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A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid From the Taliban in Plain Sight by Maria Toorpakai
RRP: $20.98$15.37A Different Kind of Daughter is a powerful memoir about a young Pakistani girl who, until the age of twelve, was disguised as a boy so she could compete in sports.'Maria Toorpakai has risen from the turmoil of tribal life in Pakistan to become not only a... -
Head Trauma: The Bruising Diary of a Headteacher by Nick Smith
RRP: $35.68$25.07Welcome to the world of teaching: polyester suits, well-polished shoes, endless marking and a stream of embarrassing moments at the coalface of the classroom.Follow Nick Smith as he charts his journey from trainee teacher to inspiring head. Now, thirty... -
Devotion: A Memoir by Mickey Harte
RRP: $20.98$14.36A moving and lyrical memoir about life, love and loss, from a true giant of Gaelic games. In a frenetic seven-year spell at the outset of his senior managerial career, Mickey Harte led Tyrone to four Ulster Championships and three All-Irelands... -
Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing by Tim Parks
RRP: $20.98$15.37How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are? What effect does it have on our relationships, minds and bodies? What can the simple act of sitting still teach us about ourselves? When Tim Parks fails to find a... -
I Spy: My Life in MI5 Tom Marcus 9781509864096
RRP: $39.88$29.42'One of the most successful MI5 undercover surveillance officers of his time.' - Sun'The brutal truth about the war against terror. Fast-paced and gripping.' - Ant Middleton The explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes the reader... -
Stone Will Answer: A Journey Guided by Craft, Myth and Geology by Beatrice Searle 9781529920499
RRP: $23.08$16.78A beautiful memoir, travelogue and meditation on stone by artist and stone mason Beatrice Searle.'Extraordinary' Guardian'A magnificent book' Alex Woodcock'Exceptional' Kerri Andrews'Luminous' SpectatorAt the age of twenty-six, artist and Cathedral... -
Four Feet Under: Thirty untold stories of homelessness in London by Tamsen Courtenay
RRP: $42.00$29.95'Touching, insightful and human - this book demands a social and, above all, a political response' Jon SnowTamsen Courtenay spent two months speaking to people who live on London's streets, the homeless and the destitute - people who feel they are... -
All My Wild Mothers: Motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden by Victoria Bennett
RRP: $35.68$24.59'Lyrical and beautiful and feels like a haven in a cynical world - exactly the book we all need to read right now' Catherine Simpson, author of One Body: A Retrospective, When I Had A Little Sister and Truestory'A book of passionate resistance to... -
Cider With Roadies by Stuart Maconie
RRP: $35.68$25.79Cider with Roadies is the true story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop. A life lived through music from Stuart's audience with the Beatles (aged 3); his confessions as a pubescent prog rocker; a youthful gymnastic dalliance with northern soul;... -
A Matter of Life and Death: Courage, compassion and the fight against coronavirus - a palliative care nurse's story by Kelly Critcher
RRP: $18.88$13.48It was a low-level panic at first, but very quickly there were big changes taking place. Day by day, wards were being cleared to make way for Covid-positive patients. Things were getting worse by the day. For the first time in my nursing career, I felt... -
Higher Ground: A Mountain Guide's Life by Martin Moran
RRP: $25.18$18.19Martin Moran was a man of the mountains, inspiring both as pioneer and leader. His is a story of life-changing adventures and dramatic, often near-death experiences, told with humour and verve. About the AuthorMartin Moran was one of Britain's most... -
Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Country Garden by Marchelle Farrell 9781838858674
RRP: $35.68$23.67A COUNTRYFILE CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOKWhat is home?It's a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for career in psychiatry saw her leave behind the pristine beaches and emerald hills of Trinidad. Until, disillusioned, she... -
Life Among the Savages Shirley Jackson 9780241387801
RRP: $20.98$15.37A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children'As well as being a master of the macabre,... -
Girl with a One-Track Mind: Confessions of the Seductress Next Door by Abby Lee 9780091912406
RRP: $33.58$24.38The bestselling book that changed the way we talk about sex...'They say men think about sex every eight seconds - I want to know what they think about for the other seven...'Abby Lee is smart, sassy, and perpetually single. Frustrated with her mediocre... -
Ticket to the World: My 80s Story by Martin Kemp 9780008586058
RRP: $20.98$14.11Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all. New Year's Eve, 1979. My family and I stand arm in arm around our Formica kitchen table,... -
Windward Family: An atlas of love, loss and belonging by Alexis Keir 9781909770713
RRP: $18.88$9.49'Deeply moving' David Lammy'Honest, poetic and deeply researched excellence.' Paterson Joseph'A beautiful ode to migration, love and all that we do for family.' Florence Ọlájídé'It took two decades for me to go in search of the parts of myself I had left... -
Harry's Last Stand: How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it Harry Leslie Smith 9781848317369
RRP: $18.88$13.19'A kind of epic poem, one that moves in circular fashion from passionate denunciation to intense autobiographical reflection ... should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil servant and commentator. The fury and sense of powerlessness... -
Confabulations by John Berger
RRP: $25.18$18.25'Language is a body, a living creature ... and this creature's home is the inarticulate as well as the articulate'. John Berger's work has revolutionized the way we understand visual language. In this new book he writes about language itself, and how it... -
Travelling with Pomegranates Ann Kidd Taylor 9780755384631
RRP: $23.08$15.98From the New York Times bestselling author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES and THE INVENTION OF WINGS and her daughter comes a touching and perceptive memoir about mothers and daughters that will resonate with women of all ages.Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter... -
The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival, Music and Hope by Roxanne de Bastion 9781472147844
RRP: $46.20$30.58One man, his piano and their miraculous survival.'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger'Stunning. A beautiful blend of action, poetry, thought-provoking comment and music ... just brilliant' James Ainscough OBE'A gripping narrative of suffering, loss... -
Like Father, Like Son: A family story by Michael Parkinson 9781529362466 [USED COPY]
$4.81'a quietly impressive book, which does something most celebrity autobiographies shy away from: it seeks the truth and, more often than not, finds it.' - THE MAILA look at the life and times of the man Sir Michael most looked up to.It started in the... -
Like Father, Like Son: A family story Michael Parkinson 9781529362466
RRP: $42.00$30.47'a quietly impressive book, which does something most celebrity autobiographies shy away from: it seeks the truth and, more often than not, finds it.' - THE MAILA look at the life and times of the man Sir Michael most looked up to.It started in the... -
Stet: An Editor's Life by Diana Athill
RRP: $20.98$14.49Diana Athill helped shape some of the most celebrated books in modern literature. For nearly five decades, she edited (and nursed and coerced and coaxed) writers including Jean Rhys, V. S. Naipaul and Philip Roth. From the pleasures, intrigues and... -
Martin McGuinness: A Life Remembered by Henry McDonald
RRP: $37.78$33.83To look at Martin McGuinness' life is to follow Northern Ireland's own transition from conflict to peace. Martin McGuinness: A Life Remembered tells the remarkable story of McGuinness' journey from IRA leader to deputy first minister of Northern Ireland,... -
Mustaine: A Life in Metal by Dave Mustaine
RRP: $20.98$14.36Founding member of Megadeth and former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine tells a never-before-heard story of the lifetime he has spent in rock 'n' roll. But this extraordinary tale, riddled with his own personal ups and downs, is also the inside account... -
The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa by Yukichi Fukuzawa
RRP: $67.20$52.00Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. He translated a wide range of Western works and adapted them to Japanese... -
Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop by Leroy Logan 9780281083466 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68$5.57Closing Ranks tells of an illustrious career, giving a behind the scenes look at the workings of the Metropolitan Police. One of the founder members of the Black Police Association Charitable Trust, Leroy Logan has had first-hand experience of race... -
Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop by Leroy Logan
RRP: $35.68$26.63Closing Ranks tells of an illustrious career, giving a behind the scenes look at the workings of the Metropolitan Police. One of the founder members of the Black Police Association Charitable Trust, Leroy Logan has had first-hand experience of race... -
A Farmer and His Dog Adam Henson 9781785942488
RRP: $27.28$17.98There is nothing quite like the relationship between a farmer and his dog.'For me, the bond I have with Peg, my border collie sheepdog is priceless. I know how very lucky I, and thousands of other shepherds and farmers, are to have these extraordinarily... -
Breakthrough: How to Think Like a Scientist, Learn How to Fail and Embrace the Unknown by Camilla Pang 9780241545331
RRP: $39.88$28.58A scientist’s journey from observation to discovery is anything but straightforward. It is littered with failure, unexpected diversions and joyous realizations. Science helps us to understand ourselves – but what we know about the world around us, what... -
The Intimate Adventures Of A London Call Girl by Belle De Jour
RRP: $20.98$14.70Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story.From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004 Belle charted her day-to-day adventures on and off the field in a frank, funny and award-winning web diary... -
The Man Who Ate the World Jay Rayner 9780755316359
RRP: $23.08$15.98'Nobody goes to restaurants for nutritional reasons. They go for experience, and what price a really top experience?'What price indeed? Fearlessly, and with huge wit and knowledge and verve, award-winning food writer Jay Rayner has searched the world for... -
Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life by Leigh Sales 9781760893637
RRP: $25.18$17.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760893637Author Leigh SalesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia -
Mama You Got This: A Little Helping Hand For New Parents. The Sunday Times Bestseller Emma Bunton 9781529104561
RRP: $35.68$27.03THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERYou have a baby! Isn't it amazing - and also pretty terrifying?! I love being a Spice Girl, but what I am proudest of is being a mum. Even though I had all the real-life girl power of the actual Spice Girls on speed-dial, my... -
Other People's Countries: A Journey into Memory by Patrick McGuinness 9780099587033
RRP: $27.28$19.61Winner of the 2014 Duff Cooper PrizeWinner of the 2015 Welsh Book of the Year AwardShortlisted for the 2015 James Tait Black Memorial PrizeShortlisted for the 2015 PEN Ackerley prize Longlisted for the 2014 Thwaites Wainwright Prize Let me take you down... -
A Silent Voice Speaks: The Wee Indian Woman on the Bus by Trishna Singh 9781912280520
RRP: $27.28$20.92Trishna Singh OBE was born in Glasgow in the 1950s, a first generation Scottish Bhat Sikh. Her father came to the UK in the late 1930s and her mother followed after the Partition of India by the British in 1947. Trishna left school, at the age of 13,... -
The Past is Myself & The Road Ahead Omnibus: When I Was a German, 1934-1945 by Christabel Bielenberg
RRP: $39.88$28.58Brought 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... -
The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 1: 1898-1922 by T. S. Eliot
RRP: $73.50$51.30Volume One of the Letters of T. S. Eliot, edited by Valerie Eliot in 1988, covered the period from Eliot's childhood in St Louis, Missouri, to the end of 1922, by which time he had settled in England, married and published The Waste Land. Since 1988,... -
The Scarlet Sisters: My nanna's story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames by Helen Batten
RRP: $27.28$19.61'Oh my goodness - another girl Mrs Swain!' Clara's normal iron composure broke and she screamed, 'No! That's not the bloody deal!'And that is how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world.When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey... -
Nobody Will Believe You: A Story of Unbreakable Courage by Mary Manning 9781785030505 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.98$4.39'Over and over again he warned me he'd kill me if I told anyone. I was completely isolated.He made sure of that.'Mary was a shy ten-year-old when her new dad, Sean, came into her life. From the very beginning he seemed to pay her special attention -...