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"A delicious and mouthwatering book about food and family, the complicated love for both, and how that shapes us into who we are . . . I absolutely loved it!" -Valerie BertinelliRabia Chaudry-known from the podcast Serial and her bestselling book,...

'An accomplished and intensely evocative memoir ... A journey of courage and determination ... Joining the Dots ... will become in time an integral part of our understanding of postwar Britain' Daniel Kynaston, Books of the Year, Observer ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060761578Author Jennifer SaginorFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583225745Author Annie ErnauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Literary Non-Fiction Award 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781400066124Author Maya AngelouFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780950805085Author Barry LongFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Barry Long BooksPublisher Barry Long BooksWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 126mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812977905Author Azadeh MoaveniFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 302g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592402441Author Zainab SalbiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 133mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2020 and Stonewall Book Award (Nonfiction) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781947793286Author Jenn ShaplandFormat HardbackImprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398405370Author Elizabeth AmoaaFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

A heart-warming memoir about life as a nursery nurse and nanny in the 1960s, for fans of Call the Midwife. In 1961, sixteen year-old Pam Weaver began her training as a nursery nurse. Drawn to this profession by her caring nature and a desire...

A heart-warming memoir about life as a nursery nurse and nanny in the 1960s, for fans of Call the Midwife. In 1961, sixteen year-old Pam Weaver began her training as a nursery nurse. Drawn to this profession by her caring nature and a desire...

As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727. Known for her intelligence and strong character, Queen Caroline wielded considerable political power until her death in 1737. She was enthusiastic and energetic in her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528999243Author Juliet FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

The life of Princess May of Teck is one of the great Cinderella stories in history. From a family of impoverished nobility, she was chosen by Queen Victoria as the bride for her eldest grandson, the scandalous Duke of Clarence, heir to the throne, who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807073315Author Terry GallowayFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609491994Author Victoria Cosner LoveFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm...

From a daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers comes a gripping and emotional memoir of family and the tumultuous history of two nations. In 1979, Neda Toloui-Semnani's parents left the United States...

Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists - Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf - and their famous novels.We have long known their individual greatness but in linking their creativity to their lives as outsiders,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524732103Author Helena KellyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Knopf Publishing GroupPublisher Knopf Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)...

For almost six decades, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has fascinated people worldwide. The subject of numerous books and thousands of articles, her life has probably been documented in millions of words. And yet, there has always remained something...

When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she'd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092075Author Molly Caro MayFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm *...

Longlisted for the 2022 Highland Book Prize Mary, Queen of Scots' marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell's first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938691065Author W M RaebeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Hula Cat PressPublisher Hula Cat PressWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771512985Author Jennifer L ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint TouchWood EditionsPublisher TouchWood Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642595680Author Angela Y DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Haymarket BooksPublisher Haymarket Books

An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity. Lola Montez was one of the most celebrated and notorious women of the nineteenth century. A raven-haired...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062309945Author Elizabeth McNeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 113g

'Balances detailed research with powerful storytelling to create a well-written and heart-wrenching account' - Nicole Gemine, Press and Journal Jane Haining was undoubtedly one of Scotland's heroines. A farmer's daughter from Galloway in south-west...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538750698Author Susan PageFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 38mm

'As the author reaches her 9th decade [this makes] for a fascinating insight into her life and world, albeit with discretion and leaving tantalising hints at what lies beyond. One for the fans (and friends).' Crime Time'Leon's elegant, witty prose . . ...

A major new biography of legendary art collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart GardnerIsabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) assembled an extraordinary collection of art from diverse cultures and eras-and built a Venetian-style palazzo in Boston to...

Behind every great woman... is another great woman. Here, the extraordinary achievements, relationships and secret histories of 84 pioneering women are revealed in inspirational stories which together show the indomitable strength of womankind. From...

Was Arizona Donnie Clark, AKA Kate "Ma" Barker the mastermind behind the Barker gang terrorizing the Midwest during the early years of the great Depression? Or was she a terrible mother who urged her sons to criminal behavior for her own financial gain?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525522355Author Jyoti ThottamFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951627805Author Sue BlackFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 160mm...

Alex Blackwell lived and breathed our national sport of cricket for thirty years.Starting as a kid, she spent her childhood and teen years on the field with her identical twin, Kate, who was equally devoted to the bat and ball. While both sisters went on...

This edition of Anne Clifford's (1590-1676) diaries and memoirs is the first to include all of her autobiographical writing. Clifford was a prominent noble woman who writes about her experiences in the courts of Elizabeth, James and Charles I. She tells...

"This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous. My husband is planning 'an accident' in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for him to marry." -Letter written by Princess Diana, late 1996It is a moment...