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Quilt on Fire: The Messy Magic of Mid-Life by Christie Watson
RRP: £16.99£12.47'A wildly entertaining and necessary book' Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie An honest conversation about Christie Watson's journey through midlife and how to navigate new challenges of a changing body. In her early twenties, Christie Watson was convinced... -
Life As We Have Known It: The Voices of Working-Class Women Margaret Llewelyn Davies 9781844088010
RRP: £10.99£7.61'I was born in Bethnal Green ...a tiny scrap of humanity. I was my mother's seventh, and seven more were born after me ...When I was ten years old I began to earn my own living.' Told in the distinctive and memorable voices of working class women, Life... -
Life As We Have Known It: The Voices of Working-Class Women by Margaret Llewelyn Davies 9781844088010 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.60'I was born in Bethnal Green ...a tiny scrap of humanity. I was my mother's seventh, and seven more were born after me ...When I was ten years old I began to earn my own living.' Told in the distinctive and memorable voices of working class women, Life... -
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William Shawcross
RRP: £25.00£18.84'Totally absorbing and highly readable account of a remarkable life . . . genuinely revelatory' The Times'A colossal book about a colossal life, a spectacular journey across the entire twentieth century' Daily MailWritten with complete access to the... -
Beautiful Ever After Katie Piper 9781784291167
RRP: £10.99£6.67'Katie Piper has an attitude to life that can make anything bearable. She's a hero' MARIAN KEYESThe heartbreaking, inspiring and uplifting story of Katie Piper's journey from recovery to new beginnings, motherhood and finding love. Since the brutal rape... -
Why Did You Stay?: The instant Sunday Times bestseller: A memoir about self-worth Rebecca Humphries 9781408714799
RRP: £18.99£13.34'Fierce. Game-changing. Urgently necessary. Brilliant, brilliant and did I say brilliant?' EMMA THOMPSON 'Pacy, vivid, compelling and very, VERY funny ... it will help so many' MARIAN KEYES 'A fucking classic. Required reading for all women and... -
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War by Marty Skovlund, Jr. 9780063039896
RRP: £25.00£17.98Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer by Tina Gaudoin 9780349134833
RRP: £12.99£8.83TELEGRAPH 50 BEST BOOKS OF 2022THE UNTOLD STORY OF PRINCESS DIANA'S STEPMOTHER 'A sparkling biography of a fascinating woman' - Lynn Barber, Telegraph ***** 'Gaudoin's book is revealing and hugely entertaining. Highly recommended.' - Daily Mail... -
Sara Berman's Closet by Maira Kalman 9780062846402
RRP: £20.00£13.742018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, and Alex Kalman, the designer, curator, writer, and founder of Mmuseumm, combine their talents in this... -
Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions G.W. Bernard 9780300170894
RRP: £13.99£12.25A new look at Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn"Will certainly make readers think again about what we really know about Henry VIII's most controversial wife-and what we have merely become accustomed to believe we know about her."-Paul Hammer,... -
A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir
RRP: £14.00£8.29Apologies 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)... -
The Last Landlady: An English Memoir by Laura Thompson 9781783528455
RRP: £9.99£7.05Shortlisted 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... -
The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve by Vicky Pattison 9780751565546 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.17THE 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... -
The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve Vicky Pattison 9780751565546
RRP: £16.99£11.71THE 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... -
Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird
RRP: £18.99£12.13NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY JANET MASLIN, THE NEW YORK TIMES'Victoria the Queen, Julia Baird's exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography, brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch' The New York Times Book Review... -
Don’t Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet by Alice Robb 9780861547333
RRP: £10.99£7.99Can ballet ever be reconciled with feminist ideals? 'Beautiful, difficult, and compelling.' VANITY FAIR 'Don't think, dear,' said Balanchine. 'Just do.' For centuries, being a ballerina has been synonymous with being beautiful, thin, obedient... -
Desert Royal: Princess 3 by Jean Sasson
RRP: £8.99£6.65In Princess, readers were shocked by Sultana's revelations about life in Saudi Arabia's royal family. Royal women live as virtual prisoners, surrounded by unimaginable wealth and luxury, privileged beyond belief, and yet subject to every whim of their... -
Reason For Hope by Jane Goodall
RRP: £13.99£8.24From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope. Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of... -
Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark by Julia Baird
RRP: £9.99£6.84THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'This book is beautiful ... Julia Baird has been to the tough edges and gives us light. She writes like a dream.' MATT HAIG 'Utterly... -
Children of the Storm: The Autobiography of Natasha Vins by Natasha Vins 9781579248543
RRP: £8.99£6.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781579248543Author Natasha VinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 135Imprint JourneyforthPublisher JourneyforthWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 141mm * 9mm -
Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish by Francesca Peacock 9781837930173
RRP: £27.99£19.92'Puts Cavendish back into the literary history books where she belongs' Kate Mosse 'Scholarly, articulate, and never less than fascinating' Alice Loxton A biography of the remarkable, and in her time scandalous, seventeenth-century writer Margaret... -
Stacey: My Story So Far Stacey Solomon 9780718158170
RRP: £9.99£7.32Discover where it all began in the inspiring story of Stacey Solomon's life before becoming an Instagram cleaning sensation'Very honest and very open . . . Brilliant. I advise anyone to go and read it' Louise Redknapp_______From X Factor star to Queen of... -
How to Be an Overnight Success Maria Hatzistefanis 9781785037320
RRP: £14.99£11.11Hard - won advice practical business advice from the hugely successful entrepreneur and founder of the Rodial skincare, Maria Hatzistefanis - with plenty of advice, tips and practical steps to follow, she demonstrates how to kick start your career and be... -
Married To A Bedouin by Marguerite Van Geldermalsen
RRP: £10.99£7.61'"Where you staying?" the Bedouin asked. "Why you not stay with me tonight - in my cave?"' Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen's story of how a New Zealand-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller from the... -
Mary I: England's Catholic Queen by John Edwards
RRP: £18.99£16.58A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign The lifestory of Mary I-daughter of Henry VIII and his Spanish wife, Catherine of Aragon-is often... -
Shakespeare's Wife by Dr. Germaine Greer 9780747593003
RRP: £16.99£12.47______________ 'Excellent ... a marvellous imagining of the life of Shakespeare's wife and a devastating exposure of the misogyny of the male biographers who have disparaged her' - Sunday Telegraph 'Greer dares to think the unthinkable ... this is... -
All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the art of risking everything by Claire Harman
RRP: £18.99£13.61** The Sunday Times Best Literary Book of 2023**** A Waterstones Best Book of 2023**** A Financial Times Best Summer Books of 2023 **'All Sorts of Lives is a beautiful, fastidiously researched and fascinating exploration of Mansfield's life and work' A.L... -
The Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis 9780807076927
RRP: £18.99£12.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807076927Author Jeanne TheoharisFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Magda Goebbels by Anja Klabunde
RRP: £13.99£9.44During the past twenty years, innumerable books about the Third Reich have been published, but little attention has been paid to the women who lived alongside the Nazi leaders. Magda Goebbels (1901-1945) is arguably the most contradictory and the most... -
Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen by Linda M. Heywood
RRP: £18.95£15.37"The fascinating story of arguably the greatest queen in sub-Saharan African history, who surely deserves a place in the pantheon of revolutionary world leaders."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Though largely unknown in the West, the seventeenth-century African... -
Same Old Girl: Staying alive, staying sane, staying myself by Sylvia Patterson
RRP: £20.00£12.05'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' Sunday Times'One of the finest writers in the world' David QuantickHow does the big stuff in life truly change us?In late 2019, Sylvia Patterson was a celebrated pop journalist, merrily writing about... -
How We Met: A Memoir of Love and Other Misadventures by Huma Qureshi 9781783966110
RRP: £9.99£7.05'A Stylist pick for best new non-fiction for 2021' "A sweet, touching memoir about family, faith and love. There's a purity and simplicity to Huma's writing, as she attempts to reconcile the sprawling weight of expectation with her own desire for a... -
GIRL: Essays on Black womanhood by Kenya Hunt
RRP: £9.99£6.01'Powerful, intelligent and vital - one of the year's must-reads' Hannah Nathanson, Features Director, ELLE Featuring contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica Horn, Ebele Okobi, Funmi Fetto and... -
Women Healers Through History: Revised and Expanded Edition Elisabeth Brooke 9781911597230
RRP: £16.99£14.83A powerful exploration of women's role as healers through the ages and their continuing fight for recognition. This expanded and updated edition of the classic 1993 title, traces a lineage that spans the centuries in a revisionist history that... -
Whatever Happened to Margo? by Margaret Durrell
RRP: £9.99£7.32*With a foreword from Gerald Durrell* In 1947, returning to the UK with two young children to support, Margaret Durrell starts a boarding house in Bournemouth. But any hopes of respectability are dashed as the tenants reveal themselves to be a host of... -
A History of Britain in 21 Women: A Personal Selection by Jenni Murray 9781786071583 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.09From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 21 Women They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. Jenni Murray presents the... -
A History of Britain in 21 Women: A Personal Selection Jenni Murray 9781786071583
RRP: £10.99£7.21From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 21 Women They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. Jenni Murray presents the... -
The Stepney Doorstep Society: The remarkable true story of the women who ruled the East End through war and peace Kate Thompson 9780718189860
RRP: £9.99£7.32The unsung and remarkable stories of the women who held London's East End together during not one, but two world wars.'Inspiring tales of courage in the face of hardship' Mail on Sunday'Inspiring . . . Takes you back to a time of community and helping... -
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
RRP: £14.99£11.51The fascinating true story behind HBO's Catherine the Great starring Dame Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the... -
Queen Emma and the Vikings: The Woman Who Shaped the Events of 1066 by Harriet O'Brien
RRP: £14.99£11.11Emma was one of England's most remarkable queens: a formidable woman who made her mark on a Europe beset by Vikings. By birth a Norman, she married and outlived two kings of England and witnessed the coronations of two of her sons: Harthcnut the Viking...