverpool, but Alexei knew from an early age that they were one of the more eccentric. Born on the day egg rationing came to an end, Alexei was the only child of Joe, an affable... -
Did I Ever Tell You This? by Sam Neill
RRP: $52.50$39.96Get to know the star of some of the world's favourite film and TV classics in this fascinating and remarkably honest memoir from Sam Neill'Hilarious, wicked, wonderful, kind, thoughtful, engaging and wise' STEPHEN FRY'Just wonderful, so funny and... -
Lessons I've Learned by Davina McCall 9781409165712 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.81"I am a work in progress. There are times when I feel in control and like I know what I'm doing...and there are times (quite a few)(actually lots) when I've got no idea whats going on, where to turn, what to do, how to behave, and those are the times... -
Lessons I've Learned Davina McCall 9781409165712
RRP: $20.98$12.92"I am a work in progress. There are times when I feel in control and like I know what I'm doing...and there are times (quite a few)(actually lots) when I've got no idea whats going on, where to turn, what to do, how to behave, and those are the times... -
Mercies: Selected Poems by Anne Sexton
RRP: $27.28$19.61The ground-breaking work of the poet who paved the way for generations of women writers, in a new selection by her daugher and literary executor, Linda Gray SextonWhen Anne Sexton took her own life in October 1974, she left behind a body of work which... -
London Made Us: A Memoir of a Shape-Shifting City by Robert Elms
RRP: $23.08$15.83'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... -
Last Stop Auschwitz: My story of survival from within the camp by Eddy de Wind
RRP: $23.08$16.78THE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The ultimate Holocaust testimony.' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's JourneyAfterword by JOHN BOYNE, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas_______________Eddy de Wind, a... -
Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus: the long-awaited memoir from the star of QI and The Great British Bake Off by Sandi Toksvig 9780349006406
RRP: $27.28$18.54Pre-order Sandi Toksvig's new novel FRIENDS OF DOROTHY now - coming in September 2024The long-awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved characters - presenter of QI, former host of The Great British Bake Off'Wise and kind... part celebration, part... -
Forever Today: A Memoir Of Love And Amnesia by Deborah Wearing
RRP: $23.08$16.78Clive Wearing has one of the most extreme cases of amnesia ever known. In 1985, a virus completely destroyed a part of his brain essential for memory, leaving him trapped in a limbo of the constant present. Every conscious moment is for him as if he has...