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The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
RRP: $20.98$15.71Xuela Claudette Richardson is recalling the last seventy years of her life, and so she must begin with her birth, and the accompanying death of her mother.Xuela's vivid, visceral recollections of the lonely, unsettled life that follows the trauma of her... -
F**k, I think I'm Dying: How I Learned to Live With Panic by Claire Eastham
RRP: $20.98$14.11'An electric, warm, comforting and funny handbook on panic and how to cope and live alongside it' Laura Dockrill, author of What Have I Done?Award-winning blogger and author Claire Eastham is an expert on panic. She's not a doctor or an academic, but... -
Memoir by John McGahern
RRP: $23.08$15.83John McGahern's astounding memoir of his childhood:'A glowing masterpiece.' Hilary Mantel'The one Irish writer everyone should read.' Colm ToibinAs wise and compelling a book as any of his elegiac and graceful novels.' David Mitchell'I have admired, even... -
In My Stride: Lessons learned through life and adventure by Helen Skelton 9781035410651
RRP: $27.28$18.54Helen Skelton is no stranger to doing hard things, from kayaking the entire length of the Amazon to competing in a boxing match for Sports Relief. Her ability to dig deep and find the inner strength and to carry on no matter the challenge - physical,... -
That Will Be England Gone: The Last Summer of Cricket Michael Henderson 9781472132871
RRP: $23.08$15.98'For those who fear the worst for the sport they love, this is like cool, clear water for a man dying of thirst. It's barnstorming, coruscating stuff, and as fine a book about the game as you'll read for years' Mail on Sunday'Charming . . . a threnody... -
BFF?: The truth about female friendship by Claire Cohen
RRP: $35.68$26.19Why do some friendships last a lifetime, while others fade away?How do you break up with a friend? How many 'best' friends should we be aiming for? From the time we start school, we are fed a diet of 'Best Friends Forever' - the idea that you should have... -
A Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee
RRP: $18.88$13.97Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry-the pride in poverty, the... -
On the Line: Life - and death - in the Metropolitan Police Alice Vinten 9781473658844
RRP: $27.28$18.54'A warts-and-all memoir of an ex-cop from probationer days on. Fascinating' IAN RANKIN'A humane but unflinching look at the sharp end of contemporary policing' LUKE JENNINGS'I loved this book. Gritty and gripping, moving and shocking, this brilliant... -
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
RRP: $20.98$15.37______________________________The original bestselling autobiography by comedian, novelist and national treasure Stephen Fry.Few people serve time in prison before studying at Cambridge. You might be surprised to know that Stephen Fry is one of them.Moab... -
A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir
RRP: $29.40$17.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394728995Author Simone De BeauvoirFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Hidden Nature: Wainwright Prize 2018 Shortlisted Alys Fowler 9781473623026
RRP: $20.98$14.70'Fowler's moving memoir charts her experience of coming out as a gay woman, alongside her journey through Birmingham's canal networks, mapping both the waterways and the travails of her heart.' Observer'An emotional and compelling memoir, that left me... -
Among Others: Friendships and Encounters by Michael Frayn 9780571378616
RRP: $27.28$18.48'One of our best contemporary writers.' Sunday TelegraphIt's those around you who make you who you are.Michael Frayn would like to say a brief word about a few of the people who have formed hisown particular world. Some were friends, some were not; some... -
The Fox of Glencoe by Hamish MacInnes 9781907233395
RRP: $63.00$59.12'At 3:00 am, with headlamps probing the gloom, we crept up Cotopaxi's glaciated flanks, turning sinister-looking crevasses and ascending steep icy walls. It was bitterly cold, and by the time we approached the summit, the wind cut through us like the... -
A Mother's Courage: How I survived the Holocaust - a remarkable story of bravery, kindness and hope by Malka Levine 9781035027835
RRP: $23.08$17.12'A deeply humane memoir of immense power - there is nothing more affecting than a first-hand experience finely told' - Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline'A fabulous memoir . . . a testament to [Malka's] skill and determination' - Dame Maureen LipmanA... -
Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matt Logelin 9780446564298
RRP: $37.78$24.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446564298Author Matt LogelinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Warner Books IncPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)... -
F*cked at 40: Life Beyond Suburbia, Monogamy and Stretch Marks by Tova Leigh 9781786782694 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48$4.03"I was bored, angry, tired and sad. I felt all alone yet I had nothing to complain about. I had a good job, a husband who as far as I could tell wasn't shagging his assistant, three children who apart from being the occasional assholes were pretty good... -
F*cked at 40: Life Beyond Suburbia, Monogamy and Stretch Marks Tova Leigh 9781786782694
RRP: $31.48$21.11"I was bored, angry, tired and sad. I felt all alone yet I had nothing to complain about. I had a good job, a husband who as far as I could tell wasn't shagging his assistant, three children who apart from being the occasional assholes were pretty good... -
Cheer the F**K Up: How to Save your Best Friend by Jack Rooke
RRP: $39.88$29.02This book will definitely make you laugh and might just make you cry, but it could also help save a life.Praise for Big Boys:'Sharp, clever, bold, tender, wise and looking at men from angles I've never seen before. And funny. Thank God for funny!' ... -
Mary and Mr Eliot: A Sort of Love Story by Mary Trevelyan
RRP: $42.00$28.27A rediscovered story of unrequited love which reveals an intimate new portrait of the poet T. S. Eliot - and of its author, a formidable woman sidelined by literary history.'Heartbreaking and wonderfully told.' Susan Hill, Spectator Books of the... -
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance by Emanuel Derman 9780470192733
RRP: $35.70$24.23In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Page by page, Derman details his adventures in this field-analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and... -
Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency and Trust by James Comey 9781529062816 [USED COPY]
RRP: $42.00$4.75'The Capitol riot was our Chernobyl.'(Guardian interview, Jan 19th 2021)'An absolutely fascinating read.'Emily MaitlisJames Comey, former FBI Director and Sunday Times number one bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law... -
Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency and Trust by James Comey
RRP: $42.00$32.07'The Capitol riot was our Chernobyl.'(Guardian interview, Jan 19th 2021)'An absolutely fascinating read.'Emily MaitlisJames Comey, former FBI Director and Sunday Times number one bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law... -
Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading by Susan Hill
RRP: $23.08$16.78When we spend so much of our time immersed in books, who's to say where reading ends and living begins? The two are impossibly and gloriously wedded, as Hill shows in Jacob's Room Is Full of Books. Considering everything from Edith Wharton's novels... -
Lost Child: The True Story of a Girl who Couldn't Ask for Help by Torey Hayden
RRP: $20.98$15.71From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist's courage and determination.Jessie is nine years old... -
A Touch of Gold: The Reminiscences of Geoffrey Munn by Geoffrey Munn 9781788841979
RRP: $52.50$33.33"His is a warm, charming page turner of an autobiography: from start to finish full of fascinating characters, incredible and amusing anecdotes, self-effacing humour and wry asides, beautifully detailed observations and, of course, stuffed with great... -
Remainders of the Day: More Diaries from The Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell
RRP: $35.68$26.19A Waterstones 'Best Books of 2022: Biography' The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell... -
Call the Vet: My Life as a Young Vet in 1970s London by Bruce Fogle
RRP: $20.98$14.36Arriving in 1970s' London as a fresh-faced Canadian, Bruce Fogle assumed that because he knew the language, he would understand the English. As a graduate of the world's best veterinary school, he also thought his profession would come naturally to him... -
Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill the Dirt by Todd Harra
RRP: $29.38$19.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806541396Author Todd HarraFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. -
Into The Fire by DAKOTA MEYER
RRP: $31.48$23.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812983616Author Dakota MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm)... -
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition by Ulysses S. Grant 9780674237858
RRP: $41.90$37.59"Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War."-Ron Chernow, author of Grant"Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else... Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a... -
Rough Magic: Riding the world's wildest horse race by Lara Prior-Palmer 9781785038860 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$5.57A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKWINNER STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE 2019'Such an addictive and likeable book...One of this year's best memoirs' The Telegraph'It's the resistance to the obvious narratives that... -
Rough Magic: Riding the world's wildest horse race. A Richard and Judy Book Club pick Lara Prior-Palmer 9781785038860
RRP: $20.98$15.37A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKWINNER STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE 2019'Such an addictive and likeable book...One of this year's best memoirs' The Telegraph'It's the resistance to the obvious narratives that... -
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor
RRP: $35.68$24.23'Nothing short of a masterpiece' JAN MORRIS'[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' ROBERT MACFARLANE'Not only is this journey one of physical adventure but of cultural awakening. Architecture, art, genealogy, quirks of... -
The Last Landlady: An English Memoir by Laura Thompson 9781783528455
RRP: $20.98$14.81Shortlisted for Harper's Bazaar Book of the Year 2019A Guardian, Spectator and Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 2018'A lyrical portrait of a fast-vanishing way of life . . . Thompson is a terrific writer' New StatesmanLaura Thompson's grandmother Violet... -
Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel with a Pro Cyclist by Paul Kimmage
RRP: $27.28$19.61An eye-opening expose of and a heart-breaking lament for professional cyclingPaul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldn't come easy, but he was... -
Highly Desirable: Tales of London’s super-prime property from the Secret Agent by Anonymous 9781035403059
RRP: $27.28$18.54'A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . . .' - MARINA HYDE'A gloriously entertaining glimpse behind the closed doors of the... -
Tender Maps: Travels in Search of the Emotions of Place by Alice Maddicott 9781914613654
RRP: $27.28$18.54'A compelling way of looking at the world' The TLS WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATMOSPHERE? Some travellers are driven by the need to scale a natural wonder, to see a city's sights or a place of history. Others, like Alice Maddicott, travel... -
The Shed That Fed a Million Children: The Mary's Meals Story by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow
RRP: $23.08$15.67An updated edition of The Shed That Fed A Million Children first published in 2015. The original book tells the incredible story of how Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, a quiet, unassuming fish farmer from Argyll, Scotland, became the international... -
The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve Vicky Pattison 9780751565546
RRP: $35.68$24.59THE IMMEDIATE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe debut self-help book from Vicky Pattison, on how to quash your inner doubts, overcome fear and live a happier life."If there's any woman out there who is feeling like they're going through things on their own, or... -
Standing in Line: A Memoir: 30 Years of Obsessive Queuing at Wimbledon by Benjamin Chatfield
RRP: $31.48$25.45Standing in Line is a humorous memoir, based on a variety of experiences in The Queue, one of sport's most fascinating traditions. Told through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy becoming a 39-year-old man, it is a love letter both to Wimbledon and to the...