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This Ragged Grace: A Memoir of Recovery and Renewal by Octavia Bright 9781838857462
RRP: £16.99£11.58A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: BIOGRAPHYThis Ragged Grace tells the story of Octavia's journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father's descent into Alzheimer's. Looking back over this time, each of the seven... -
Traversa: A Solo Walk Across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean by Fran Sandham
RRP: £9.99£6.75A fascinating account of the hardships and hilarity Fran Sandham experienced during his epic solo journey on foot across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean through Namibia, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. Inspired by the legendary... -
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.77WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM 2019From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Changing My Mind and Swing Time - discover a second unmissable collection of essays from Zadie Smith'Generous,... -
Surviving Aberfan: The People's Story by Sue Elliott 9781786230348 [USED COPY]
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Surviving Aberfan: The People's Story by Sue Elliott 9781786230348
RRP: £9.99£8.76Britain and the world were shocked in October 1966 by live television pictures coming from a small mining village in Wales. They showed a human tragedy unfolding after thousands of tons of coal waste fell from a mountainside onto its primary school and... -
Bringing Home the Cows: Growing up on a wild Devon farm by Bill Symondson 9781908241672
RRP: £8.99£6.45This is the story of a boy's life, growing up on a farm in the 1960s. Nine-year old Bill, the author, moves with his family from the suburbs of London to a dairy farm in North Devon, an idyllic environment where he grows up for the next ten years. Pithy... -
Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken by Murray Walker 9780007126972 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£2.29The voice of motor racing and much loved public figure - and the man responsible for introducing millions of viewers to the previously inaccessible world of Formula 1 - tells the story of his incident-packed life, with a brand new chapter on his... -
The Korean Book of Happiness: Joy, resilience and the art of giving by BARBARA J. ZITWER
RRP: £14.99£8.54Someone finally writes about Korean happiness! And who better to do it than Barbara Zitwer, our de facto global ambassador for Korean literature, to give the outside world an account of the joyful aspects of Korean life? - Anton HurFrom the very first... -
Love And War In The Pyrenees: A Story Of Courage, Fear And Hope, 1939-1944 by Rosemary Bailey
RRP: £10.99£7.40A vivid blend of history and travel and a sweeping story of collaboration and resistance, fear and heroism, pacifism and sacrifice all set against the backdrop of the Pyrenees.'A beguiling mix of travel, memoir, history and good old-fashioned... -
In Parenthesis by David Jones
RRP: £14.99£9.80In Parenthesis is one of the greatest works to emerge from the First World War. 'The holy book of twentieth-century visionary modernism. Ancient and brand-new, In Parenthesis is this island's book of all books, an incomparable and ever-intensifying... -
The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves by Siri Hustvedt
RRP: £9.99£5.96FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED AND A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN'Provocative but often funny, encyclopedic but down to earth . . . an extraordinary double story' Oliver Sacks'It is Hustvedt's gift to write with... -
A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets by James Bowen 9781473633360 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.88From the stars of A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM BOB, starring Luke Treadaway as James and Bob himself, the original bestseller and heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man and his streetwise cat.'[Bob] has entranced London like no feline... -
A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets by James Bowen 9781473633360
RRP: £10.99£7.40From the stars of A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM BOB, starring Luke Treadaway as James and Bob himself, the original bestseller and heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man and his streetwise cat.'[Bob] has entranced London like no feline... -
A Childhood: The Biography of a Place by Harry Crews
RRP: £12.99£9.191935, Bacon County, Georgia. The bite of the Great Depression was beginning to be felt in the rest of America, but its teeth had been in Bacon County for years. Here one of America's most original storytellers, Harry Crews, was born in a sharecropper's... -
Shoes Were For Sunday by Molly Weir 9780241957929 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.92'Poverty is a very exacting teacher and I had been taught well'The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir's childhood. From sharing a pull-out bed in her mother's tiny kitchen to running in terror from the fever... -
Shoes Were For Sunday by Molly Weir
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Poverty is a very exacting teacher and I had been taught well'The post-war urban jungle of the Glasgow tenements was the setting for Molly Weir's childhood. From sharing a pull-out bed in her mother's tiny kitchen to running in terror from the fever... -
Stories of the Sahara by Sanmao
RRP: £12.99£9.09The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time. 'Hypnotic . . . A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world' Tash Aw, Paris Review Books... -
Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with the Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces... by Glyn Johns
RRP: £16.99£11.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147516572Author Glyn JohnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 246g -
The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain by Damian Le Bas
RRP: £9.99£7.11'I needed to get to the stopping places, so I needed to get on the road. It was the road where I might at last find out where I belonged.'Damian Le Bas grew up surrounded by Gypsy history. His great-grandmother would tell him stories of her childhood in... -
Wasting Police Time: The Crazy World of the War on Crime by David Copperfield
RRP: £8.99£6.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955285417Author David CopperfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 243g -
Little Weirds: 'Funny, positive, completely original and inspiring' George Saunders by Jenny Slate
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Magical' MINDY KALING'Funny and poignant and beautiful' JOHN MULANEY 'It made me remember I was alive' GEORGE SAUNDERS To see the world through Jenny Slate's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility. As... -
Set Me On Fire: A Poem For Every Feeling by Ella Risbridger
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Broad in scope, generous in spirit and wittily accompanied by Risbridger's commentary'Sarah Perry, author of The Essex SerpentSet Me On Fire is an anthology for a new moment in poetry: a collection of fresh, vibrant voices from poets all over the globe,... -
Love's Work by Gillian Rose 9780241645499
RRP: £9.99£7.11'This small book contains multitudes' Marina Warner'For those who have suffered for and in love, this may prove to be one of the most useful books they will ever read' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianAn extraordinary, uncompromising and consoling celebration of... -
Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust by Michael Hingson
RRP: £13.99£9.75An instant New York Times bestseller, Thunder Dog tells the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the life-changing power of faith and trust in the face of terror. When one of four hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center's North Tower on... -
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger 9781529053876
RRP: £16.99£12.28'A wonderful book.' - Temple Grandin, author of Animals in TranslationAn instant New York Times bestsellerAn incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to 'talk' from speech-language pathologist Christina... -
Alanbrooke War Diaries 1939-1945: Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke by Lord Alanbrooke
RRP: £16.99£11.94'These are almost certainly the last secrets to be unlocked about the British high command in World War II' DAILY MAIL'Superb' SPECTATOR'A fascinating daily snapshot of the direction of the greatest war in history by one of the key decision makers'... -
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
RRP: £11.99£8.15Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality. This edition contains a new... -
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
RRP: £14.99£11.54DISCOVER the BESTSELLING GRAPHIC MEMOIR behind the Olivier Award nominated musical.'A sapphic graphic treat' The TimesA moving and darkly humorous family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Alison Bechdel's gothic drawings. If you liked Marjane... -
Politics: Between the Extremes by Nick Clegg
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Compelling' Ian McEwan 'Engrossing' Alan Johnson 'Essential' Robert Peston *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Politics has changed. For decades Britain was divided between Left and Right but united in its belief in a two-party state. Now, with... -
The Twelve Dels of Christmas: My Festive Tales from Life and Only Fools by David Jason 9781529158113 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.65"What a brilliant Christmas gift" Chris Moyles "Like sitting down by the fire with [Sir David] and hearing your stories ... Full of surprises" Lorraine KellyThink of this memoir as a Christmas special in book form, from someone who has been involved in a... -
The Twelve Dels of Christmas: My Festive Tales from Life and Only Fools by David Jason 9781529158113
RRP: £8.99£6.45"What a brilliant Christmas gift" Chris Moyles "Like sitting down by the fire with [Sir David] and hearing your stories ... Full of surprises" Lorraine KellyThink of this memoir as a Christmas special in book form, from someone who has been involved in a... -
Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
RRP: £9.99£6.64A 'retired career anorexic' examines herself and her, and our, culture in a masterpiece of confessional literature. At the age of four Marya Hornbacher looked in a mirror and decided she was fat. At nine, she was bulimic. At twelve, she was... -
The Secret Life of a Vet: A heartwarming glimpse into the real world of veterinary from TV vet Rory Cowlam by Rory Cowlam 9781529327847
RRP: £10.99£7.40Honest and heart-warming account of the highs and lows of life as a vet, by lovable TV star Rory Cowlam.Rory Cowlam, otherwise known as Rory the Vet, has had a passion for animals for as long as he can remember. As a young boy, growing up in the... -
Mr Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters 9781472155207
RRP: £9.99£6.80No one knows more about everything - especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling - than John Waters. The man in the pencil-thin mustache, auteur of the transgressive movie classics Pink Flamingos, Polyester, the original Hairspray,... -
The Secrets of My Life by Caitlyn Jenner
RRP: £9.99£6.80THE 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,... -
Doctors Get Cancer Too: A Doctor's Diary of Life and Recovery From Cancer by Doctor Dr Philippa Kaye
RRP: £8.99£5.87"It's cancer."Dr Philippa Kaye was 39 years old when she heard those dreaded words. The diagnosis of bowel cancer would change her life and mean crossing the divide from being a doctor to being a patient. She soon discovered that her years of training... -
The Wild Year: a story of homelessness, perseverance and hope by Jen Benson
RRP: £16.99£10.39This book tells the uplifting true story of a family who left their old life behind to spend a year living wild in a tent around Britain. With a baby and a toddler, mounting debt, work demands and stress trampling over their desire to spend time together... -
My Shit Life So Far by Frankie Boyle
RRP: £9.99£6.64Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. I... -
I Will Never See the World Again by Yasemin Congar 9781783785155
RRP: £9.99£6.70'A deeply moving memoir... We owe Ahmet Altan a tremendous debt for the strength he has shown in sharing his story with us' Jon McGregor Written from the confines of a prison cell in Istanbul, one of Turkey's greatest living novelists reflects upon... -
Good Data: An Optimist's Guide to Our Digital Future by Sam Gilbert
RRP: £9.99£5.96AN FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH 'An essential read' Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge 'We are currently living in a moment of extreme pessimism about data. This book will change your mind.' It's impossible to escape digital technology. And with that...