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What a Fool Believes: A Memoir by Michael McDonald 9780063357563
RRP: £25.00£16.83A 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... -
The Thirties: An Intimate History of Britain by Juliet Gardiner
RRP: £18.99£14.01As 'Wartime' did for the 1940s, this book will grasp the broad spectrum of events in the 1930s in the words of contemporary witnesses drawn from metropolitan and provincial letters and diaries, newspapers, periodicals, books and the range of rich... -
A River Runs Through Me: A Life of Salmon Fishing in Scotland by Andrew Douglas-Home
RRP: £9.99£6.85'It is a love letter not just to the river, but to the rhythms of family life by its banks. Warm, witty, and in parts, deeply moving' SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL An evocative account of one man's life spent fishing on arguably the world's best salmon river:... -
(not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living by Mark Greenside
RRP: £12.99£9.09A 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,... -
A Wild and Precious Life: A Recovery Anthology by Lily Dunn
RRP: £9.99£6.68Featuring a foreword by Will SelfWe'll all experience recovery at some point in our lives, whether from addiction, physical illness, mental health issues or loss. Many of us heal, and we may discover ways to live with our changed selves, to reclaim a... -
Don't Call Me Home: A Memoir by Alexandra Auder
RRP: £28.00£21.28Apologies 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 *... -
A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson 9780099598039
RRP: £12.99£9.09One woman's investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love. All families have their myths and Juliet Nicolson's was no different: her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her... -
Remembering Whitney: A Mother's Story of Life, Loss and the Night the Music Stopped by Cissy Houston
RRP: £10.99£7.25The 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: £9.99£1.92Rejected 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: £9.99£6.64Rejected 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 by Ruth Ozeki
RRP: £9.99£6.75Apologies 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 -
In My Stride: Lessons learned through life and adventure by Helen Skelton 9781035410637
RRP: £22.00£12.70'A remarkable read' - Woman's Own'In My Stride is just as bubbly and positive as the woman herself' - HELLO!'An honest record and reflection of a remarkable life' - Cumbria LifeHelen Skelton is no stranger to doing hard things, from kayaking the entire... -
In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova 9781804270585
RRP: £10.99£7.32With the death of her aunt, Maria Stepanova is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm,... -
Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph by Yusra Mardini
RRP: £9.99£6.87The inspirational story behind the film The Swimmers on Netflix, by Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer, Yusra Mardini.'An extraordinary tale of bravery, survival, and winsome, never-give-up moxie. It is impossible not to be won over by Yusra.' - Khaled... -
The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018 by Bart van Es 9780241978726 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.86WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2019'A masterpiece of history and memoir' Evening Standard'Superb. This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing,... -
The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018 by Bart van Es
RRP: £9.99£7.11WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018A SUNDAY TIMES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2019'A masterpiece of history and memoir' Evening Standard'Superb. This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing,... -
Under the Sea-Wind by Rachel Carson
RRP: £10.99£7.32Under the Sea-Wind marks the beginnings of one of the most significant careers in nature writing. In it Rachel Carson celebrates the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, conjuring the atmosphere of the shore and the... -
My Sporting Life: Memories, moments and declarations by Michael Parkinson 9781399711562
RRP: £10.99£6.47'Like my father before me, I believe that both the playing and watching of sport can teach us important lessons about ourselves by providing practical instruction in co-operation, tests of resolve and temper'Michael Parkinson was destined to spend his... -
Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes by Claire Wilcox
RRP: £10.99£7.77WINNER OF THE 2021 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 'A strange and mesmerising piece of work' Sunday Times 'An absolute masterpiece' Laura Cumming 'An uncommon delight' Observer Claire Wilcox has been a curator of fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum... -
Unbreakable by Tracy Swinson 9781035832002
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035832002Author Tracy SwinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Elvis by the Presleys by The Presleys
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerForty years after his death, Elvis Presley remains one of the world's most beloved and iconic figures. There has been an impressive array of bestselling Elvis books over the years, but there has never been a book... -
Don’t Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet by Alice Robb 9780861547333
RRP: £10.99£7.77Can ballet ever be reconciled with feminist ideals? 'Beautiful, difficult, and compelling.' VANITY FAIR 'Don't think, dear,' said Balanchine. 'Just do.' For centuries, being a ballerina has been synonymous with being beautiful, thin, obedient... -
For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker by Victoria Coren
RRP: £10.99£7.32Miserable 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... -
Old Rage by Sheila Hancock 9781526647443 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.65**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** _______________ 'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' Lorraine Kelly 'Wise, witty, kind and true' - Sunday Times 'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful as it's moving' - Daily Mail 'A... -
Old Rage by Sheila Hancock
RRP: £18.99£17.18**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** _______________ 'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' Lorraine Kelly 'Wise, witty, kind and true' - Sunday Times 'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful as it's moving' - Daily Mail 'A... -
This Boy by Alan Johnson
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The best memoir by a politician you will ever read' Philip Collins, The TimesSchool on the Kings Road, Chelsea in the Swinging 60s, the rock-and-roll years, the race riots; this boy has seen it all. ________Alan Johnson's childhoodwas not so much... -
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking by Olivia Laing
RRP: £10.99£7.32Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six... -
Kind of Blue: A Political Memoir by Ken Clarke
RRP: £16.99£12.47Ken Clarke needs no introduction. One of the genuine 'Big Beasts' of the political scene, during his forty-six years as the Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire he has been at the very heart of government under three prime ministers... -
The Past is Myself & The Road Ahead Omnibus: When I Was a German, 1934-1945 by Christabel Bielenberg
RRP: £18.99£13.61Brought together for the first time in one edition, both of Christabel Bielenberg's bestselling memoirs give an incredibly moving, emotionally charged and compelling insight into life in Nazi Germany during The Third Reich and during the aftermath of... -
Mother's Boy: A Writer's Beginnings by Howard Jacobson 9781529115673
RRP: £10.99£7.77'One of the all-time great memoirs' Daily Telegraph'Wonderful...candid, shrewd and moving' William Boyd'Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious' Simon SchamaHoward Jacobson's funny, revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer.Howard... -
The Power of the Outsider: A Journey of Discovery by Samuel Kasumu
RRP: £20.00£13.35'Samuel Kasumu has written an important - and very moving - book about the outsider phenomenon.' - Robert Peston' I loved reading about your childhood and your anxieties as a father. The personal is so well mixed with the analytical. Thank you for... -
Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland by Lavinia Greenlaw 9781910749562
RRP: £9.99£8.92Morris's intimate journals, written for a friend, unconsciously explore questions of travel, noting his reaction to the idea of leaving or arriving, to hurry and delay, what it means to dread a place you've never been to or to encounter the actuality of... -
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz 9780349015880
RRP: £18.99£13.15Acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious, this is the definitive essay collection from New York legend and satirist, Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a City.'The gold standard for intelligence, efficiency and humour... -
Gather Together In My Name by Maya Angelou
RRP: £9.99£6.80The sequel to I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' Barack ObamaMaya Angelou's volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the... -
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: £12.99£8.60Pre-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... -
Climb Your Mountain: Everyday lessons from an extraordinary life by Sir Ranulph Fiennes 9781529426335 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.54'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... -
Climb Your Mountain: Everyday lessons from an extraordinary life by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
RRP: £20.00£13.75'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... -
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
RRP: £9.99£7.67'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible... -
All That We Are: Uncovering the Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour at Work by Gabriella Braun
RRP: £10.99£7.40Longlisted for the 2022 CMI Management Book of the Year AwardWho do you bring with you to work?Try as we might, we cannot leave part of ourselves under the pillow with our pyjamas when we go to work. We bring all that we are.In this collection of... -
Managing Expectations: a dazzling, tell-most memoir by Minnie Driver
RRP: £20.00£13.65'A beautiful book: funny, honest, revealing, heartfelt and moving' - Adam Kay, bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt''Vital, heartfelt and surprising, these tales from a life are told with humour, style and intelligence.' - Graham Norton'A...