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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594485688Author Wendy McClureFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

'I squeezed through the narrow gap and out into the hallway and I stood for a moment, unable to decide where to go. Should I make a dash for the kitchen, where my mother would be swigging from a bottle? Or should I run upstairs and try to find somewhere...

'I squeezed through the narrow gap and out into the hallway and I stood for a moment, unable to decide where to go. Should I make a dash for the kitchen, where my mother would be swigging from a bottle? Or should I run upstairs and try to find somewhere...

Racial identity, pop culture, and delusions of perfection collide in an eye-opening and refreshingly frank memoir by fashion and beauty insider Danielle Prescod.Danielle Prescod grew up Black in an elite and overwhelmingly white community, her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982128012Author Katie RoipheFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 25mm

Alek Wek grew up in the Sudan in the midst of the vicious civil war. Now, at age 28, she is one of the most sought-after supermodels in the world, and has single-handedly changed the traditional concept of what is beautiful in the West. As model, refugee...

Alek Wek grew up in the Sudan in the midst of the vicious civil war. Now, at age 28, she is one of the most sought-after supermodels in the world, and has single-handedly changed the traditional concept of what is beautiful in the West. As model, refugee...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538713006Author Lauren MarinoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a "powerful" (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that is "rich in reflection on contemporary sanctity" (George Weigel).Mother...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399590528Author Tara WestoverFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560987253Author Doris L. RichFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

Harriet's parents hoped that, after leaving boarding school and doing `the Season', she would meet and marry a suitable young man. But she was to disappoint them. Just after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, she set off for Peshawar to see for herself...

Recalling the agony of growing up as an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behaviour - like scrubbing her hands for a full half-hour before meals, feeding her stuffed animals before herself, and washing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593489499Author Emi NietfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127024Author Jenifer RingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 279g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583673171Author Nancy StoutFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544484054Author Jessye NormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history-Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.​An industrious immigrant who built her business from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593544921Author Maria SmiliosFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 663gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143037170Author Mary JordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 136mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957712079Author Judy LevFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Lioness BooksPublisher Lioness BooksWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767931915Author Dara TorresFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

"For twelve years we MacDonalds have been living on an island in Puget Sound. There is no getting away from it, life on an island is different from life in the St. Francis Hotel but you can get used to it, can even grow to like it. 'C'est la guerre,' we...

The oldest daughter of Sarah Palin and single mother goes beyond the headlines, offering readers an inside look at her life, her world, and the things that matter most, including her family and the faith that keeps her centered. When her mother became...

The oldest daughter of Sarah Palin and single mother goes beyond the headlines, offering readers an inside look at her life, her world, and the things that matter most, including her family and the faith that keeps her centered. When her mother became...

Carmen Pomi s (1900-1982) is a significant figure in the history of women's football in the interwar years. Carmen was in the first generation of women's sport in France, first in athletics, winning medals throwing the javelin in international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982128029Author Katie RoipheFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 15mm

One of the world's first tree-top scientists, Meg Lowman is both a pioneer in her field - she invented one of the first treetop walkways - and a tireless advocate for the planet. In a voice as infectious in its enthusiasm as in its practical optimism,...

Still recovering from the heartbreak of infertility, memoirist Gail McCormick and her husband volunteer to host two Children of Chernobyl for a summer reprieve from radiation exposure. Fate pairs the Seattle couple with eight-year-old Ukrainian twin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999835463Author Betsy ChasseFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Elizabeth ChassePublisher Elizabeth ChasseWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Alex Award - YALSA 2004 and Booklist Editor's Choice for Young Adults and New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age and School Library Journal Adult Books...

An eye-opening biography of a woman whose life intersected with three distinct cultures in eighteenth-century America: colonial New England, French Canadian, and Native American"Esther Wheelwright's journey-from Puritan girl, to Wabanaki captive, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618057023Author Humphrey CarpenterFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 292g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950691296Author Mary J MacLeodFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

2023 Oregon Book Award Finalist in Creative NonfictionPossums Run Amok is a rollicking, slyly hilarious, at times uncomfortable and dark memoir. With fearless candor, Lora Lafayette recounts her life from a delinquent, late 1970s punk rock adolescence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735225312Author Sonia PurnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 138mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.Book InformationISBN 9780553577129Author Anne FrankFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446198189Author J Randy TaraborrelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Warner Books IncPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894759755Author Brendan LillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Caitlin PressPublisher Caitlin PressWeight(grams) 356g

A woman's fight to reclaim her body after a paralysis-inducing cycling accident In the early evening on October 1, 2003, Christina Crosby was three miles into a seventeen mile bicycle ride, intent on reaching her goal of 1,000 miles for the riding...