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No Cunning Plan: My Unexpected Life, from Baldrick to Time Team and Beyond by Sir Tony Robinson
RRP: £10.99£7.93Packed full of incident and insight, No Cunning Plan is a funny, self-deprecating and always entertaining memoir by Sir Tony Robinson.Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over fifty years. In this... -
Tales from Riding House Street: A faded London house and the Cypriots who lived in it by Helen Evangelou 9781916422308
RRP: £7.99£6.64In Riding House Street in the West End of London, a young Greek Cypriot couple, Photis Evangelou and Vasilou Ktori, carved out a life for themselves through the Depression, World War II and into the Swinging Sixties. London's burgeoning Greek Cypriot... -
Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows by Jean Sasson 9780857504180 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£3.66In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey... -
Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows by Jean Sasson
RRP: £8.99£6.45In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey... -
Leadership: Lessons from a Life in Diplomacy by Simon McDonald 9781913368876
RRP: £12.99£8.99When Abraham Lincoln said, 'You can be anything you want to be,' Americans, and eventually everybody everywhere, lifted their sights. Nowadays anybody can aspire to be a leader, and nearly everybody has to lead sometimes. In Leadership, Simon McDonald... -
The Life Line: With an introduction by Miles Jupp and David Stenhouse by Phyllis Bottome 9781739879402
RRP: £10.99£7.40Mark Chalmers, 36, dark haired, athletic, keen on skiing and winter sports, speaks fluent French and German and has a taste for wine, food and women. Sounds familiar? It is 1938, pre the Munich Agreement and post Anschluss. Chalmers, a master at Eton,... -
Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life by Nicholas D. Kristof 9780593536568
RRP: £27.00£17.99Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul
RRP: £18.99£14.01A unique combination of memoir and artistic biography, interspersed with original artworks, from the acclaimed artist and author of SELF-PORTRAIT.We are both painters. We can connect to each other through images, in our own unvoiced language. But I will... -
On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks 9781529087451
RRP: £10.99£7.93When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far'. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going . . .From its opening pages on his youthful obsession... -
Meant to Be by Lisa Faulkner
RRP: £10.99£7.77What happens when life doesn't turn out as you expect?When Lisa Faulkner learned that she wouldn't have biological children, her plans and expectations for her life were derailed. But, in the months and years that followed, she discovered that there was... -
I Fear for This Boy: Some Chapters of Accidents by Theo Fennell
RRP: £25.00£18.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912914401Author Theo FennellFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Mensch PublishingPublisher Mensch PublishingWeight(grams) 480g -
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling 9780091960292 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£1.86Mindy Kaling has found herself at a turning point. So in Why Not Me?, she shares her ongoing journey to find fulfilment and adventure in her adult life, be it falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in unlikely places, or attempting to be the... -
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling 9780091960292
RRP: £12.99£9.09Mindy Kaling has found herself at a turning point. So in Why Not Me?, she shares her ongoing journey to find fulfilment and adventure in her adult life, be it falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in unlikely places, or attempting to be the... -
The Orchid Outlaw: On a Mission to Save Britain's Rarest Flowers by Ben Jacob
RRP: £20.00£13.35'A daring, delightful and galvanising call to save the world, one plant at a time' Bookseller, Editor's ChoiceTEN YEARS AGO, BEN JACOB TURNED OUTLAW TO SAVE OUR RAREST FLOWERS. THIS IS HIS STORY.Obsessed by orchids since childhood, Ben spent years... -
Everything is True: A junior doctor's story of life, death and grief in a time of pandemic by Dr Roopa Farooki
RRP: £9.99£7.11CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN AND THE NEW STATESMAN 'A STAND OUT' SUNDAY TIMES 'STARTLINGLY HONEST AND DEVASTATINGLY GOOD' RACHEL CLARKE, GUARDIAN 'BRILLIANT' OBSERVER 'POWERFUL AND EVOCATIVE' ADAM KAY 'YOU EMERGE KNOWING HOW LUCKY YOU... -
Where's Sharawrah?: A Truck Driver's Adventure Across the Arabian Desert by Gordon Pearce
RRP: £14.95£9.24Three articulated trucks load in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: two Volvo 4X2 European road artics and a Mercedes 6X6 desert artic. Their destination is Sharawrah, somewhere south of The Empty Quarter. Seven days to travel a thousand kilometers, a third of which... -
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey
RRP: £8.99£6.45A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Classics edition of Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is edited with an introduction by Barry Milligan.Confessions is a remarkable... -
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil 9781787334014
RRP: £18.99£13.61A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history***LITHUB'S #1 BEST-REVIEWED NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023*****A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023****AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***WINNER OF THE... -
Would It Surprise You To Know…? by Ronnie Archer-Morgan
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Ronnie has overcome a heart-breaking start in life to achieve great success and no one deserves it more. What a dude, what a life!' - Fiona Bruce'Brilliant...a mercurial memoir of a meritorious life.' - Lemn Sissay For decades, Ronnie Archer-Morgan has... -
The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume 1: 1915-1919 by Virginia Woolf 9780156260367
RRP: £21.99£15.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156260367Author Virginia WoolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
Women We Buried, Women We Burned: a memoir by Rachel Louise Snyder
RRP: £10.99£7.32Following the acclaimed No Visible Bruises, a piercing account of the author's childhood in an evangelical Christian community, her teenage escape, and her career as a reporter at the frontline of the global epidemic of violence against women. ... -
Soul Survivor: The Autobiography by P.P. Arnold
RRP: £22.00£15.31Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeAn Uncut Magazine Book of the Year A Rough Trade Book of the Year A Resident Book of the YearThe story of soul legend P.P. Arnold is one of musical highs, personal lows and extraordinary endurance.From her... -
My Own Magic: A Reappearing Act by Anna Kloots 9780785255659
RRP: £20.00£14.29For every woman searching for her voice, Anna Kloots shares her story of starting over by trusting the magic that was always within...Despite what appeared to be a glamorous existence full of globetrotting adventures, behind the scenes, Anna felt... -
Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family by Melissa Shapiro 9781982167165
RRP: £18.99£17.18In the tradition of the beloved New York Times bestsellers Marley and Me and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, a charming, inspirational memoir about empathy, resilience, kindness, and an adorable deaf blind pink dog.When Connecticut veterinarian... -
Just Sayin' by Malorie Blackman
RRP: £16.99£12.28'It's very candid, and movingly so.... Not only in Blackman a grafter- even more, and in the face of more, than we already knew. She's someone with whom you do not mess. Good on her. She's earned it' The Telegraph Malorie Blackman is one of Britain's... -
Broken Greek by Pete Paphides 9781529404432 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.41*AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'*'Lip-lickingly, dance-around-the-living-room good... A smash hit' Observer'Unflinching and heartwarming' - Adam Kay'Tender, clever and as funny as it gets ... a heart-piercing joy' - Lauren Laverne'An... -
Broken Greek by Pete Paphides 9781529404432
RRP: £20.00£18.02*AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'*'Lip-lickingly, dance-around-the-living-room good... A smash hit' Observer'Unflinching and heartwarming' - Adam Kay'Tender, clever and as funny as it gets ... a heart-piercing joy' - Lauren Laverne'An... -
To Lawra with Love: The True Story of One Woman, Two Villages, Infinite Optimism and Thousands of Lives Changed by Sarah Annable-Gardner 9781839526978
£11.51'Tomorrow I will be leaving the delights of beautiful, snowy Ramsbury and setting off on my adventure to Ghana ...' The inspirational true story of one woman, two villages, infinite optimism and thousands of lives transformed - TO LAWRA WITH LOVE is... -
The View From the Corner Shop: The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop Assistant in Wartime by Kathleen Hey 9781471154010 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29A lively diary chronicling the ups and downs of running a grocery shop in a Yorkshire town during the rationing years of the Second World War Kathleen Hey spent the war years helping her sister and brother-in-law run a grocery shop in the Yorkshire town... -
The View From the Corner Shop: The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop Assistant in Wartime by Kathleen Hey
RRP: £10.99£7.00A lively diary chronicling the ups and downs of running a grocery shop in a Yorkshire town during the rationing years of the Second World War Kathleen Hey spent the war years helping her sister and brother-in-law run a grocery shop in the Yorkshire town... -
Recce: Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines by Koos Stadler
RRP: £18.99£13.90South African Special Forces, known as the 'Recces', are an elite group of soldiers that few can aspire to join. Shrouded in secrecy due to the covert nature of their work, the legendary Recces have long fascinated, but little is known about how they... -
On Leopard Rock: A Life of Adventures by Wilbur Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.47Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction. I've been writing novels for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to miss the big wars and not get shot, but lucky... -
Something Wholesale by Eric Newby
RRP: £10.99£7.25Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of... -
Higher Ground: A Mountain Guide's Life by Martin Moran
RRP: £11.99£8.43Martin 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... -
Some Kind of New Kick: A Memoir by Kid Congo Powers 9781913172893
RRP: £20.00£14.69An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam rock and punk rock scenes. Kid Congo Powers has been described as... -
Too Few Too Far: The True Story of a Royal Marine Commando by George Thomsen
RRP: £10.99£7.25British Commando George Thomsen's action-filled account of combat during the Falklands War. Seen through the eyes of Section Commander George Thomsen, this inspiring first-hand account, tells of the tension-packed lead up, and the heroic stand, by a tiny... -
India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: £16.99£12.47The third book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy, with a preface by the author. India: A Million Mutinies Now is a truly perceptive work whose insights continue to inform travellers of all generations to India. Much has changed since V. S... -
The Old Gays’ Guide to the Good Life by Mick Peterson 9780008637262
RRP: £16.99£11.47'I've fallen in love with this fabulous foursome ... They are a phenomenon!' Drew Barrymore From @theoldgays, the internet's most beloved foursome, a book of inspirational stories and aspirational advice for living life at the... -
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593242384Author Christian CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
White by Bret Easton Ellis 9781529012408
RRP: £9.99£7.27THE CONTROVERSIAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Candid, fearless and provocative - the author of American Psycho on who he is and what he thinks is wrong with the world today. Bret Easton Ellis is most famous for his era-defining novel American Psycho and its...