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Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
RRP: £12.99£9.34Jane Austen is the definitive biography of one of Britain's best-loved novelists, from the acclaimed author of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, Charles Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman'As near perfect a life of Austen as we are likely to get:... -
Becoming by Michelle Obama 9780525633754
RRP: £24.99£21.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.Book InformationISBN 9780525633754Author Michelle ObamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Random House Large... -
The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women by Rosalie Gilbert 9781642503074
RRP: £16.95£10.91What Was Sex Like for a Medieval Woman?"Wickedly entertaining, informative and thought-provoking. An insightful, modern look at the lives of women as they were." -Dr. Markus Kerr, PhD, MDR.#1 New Release in Etiquette Guides & AdviceAn inside look at... -
Desert Flower Waris Dirie 9781860497582
RRP: £9.99£7.00Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of... -
Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman
RRP: £20.00£13.35WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Women's sports have needed a manifesto for a long time. With Good for a Girl we finally have one' Malcolm GladwellLauren... -
A Bite of the Apple: A Life with Books, Writers and Virago by Lennie Goodings
RRP: £19.99£14.28'The moment I got my job at Virago in 1978 I knew it would be a long time before I would leave. I certainly wouldn't have had the brazen hope then-only twenty-five and very recently new to Britain-that I would ever become the Publisher, but I did know... -
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses by Helen Rappaport
RRP: £14.99£11.30On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their... -
Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca by Ferdinand Mount 9781472991980
RRP: £10.99£7.99'Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page' - Hilary Mantel 'Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original' - Hadley Freeman 'Wonderful, funny and wise' - Kate Summerscale SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021 A... -
An Unruled Body by Ani Gjika 9781632063403
RRP: £18.99£12.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing (United States).Book InformationISBN 9781632063403Author Ani GjikaFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Restless... -
Selling Mrs. Consumer: Christine Frederick and the Rise of Household Efficiency by Janice Williams Rutherford 9780820324807
£30.83Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson 9780300263602
RRP: £25.00£21.24Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world What did Jane Austen wear? Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson... -
A Little Thing Called Life: On Loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and Songs in Between by Linda Thompson
RRP: £9.99£6.84Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her life, career, and epic romances with two of the most celebrated, yet enigmatic, modern American superstars-Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner For the last... -
Audrey: Her Real Story by Alexander Walker
RRP: £9.99£6.90The definitive guide to a Hollywood legend.Few stars are as loved as Audrey Hepburn, today as much as ever. Beautiful, delicate, graceful - but always warm and natural - she stole our hearts. She was also brave, working tirelessly for UNICEF in the face... -
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba
RRP: £12.99£8.83Bestselling biography of the enduringly fascinating Wallis SimpsonOne of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the twentieth century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a... -
Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In by Vera Brittain 9780349005928 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still... -
Testament Of Youth: Film Tie In Vera Brittain 9780349005928
RRP: £12.99£8.83NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE With an introduction by her biographer, Mark Bostridge'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still... -
First Love: Essays on Friendship by Lilly Dancyger 9780593447574
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593447574Author Lilly DancygerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse
RRP: £20.00£13.50Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history.'Excellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand'Brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan"My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been... -
Looking for Trouble by Virginia Cowles 9780571367542
RRP: £16.99£15.51This sensational 1941 memoir of life on wartime Europe's frontline by a trailblazing female reporter is an 'unforgettable' (The Times) rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb (who calls her 'the Forrest Gump of journalism').Paris as it fell to... -
Kate: The Woman Who Was Katharine Hepburn by William J. Mann
RRP: £14.99£10.06William Mann charts the journey by which Kathy Hepburn of Hartford, Connecticut, became the star who dazzled audiences for decades in the company of such luminaries as Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and, most memorably, Spencer Tracy, with whom she made nine... -
The Only Way Through Is Out by Suzette Mullen 9780299345501
RRP: £26.95£19.58Suzette Mullen had been raised to play it safe—and she hated causing others pain. With college and law degrees, a kind and successful husband, two thriving adult sons, and an ocean-view vacation home, she lived a life many people would envy. But beneath... -
What Would Boudicca Do?: Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women by Elizabeth Foley 9780571340491 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29Tired of your boss bropropriating your ideas and presenting them as his own? Wondering if the pursuit of having it all has in fact resulted in having not very much? It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history to conquer today. It is... -
What Would Boudicca Do?: Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women by Elizabeth Foley
RRP: £12.99£8.80Tired of your boss bropropriating your ideas and presenting them as his own? Wondering if the pursuit of having it all has in fact resulted in having not very much? It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history to conquer today. It is... -
The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister by Cathy Rentzenbrink
RRP: £9.99£7.48A Richard and Judy Book club selection.In the summer of 1990, Cathy's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out. It was two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his school. Sitting by his... -
Bedpans And Bobby Socks: Five British Nurses on the American Road Trip of a Lifetime by Barbara Fox 9780751544046 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.26'In my dreams, I was always in some vast landscape on a long, straight road. Driving. Always driving.'Gwenda had always loved the open road, but her home town of Newcastle didn't really offer the sort of adventure she longed for. So, in 1957, with friend... -
Bedpans And Bobby Socks: Five British Nurses on the American Road Trip of a Lifetime by Barbara Fox
RRP: £10.99£7.61'In my dreams, I was always in some vast landscape on a long, straight road. Driving. Always driving.'Gwenda had always loved the open road, but her home town of Newcastle didn't really offer the sort of adventure she longed for. So, in 1957, with friend... -
Jo Malone: My Story Jo Malone 9781471143021
RRP: £9.99£6.61'A gripping but utterly heartrending read' - The Sunday Times 'A must-read for beauty fans and budding entrepreneurs alike' - Glamour Jo Malone is the inspirational British businesswoman responsible for creating her globally renowned beauty business... -
Relish: My Life of a Plate by Prue Leith
RRP: £12.99£7.72Originally published as Relish, a fully revised and updated edition of the eye-opening story of one woman's incredible appetite for life: Dame Prue Leith, judge of hit show GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, tells all from childhood in South Africa to becoming a... -
Spitfire Girl: My Life in the Sky by Jackie Moggridge
RRP: £10.99£7.99The inspiring memoir of the remarkable Jackie Moggridge: ATA girl, Spitfire expert and pioneer. 'We had returned to a different world. We had taken off in peace at nine-thirty and landed in war at noon.' Jackie Moggridge was just nineteen when... -
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair 9780008491284
RRP: £16.99£11.47‘Dazzling. Potent. Vital’ TARA WESTOVER ‘To read it is to believe that words can save’ MARLON JAMES ‘I adored this book … Unforgettable, heartbreaking and heartwarming’ ELIF SHAFAK There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved. ... -
Personal Pleasures: Essays on Enjoying LIfe by Rose Macaulay
RRP: £12.99£8.87In 1935 Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) was a well-established novelist, reviewer, columnist and feminist wit. She was part of the 'intellectual aristocracy' of England, but was also passionately interested in everyday life and its foolishnesses. Personal... -
Diana: The Life and Legacy of the People's Princess by Brian Hoey
RRP: £12.99£8.87Fully illustrated with beautiful photographs, this special commemorative book by royal biographer Brian Hoey - who had the privilege of meeting Diana on several occasions - pays tribute to the life of this remarkable young woman. Diana, Princess of... -
Journey into God's Heart: The True Story of a Life of Faith by Jennifer Rees Larcombe
RRP: £10.99£7.61Even Jennifer herself has in the light of severe recent tragedies found herself gaining a new understanding of all she has been through. This book looks back at the traumas and insecurities of her childhood, the joys and trials of family life through the... -
Lady Killmore by Robert Wainwright 9781911630845
RRP: £16.99£12.16Enid Lindeman stood almost six feet tall, with silver hair and flashing turquoise eyes. She stopped traffic in Manhattan, silenced gamblers in Monte Carlo and walked her pet cheetah through Hyde Park on a diamond collar. In early twentieth century... -
Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (Now with Bebe Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting) by Pamela Druckerman
RRP: £12.51£12.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143122968Author Pamela DruckermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter by Rachel Shteir 9780300220025
RRP: £18.99£18.48A new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminism Finalist, 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards in Biography * A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick "A lucid portrait of Friedan as a bold yet... -
I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles: Women of the Resistance in World War One by Rick Stroud 9781398507067
RRP: £22.00£14.05'A thrilling narrative that creates an extraordinary picture of female resistance' The Lady'Fascinating' Kavita Puri, BBC History Magazine'A fierce, intense picture of this aspect of the war . . . it will stay with me' Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two... -
The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe 9780140432510
RRP: £9.99£7.32A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving... -
Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell
RRP: £20.00£13.34A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried... -
That's Another Story: The Autobiography by Julie Walters
RRP: £12.99£8.83The number-one Sunday Times bestseller'Walters's book - also well written - has moments of Alan Bennett warmth' SUNDAY TIMES'This is a humorous and, at times, moving read from this much-loved actress' WOMAN AND HOME'I was enthralled by her memoirs ... a...