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Ash + Salt: Sexual Assault - From Survival to Empowerment by Sarah Grace
RRP: £14.99£11.84Sarah Grace is a sexual assault survivor. On 17 July 2019, she fell asleep like any other night. A burglar broke into her apartment and attacked her as she slept. What followed was a fight for her life. That violent assault blew apart her world, reducing... -
The Nine: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story by Gwen Strauss
RRP: £18.99£13.62'A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival.' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzThe thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the Resistance, launched a... -
Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko 9781784382704
RRP: £19.99£14.68The wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II's best-scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England... -
Vogue on: Coco Chanel by Bronwyn Cosgrave 9781849491112
RRP: £16.99£13.05Hailed as 'the most influential female designer of the twentieth century', Coco Chanel pioneered classic easy-to-wear fashion for the modern woman.She arrived on the fashion scene when feathers, lace and ostentatious beads were favourites, and proceeded... -
Confessions of the Other Mother: Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All! Harlyn Aizley 9780807079638
RRP: £16.99£11.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Lambda Literary Awards (Anthology) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780807079638Author Harlyn AizleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Beacon PressPublisher... -
The Viceroy's Daughters Anne de Courcy 9780753812556
RRP: £12.99£8.83The lives of the three daughters of Lord Curzon: glamorous, rich, independent and wilful.Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (b.1898) and Alexandria (b.1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905 and probably the grandest and most... -
Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood by Gwen Raverat
RRP: £10.99£7.54This new edition celebrates the 65th anniversary of the publication of Period Piece, which has never been out of print. Period Piece is the classic memoir of a Cambridge childhood, written by Charles Darwin's granddaughter. It evokes a time when long... -
Cartimandua: Queen of the Brigantes by Nicki Howarth
RRP: £14.99£11.72This is the first major study of Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes tribe in Northern Britain in the first century AD. Little is known about the tribal ruler, who fought off rebellion and civil war and managed to keep her lands when many other British... -
Just Another Mountain: A Memoir of Hope by Sarah Jane Douglas
RRP: £9.99£7.05Shortlisted for Travel Memoir Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 / Shortlisted for Outdoor Book of the Year, The Great Outdoor Awards 2019 - 'This uplifting memoir is testament that in life there are times when there is nothing... -
Size Zero: How I Survived My Life as a Model by Victoire Dauxerre 9780008220525
RRP: £9.99£7.80Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Going with the Boys: Six Extraordinary Women Writing from the Front Line by Judith Mackrell
RRP: £10.99£8.15'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.' -SpectatorGoing with the Boys follows six intrepid women as their lives and careers intertwined on the front lines of the Second World War.Martha Gellhorn... -
Earthed: A Memoir by Rebecca Schiller 9781783965496
RRP: £14.99£10.23In January 2017 Rebecca Schiller moved her family to the countryside to start a smallholding with little idea what that meant, the work it would involve and the skills she would need. Nevertheless she had a strong sense that something was coming and that... -
Nancy Wake: World War Two's Most Rebellious Spy by Russell Braddon 9781542021661
£10.25'Of all the variously talented women SOE sent to France, Nancy Wake was perhaps the most formidable' -Sebastian Faulks This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you've never heard of-as told to the author by the woman herself. At the... -
Bossypants Tina Fey 9780751547832
RRP: £9.99£7.00Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. Tina Fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her.Before 30 Rock, Mean Girls and 'Sarah Palin', Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring... -
Private Faces and Public Places: The Autobiography Sian Phillips 9781529373639
RRP: £12.99£8.83'Modern classics: elegantly written and breathtaking in their honesty' Daily ExpressSian Phillips has a long and celebrated career on both stage and screen. For the first time, her two bestselling volumes of memoir Private Faces and Public Places will... -
For Freddie: A Mother's Final Gift to Her Son by Rachael Bland
RRP: £16.99£3.52THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe inspirational memoir from the founder of the You, Me and the Big C podcast, Rachael Bland. Courageous and life-affirming, this is a mother's final gift to her son. My beautiful son, I so wish that I didn't have to leave you... -
Sisters Of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels by Janet Soskice
RRP: £10.99£7.99'The hunt for early Bible manuscripts was among the most romantic of all the 19th century's grand quests...At the heart of this lively, inspiring double biography is the story of how a pair of spirited Presbyterian women made their own extraordinary... -
Fields of Orange Johanna Francis 9781800991460
RRP: £9.99£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800991460Author Johanna FrancisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 14mm -
The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End by Duncan Barrett
RRP: £9.99£6.84Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten. 'On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the... -
Joan: Beauty, Rebel, Muse: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor by Simon Fenwick 9781509848690 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00£2.65Volumes have been written by and about Patrick Leigh Fermor, but his wife Joan is almost entirely absent from their pages. Now Simon Fenwick, the first archivist to see the Leigh Fermor papers, reveals a woman hitherto only fleetingly glimpsed. A... -
Joan: Beauty, Rebel, Muse: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor by Simon Fenwick
RRP: £25.00£18.02Volumes have been written by and about Patrick Leigh Fermor, but his wife Joan is almost entirely absent from their pages. Now Simon Fenwick, the first archivist to see the Leigh Fermor papers, reveals a woman hitherto only fleetingly glimpsed. A... -
Hens, Hooves, Woollies and Wellies: The Diary of a Farmer's Wife by Bobbi Mothersdale 9781910456279 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.95£2.26Behind every good farmer is a great farmer's wife though the farmer in question may not always appreciate this! Having been married to John for over 30 years, Bobbi Mothersdale knows this more than anyone. Through her diary, Bobbi gives a wry, comical... -
Hens, Hooves, Woollies and Wellies: The Diary of a Farmer's Wife by Bobbi Mothersdale
RRP: £14.95£10.07Behind every good farmer is a great farmer's wife though the farmer in question may not always appreciate this! Having been married to John for over 30 years, Bobbi Mothersdale knows this more than anyone. Through her diary, Bobbi gives a wry, comical... -
Smile Though Your Heart Is Breaking by Pauline Prescott 9780007337170
RRP: £10.99£8.52A tale of Catherine Cookson-esque tragedy and Northern grit, Pauline Prescott's life story will shock and amaze. A mother and a faithful friend, Pauline is not your typical politician's wife. She is immensely proud of her role as a housewife... -
Insurgent Muse: Life and Art at the Woman's Building by Terry Wolverton 9780872864030
RRP: £12.99£12.42In the 1970s, the West Coast feminist art movement coalesced around the Woman's Building in Los Angeles, founded by artist Judy Chicago. Arriving as a young art student in 1976, Terry Wolverton stayed on to become a teacher and co-founder of the Lesbian... -
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff Rachel Bloom 9781529354676
RRP: £10.99£7.61'One of the funniest books of the year' - GuardianA collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more from the charming and wickedly funny creator of Crazy... -
The Lycian Shore: A Turkish Odyssey by Freya Stark 9781848853126
RRP: £18.99£11.19Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Grand Tour: Letters and photographs from the British Empire Expedition 1922 by Agatha Christie
RRP: £12.99£8.71Unpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie's extensive and evocative letters and photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America as part of the British trade mission for the... -
All that Glitters by Pearl Lowe
RRP: £12.99£8.83Pearl Lowe has been a singer in a hugely successful pop group, a fashion model and a friend to some of the most famous people in the country. In the nineties when Britpop was in full swing and London was officially the coolest place on the planet, Pearl... -
Educated by Tara Westover SparkNotes 9781411480346
RRP: £5.99£4.56Simplify studying with this portable literature guide, filled with resources to help you thrive in English class! Educated, a memoir written by Tara Westover, follows the author's break from her survivalist family to pursue education and knowledge. This... -
Belly Woman: Birth, Blood & Ebola: the Untold Story by Benjamin Oren Black
RRP: £14.99£10.77Courage meets crisis in a doctor's extraordinary true account on the frontlines of maternal healthcare during a deadly epidemic in Sierra Leone. In May 2014, as the country grapples with the highest maternal mortality rate globally, a new, invisible... -
A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid From the Taliban in Plain Sight by Maria Toorpakai 9781509800810 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.65A 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... -
A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid From the Taliban in Plain Sight by Maria Toorpakai
RRP: £9.99£7.32A 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... -
The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough Hugo Vickers 9781529390742
RRP: £10.99£7.61**The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020****The Times Best Biography Audiobook of the Year 2021**'Vickers gives breathing, alarming life to a woman who puzzled and thrilled her contemporaries'SUNDAY TIMES 'Best Paperbacks of 2021''A... -
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
RRP: £10.99£7.54**QUIETLY HOSTILE - THE HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR - IS AVAILABE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**'Irby might be our great bard of quarantine.' New York Times'SO funny. Samantha Irby makes staying in feel like like a luxury, and... -
Stone Will Answer: A Journey Guided by Craft, Myth and Geology by Beatrice Searle 9781529920499
RRP: £10.99£7.99A 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... -
All My Wild Mothers: Motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden by Victoria Bennett
RRP: £16.99£11.71'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... -
The Night the Angels Came: Miracles of protection and provision in Burundi by Chrissie Chapman
RRP: £9.99£7.32Trained as a midwife, Chrissie Chapman went to Burundi in the nineties to open a maternity clinic and dispensary in a rural area of the country. She had been there just three years when a coup was declared, and the country descended into a state of civil... -
Consent: A Memoir of Stolen Adolescence by Vanessa Springora
RRP: £9.99£6.84The devastating and powerful memoir from a French publisher who was abused by a famous writer from the age of thirteen 'Dazzling' New York Times 'A gut-punch of a memoir with prose that cuts like a knife'... -
Travelling with Pomegranates Ann Kidd Taylor 9780755384631
RRP: £10.99£7.61From 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...