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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King 9781444723250
RRP: £10.99£7.05Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic... -
Rag and Bone: A History of What We've Thrown Away by Lisa Woollett
RRP: £10.99£3.51'Beautiful, like a muddy journey through time . . . a really important book' RAYNOR WINN, author of The Salt Path Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and mudlarking, collecting curious fragments of the past: from Roman tiles and Tudor... -
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family by Elizabeth Burton-Phillips
RRP: £11.99£7.61i newspaper 'What We're Reading This Week' December 2017'Elizabeth's courage in speaking out is moving, and her ability to move others is impressive. This is a story that needs to be told, and needs to be heard.' - Theresa May, Prime Minister'Elizabeth... -
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Glenn Whitaker
RRP: £10.99£7.51*The book that inspired Chrissy Teigen and Sex and The City's Miranda to quit drinking* _____________ 'An incredible read' - Chrissy Teigen 'Has the power to change your relationship with your entire life' - Glennon Doyle 'This thoughtful,... -
The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
RRP: £10.99£7.32From the debris of her troubled early life, Lidia Yuknavitch weaves an astonishing tale of survival. It is a life that navigates, and transcends, abuse, addiction, self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child.A kind of memoir that is also... -
Lost in Music by Giles Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.77'In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.'Lost in... -
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton by Richard P. Feynman
RRP: £10.99£8.15Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. An artist, safecracker, practical joker and storyteller, Feynman's life... -
A Man & His Car: Iconic Cars and Stories from the Men Who Love Them by Matt Hranek
RRP: £35.00£22.26Celebrate That Special Bond Between Men and Cars, and the Stories That Connect Them Discover actor and director Ed Burns talking about his 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, a model he'd been dreaming about since his days pumping gas. NBA legend Shaquille... -
Right from Wrong: My Story of Guilt and Redemption by Jacob Dunne 9780008472146
RRP: £9.99£6.64Soon to be a major new stage work 'Punch' by James Graham, Sat 4 - Sat 25 May Nottingham Playhouse 'A much-needed burst of light in the dark meadow of time.' Lemn Sissay 'So admirable and... -
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs by Marc Lewis
RRP: £14.99£9.32Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of cough medicine, alcohol, and marijuana. In Berkeley, California, in its hippie... -
The Alzheimer's Diaries by Susan Elkin
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A third presence has arrived in my marriage. Ms Alzheimer's - I think of her as a hideous, brain-eating monster - has come to live with us. Permanently.' In April 2017, Susan's husband Nicholas was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. This was followed by 28... -
Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it by Michael Rosen 9781529148909
RRP: £10.99£7.77In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with debilitating chronic illness, and faced death itself when seriously unwell in hospital. In spite of this he has survived, and has even learned to find joy... -
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny by Holly Madison 9780062372116
£9.79The real, untold, and unvarnished story of life inside the legendary Playboy Mansion-and the man who holds the key-from the woman who was Hef's #1 girlfriend and star of The Girls Next Door. A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed... -
The Accidental Detectorist: Uncovering an Underground Obsession by Nigel Richardson 9781788403726
RRP: £10.99£7.05'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... -
Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by Director James R Doty
RRP: £18.00£9.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New England Book Award 2017.Book InformationISBN 9780399183645Author James R. DotyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House... -
Black Heart Fades Blue by Jerry A. Lang 9781644282151
RRP: £12.99£8.63If you're looking for the events that inspired the lyrics to all my songs? Those stories are in this book. If you're looking for what I did when I was younger? That's in here. What changed me, made me stop hating and hurting? It's all here. This is my... -
Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss by Rachel Clarke
RRP: £10.99£4.11THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD'So very important' NIGELLA LAWSON'Brilliantly alive' SUNDAY TIMES'A truly wonderful book. Read it' HENRY MARSH'Shows us the very best of human nature' ADAM KAY'Her words are... -
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist by Emily Kenway 9781472288493
RRP: £12.99£8.18*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023*'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY'A radical vision for how we might do things better ' LADY BRENDA HALE 'A rallying cry we should all heed' TLSA ground-breaking... -
The Autists: women on the spectrum by Clara Törnvall
RRP: £12.99£8.56An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis. Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic girls... -
Down Below by Leonora Carrington
RRP: £9.99£6.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681370606Author Leonora CarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
Me and Mr Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars by Suzi Ronson 9780571371846
RRP: £14.99£11.87From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.'Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie transitioned from suburban folkie to world superstar and genius. Few can... -
Breaking Through: My Life In Science by Katalin Karikó 9781847928252
RRP: £22.00£15.62From butcher's daughter in Communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination through decades of obscurity and rejection - and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of... -
Black Heart Fades Blue by Jerry A. Lang 9781644282397
RRP: £12.99£8.63If you're looking for the events that inspired the lyrics to all my songs? Those stories are in this book. If you're looking for what I did when I was younger? That's in here. What changed me, made me stop hating and hurting? It's all here. This is my... -
My Life with Murderers: Behind Bars with the World's Most Violent Men by David Wilson
RRP: £11.99£2.91BE THE FIRST TO READ DAVID WILSON'S NEW TRUE CRIME BOOK "A PLOT TO KILL" BY PRE-ORDERING NOW 'Hugely insightful and thought provoking . . . I read it from cover to cover in one go' - Emilia Fox'With characteristic brilliance and admirable sensitivity,... -
The Half of It: A Memoir by Madison Beer 9781408748282
RRP: £20.00£12.69Discovered at twelve years old, Madison Beer was one of the first artists to have her entire life documented online. Over the past decade, she has navigated the spotlight as a child, through her teenage years, and now as a young woman in her twenties.In... -
SOLO: A true story of spirit, adventure & the life-changing power of running alone by Jenny Tough
RRP: £11.99£7.61'Jenny Tough writes with the same talent, imagination, and sheer courage that she displays in her athletic endeavours. This book will broaden the horizons of all who venture between its covers.' - Emily Chappell, author of Where There's a Will'I love... -
Black Heart Fades Blue by Jerry A. Lang
RRP: £12.99£8.63If you're looking for the events that inspired the lyrics to all my songs? Those stories are in this book. If you're looking for what I did when I was younger? That's in here. What changed me, made me stop hating and hurting? It's all here. This is my... -
Educated: The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling memoir by Tara Westover
RRP: £10.99£7.12THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERA BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKSelected as a book of the year by AMAZON, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE'One of the best books I... -
A Girl Aboard the Titanic: The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster by Eva Hart
RRP: £9.99£6.64'I saw that ship sink, I never closed my eyes. I saw it, I heard it, and nobody could possibly forget it. I can remember the colours, the sounds, everything. The worst thing I can remember were the screams.' EVA HART This is the amazing story of how... -
Flame, Ash, Feather by Catherine Swire 9781915406378
RRP: £20.00£12.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915406378Author Catherine SwireFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Eyewear PublishingPublisher Eyewear PublishingWeight(grams) 220g -
A Field Guide To Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
RRP: £9.99£6.70In this investigation into loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting... -
Next Stop Execution: The Autobiography of Oleg Gordievsky by Oleg Gordievsky 9781839014901
RRP: £16.99£13.09Oleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer ever to work for Britain.For eleven years, from 1974 to 1985, he acted as a secret agent, reporting to the British Secret Intelligence Service while continuing to work as a KGB officer, first in... -
Twelve Moons: A year under a shared sky by Caro Giles 9780008543266
RRP: £9.99£6.64TWELVE MOONS follows a year spent caught between the wild sea and the changing moon of the wide Northumberland skies. Caro Giles lives on the far edge of the country, with her tribe of daughters: The Mermaid, The... -
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist by Lori Gottlieb
RRP: £10.99£7.32A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the Year Ever wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice - where her patients are looking... -
Too Much by Tom Allen
RRP: £20.00£12.69'An extraordinary portrait of a son navigating his way through grief and loss in real time. Funny, candid, and measured' GRAHAM NORTONHappily settled in a new relationship and with a dream house of his own, comedian Tom Allen had finally moved on from... -
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
RRP: £10.99£7.77TIKTOK BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2023Read and loved it? Gift it to a friend this festive season!"Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women."I know that love can be loud and jubilant. It can be dancing in the... -
Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy
RRP: £10.99£7.77The first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood. 'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly . . . Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian_________________________________... -
Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood by Hollie McNish
RRP: £9.99£6.48Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry'This book should be required reading for anyone thinking of having a baby, or even anyone who knows someone who is thinking of having a baby' Scotland on Sunday'Fascinating and honest' Mumsnet'Like... -
Seventeen by Joe Gibson
RRP: £16.99£11.08*A gripping and powerful memoir reminiscent of Notes on a Scandal, An Education and My Dark Vanessa* 'Engaging and engrossing, frank and frankly troubling, Seventeen is a book not easily forgotten' - Karen Joy Fowler' I can't remember the last time, if... -
Dark Luminosity: Memoirs of a Geezer, the expanded edition by Jah Wobble 9780571375356
RRP: £12.99£7.26Written 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...