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Climb Your Mountain: Everyday lessons from an extraordinary life Sir Ranulph Fiennes 9781529426335
RRP: $42.00$28.88'Life is too short to waste time on second-class ambitions. Go for the big ones.' Now in his late seventies, Sir Ranulph Fiennes looks back on a lifetime of exploration, and draws powerful, inspiring lessons that we can all use when faced by the... -
Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics: The official, fully illustrated celebration of the Man in Black Mark Stielper 9781399618786
RRP: $84.00$52.08The life of the Man in Black is revealed through his lyrics and by rare photographs and ephemera, in this beautifully illustrated official hardback edition, fully authorised by the Cash estate and featuring 125 of his most iconic songs. Johnny Cash is... -
Blanketmen: An Untold Story of the H-Block Hunger Strike by Richard O'Rawe
RRP: $29.38$18.19Richard O'Rawe was a senior IRA prisoner in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh Prison. One of the 'Blanketmen', he took part in the dirty protests that led to the hunger strikes of the early 1980s. In Blanketmen, O'Rawe gives his personal account of those... -
The Wild Other: A memoir of love, adventure and how to be brave Clover Stroud 9781473630246
RRP: $20.98$14.70SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE'Extraordinary, and a painful but invigorating read. I've never met anyone who has read it and doesn't rank it as one of their favourite books.' Dolly Alderton'This story - so fierce and brave and visceral and raw -... -
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig 9781786892676
RRP: $27.28$18.48THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe world is messing with our minds.Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel more alone. And we are encouraged to worry about... -
Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee 9780241597125
RRP: $35.68$25.79'An invigorating cross-pollination of memoir and natural history, both beautifully phrased and delicately structured-this book deserves your time and attention' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment A poetic and intimate essay collection on the... -
Ponies At The Edge Of The World: On nature, belonging and finding home by Catherine Munro
RRP: $27.28$19.61'Striking' THE TIMES'Uplifting and moving' BBC RADIO 2'A meditation on connection between humans and animals, and the homes we make in wild places. I was completely immersed' KATHERINE MAYCatherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to... -
I Can't Stay Long by Laurie Lee
RRP: $20.98$15.37'They are memorials to times and countries whose best is probably past and gone . . . I was lucky to have known them when I did, before darkness began to fall from the air.'When Laurie Lee first left his country village aged nineteen, he discovered a... -
Crossing the Line: Lessons From a Life on Duty John Sutherland 9781474612371
RRP: $20.98$14.70A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A love letter to police officers and the most vulnerable people they protect and serve' CHRISTIE WATSON, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS'Extraordinary . . . urgent and compelling. We all have lessons to learn from this... -
Sabine’s War: One woman. Three concentration camps. A remarkable true story of survival. by Eva Taylor
RRP: $20.98$14.36An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery 'A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.' Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz ... -
Boris Johnson: The Gambler Tom Bower 9780753554920
RRP: $27.28$19.61Guardian 'literary highlights of 2020'Sunday Times 'books to watch out for in 2020'New Statesman 'books to read in 2020'Evening Standard 'thirteen titles to look for in 2020'As divisive as he is beguiling, as misunderstood as he is scrutinised, Boris... -
The Rider Tim Krabbe 9781408881729
RRP: $20.98$15.14At the start of the 137-kilometre Tour de Mont Aigoual, Tim Krabbe glances up from his bike to assess the crowd of spectators. 'Non-racers,' he writes. 'The emptiness of those lives shocks me.' Immediate and gripping from the first page, we race with the... -
The Accidental Detectorist: Uncovering an Underground Obsession by Nigel Richardson 9781788403726
RRP: $23.08$15.98'Richardson writes beautifully about his return to the land, about listening to the soil and about understanding the ancient world.' - The Spectator Each new field is hope, each old one reality.There are things below the surface that pull people together... -
Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World by Jan Karski
RRP: $20.98$15.37'Stands in the absolute first rank of books about the resistance in World War II. If you wish to read about a man more courageous and honourable than Jan Karski, I would have no idea who to recommend' Alan Furst It is 1939. Jan Karski, a... -
Jimmy Two Guns: The Life and Crimes of a Gangland Lawyer by James J McIntyre
RRP: $31.48$23.33The astonishing true story of Glasgow gangland confidant James McIntyre, aka Jimmy Two GunsJames 'Jimmy Two Guns' McIntyre was Glasgow's go-to gangland lawyer and consigliere to one of Scotland's foremost crime families. His maverick approach to the law... -
A Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils: The Alchemy of Transformation on the Sufi Path by Sheikha Maryam Kabeer
RRP: $62.90$40.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597849470Author Sheikha Maryam KabeerFormat PaperbackPage Count 463Imprint The Light IncPublisher Tughra BooksWeight(grams) 698g -
The Real Doc Martin: The Humour, Sadness and Absurdity of a Life in General Practice by Martin Stagg 9781915635853
RRP: $23.08$19.28'Near the end would be good.' For over thirty years a GP called Martin sat at his desk on the outskirts of Manchester, as patients from all streams of life settled across from him and began with one familiar line: 'I don't know where to start, Doc.' ... -
Thank You Mr Crombie: Lessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British by Mihir Bose 9781911723004
RRP: $52.50$47.00Mihir Bose, born in Kolkata shortly before Indian independence in 1947, still feels enormous gratitude towards Mr Crombie of the UK’s Home Office, who confirmed his permanent resident’s rights. After studying in Britain, Bose had dreamed of making a life... -
The Simple Life: How I Found Home by Sarah Beeny 9781399613323 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$4.81An instant Sunday Times bestsellerJoin Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home...Throughout her life, Sarah Beeny has been obsessed with the idea of home. From her childhood growing up in a countryside cottage to... -
The Simple Life: How I Found Home by Sarah Beeny 9781399613323
RRP: $42.00$24.84An instant Sunday Times bestsellerJoin Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home...Throughout her life, Sarah Beeny has been obsessed with the idea of home. From her childhood growing up in a countryside cottage to... -
What's Your Vibe?: Tuning into your best life by Craig David
RRP: $42.00$31.31***I'm still learning, still making mistakes, but I feel ready now - after a lot of twists and turns along the way - to share my journey with you. In his much-anticipated first book, celebrated singer-songwriter Craig David takes us on a journey of... -
The Secrets of My Life Caitlyn Jenner 9781409173960
RRP: $20.98$14.70THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn this remarkable memoir - written with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger during her pivotal first years of rebirth - Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future. With poignancy and humour,... -
Smell of Summer Grass: Pursuing Happiness at Perch Hill by Adam Nicolson
RRP: $23.08$16.78The Smell of Summer Grass is the story of the years spent in finding and building a personal idyll, sometimes a dream, sometimes a nightmare, by writer Adam Nicolson and his wife, cook and gardener, Sarah Raven. Without knowing one end of a... -
Where Memories Go: Why dementia changes everything - as heard on BBC R4 Book of the Week Sally Magnusson 9781444751819
RRP: $23.08$15.75'A fine book' The Sunday Times 'Powerful' Guardian 'Wonderful' The Telegraph'Moving, funny, warm' Mail on Sunday'Brave, compassionate, tender and honest' Metro'This book began as an attempt to hold on to my witty, storytelling mother with the one thing I... -
Lost Without You: Loving and Losing Tanya Vinnie Jones 9781841884196
RRP: $18.88$13.97'This is not a love story I ever wanted to tell, because I hoped it would just go on and on, and never end. I thought that we'd grow old together. I never wanted it to be a tale.But here I am, a middle-aged man sitting at the kitchen table as the... -
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain by Tom Neil
RRP: $27.28$18.29The amazing story of one of the 'Few', fighter ace Tom Neil who shot down 13 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across... -
I Will Write To Avenge My People - WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: The Nobel Lecture by Annie Ernaux 9781804270707
RRP: $14.68$10.54'I will write to avenge my people.' It was as a young woman that Annie Ernaux first wrote these words in her diary, giving a name to her purpose in life as a writer. She returns to them in her stirring defence of literature and of political writing in... -
Our Daily Bread: From Argos to the Altar – a Priest's Story by Father Alex Frost 9780008556556
RRP: $20.98$14.36A warmly funny, intensely moving and startlingly personal account of the lives of an urban parish priest and his parishioners. Father Alex Frost was not always a man of the cloth. He found his calling while running... -
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane by Gucci Mane
RRP: $23.08$16.78The New York Times bestselling memoir from the legendary Gucci Mane spares no detail in this "cautionary tale that ends in triumph" (GQ). For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words. It is "as wild, unpredictable, and... -
Boleyn Boy: My Autobiography by Mark Noble
RRP: $46.20$23.60*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* This is the remarkable story of a local lad who grew up in the shadow of Upton Park and became 'Mr West Ham': a one-club man who lived the dream. A... -
In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett
RRP: $29.38$23.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101904671Author Carol BurnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Crown ArchetypePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Conversations With Stalin by Milovan Djilas
RRP: $20.98$15.37A mesmerising, chilling close-up portrayal of Stalin from Milovan Djilas, a Communist insider - with an introduction from Anne Applebaum, author of Gulag and Iron CurtainThis extraordinarily vivid and unnerving book three meetings held with Stalin during... -
Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption by Patrick Alley
RRP: $20.98$14.70*****'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner... -
A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell 9780141018287 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28$4.81Discover the untold story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor'This book had me in tears and also made me smile' 5***** Reader Review 'A loving, informative, respectful tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales'... -
A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell
RRP: $27.28$23.00Discover the untold story behind one of the most sensational chapters in the history of the House of Windsor'This book had me in tears and also made me smile' 5***** Reader Review 'A loving, informative, respectful tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales'... -
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
RRP: $23.08$16.78A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: the most talked-about book of the year 'Blissfully funny' India Knight, Sunday Times 'Entertaining, bracingly honest and, yes, thought-provoking' New York Times 'A treat from first to last: ruefully... -
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 9781860498503
RRP: $18.88$13.23A TRUE STORY THAT HAS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF THOUSANDS'Unmitigated delight from cover to cover' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A real-life love story . . . A timeless period piece. Do read it' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Beguile an hour of your time and put you in tune with... -
Nobody's Child Kate Adie 9780340838013
RRP: $27.28$18.54'Witty, compelling and never mawkish' Observer'Written with a sure touch . . . Adie has a natural understanding of what it is like to be unsure of your origins' Sunday Telegraph'A cracker of a subject . . . (Adie) writes with an engaging, forthright... -
The Listener: In the Shadow of the Holocaust by Irene Oore 9780889776531
RRP: $42.00$40.40In The Listener, a daughter receives a troubling gift: her mother's stories of surviving World War II in Poland. During the Holocaust, Irene Oore's mother escaped the death camps by concealing her Jewish identity. Those years found her constantly on the... -
The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks by Justin Webb 9781804990896 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08$4.75'Searingly honest... gripping... fascinating and hugely entertaining.'- Sunday Times'Moving and frank ... A story of a childhood defined by loneliness, the absence of a father and the grim experience of a Quaker boarding school. It is also one of the...