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Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan
RRP: €11.89€8.46A love letter to the joys of childhood reading from Wonderland to Narnia.When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one.She was whisked away to Narnia -... -
Quartet: How Four Women Challenged the Musical World by Leah Broad 9780571366118
RRP: €15.46€10.19*WINNER OF THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING AWARD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2023*The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer... -
Do Let’s Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell 9780008542658
RRP: €13.08€8.63A 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... -
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder
RRP: €23.80€17.48THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE'A marvellous book . . . I just loved it all, and have a permanently marked-up, dog-eared copy on my shelf for the next generation'... -
Love and Fury: The Magic and Mayhem of Life with Tyson by Paris Fury 9781529346190
RRP: €23.80€16.36The brand new book from bestseller Paris Fury - HOW DOES SHE DO IT? - is now available.Gypsy Queen to the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury's wife Paris reveals the magical highs and epic lows of life with the Heavyweight Boxing World Champion, as she shares their... -
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors by Rachel Hewitt 9781784742898
RRP: €29.75€20.97**An Economist Book of the Year**** A Critic Book of the Year**A trail-blazing book about women's fights to access the great outdoors - and a very personal book about how running through the landscape helped the author in her journey from bereavement... -
Spider Woman: A Life - by the former President of the Supreme Court by Lady Hale
RRP: €15.46€10.82Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story. As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law... -
A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin
RRP: €13.08€9.25A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller In this remarkable memoir of love, loss and literature, acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin turns her eye to another fascinating literary life: her own. She tells of a wartime childhood, Cambridge friendships and an early... -
Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning
RRP: €20.22€15.66The Whitbread Prize-winning biography of Vita Sackville-West. Vita Sackville-West was a vital, gifted and complex woman. A dedicated writer, she made her mark as poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, journalist and broadcaster. She was also one... -
My Dear Hamilton: Perfect for fans of Hamilton: An American Musical by Stephanie Dray
RRP: €13.08€8.81Love Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical Hamilton? Discover the untold story of the brilliant Eliza Schuyler Hamilton!Coming of age in revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler is proud to champion the fight for independence. And when she meets Alexander... -
Swimming with Seals by Victoria Whitworth
RRP: €10.70€7.68A book about intense physical and personal experience, narrating how Victoria Whitworth began swimming in the cold waters of Orkney as a means of escaping a failing marriage. This is a memoir of intense physical and personal experience, exploring how... -
Black Pink: Pretty Savage by Carolyn McHugh 9781915343338
RRP: €26.17€18.58BLACKPINK's meteoric rise to global fame has seen them storm the charts, sell out arenas and achieve multi-platinum sales all around the world.Book InformationISBN 9781915343338Author Carolyn McHughFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Sona BooksPublisher... -
What Would the Spice Girls Do?: How the Girl Power Generation Grew Up by Lauren Bravo
RRP: €11.89€8.46The perfect gift for the Spice Girls fan in your life!'Lauren Bravo is one of my very favourite writers.' Dolly Alderton'A joyous and energetic celebration of girlhood, friendship and pop culture. If you have ever sung into the lid of a can of Impulse... -
Better Broken Than New: A Fragmented Memoir by Lisa St Aubin de Teran 9781914278129
RRP: €23.74€15.28Following a successful career as an award-winning, best-selling novelist, in 2004 Lisa St Aubin de Teran retreated to a remote village in northern Mozambique. There she found her own African roots, founded a charity, and confronted new challenges. Much... -
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and the Black Experience: An anthology by Tarana Burke
RRP: €17.84€13.90Tarana Burke and Dr. Brene Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame... -
An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the herd taught me about love, courage and survival by Francoise Malby-Anthony
RRP: €13.08€8.94'The most magical book about the African bush since Born Free' - Daily Mail'A beautiful love story between humans and the majestic elephants' - Jo Malone, Daily ExpressFrancoise Malby-Anthony never expected to find herself responsible for a herd of... -
Stable Lass: Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard by Gemma Hogg
RRP: €13.08€9.44'Poignant and compelling, an equine Bridget Jones.' - Racing PostBeing a stable lass is probably one of the hardest jobs in the country, and yet for Gemma Hogg it is the most rewarding. She works in the beautiful Yorkshire market town of Middleham and... -
Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter by Lucy O'Brien
RRP: €26.18€19.06***Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize***A Times Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the Year'Reading the book made me want to give her a huge hug. Anybody who is a fan should pick this up.' - ANITA RANI'A... -
Chinook Crew 'Chick': Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember by McConaghy, Liz 9781399072922
RRP: €23.80€17.01Liz McConaghy, from a small town in County Down, spent a total of seventeen years flying with the RAF's Chinook Fleet. Aged just 21, she was the youngest aircrew member to deploy to Iraq and was also the only female crewman' on the Chinook wing for four... -
Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia by Hadley Freeman
RRP: €20.22€13.65A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNAL From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, comes a searing memoir about her experience with anorexia, and her long... -
Gertrude Jekyll by Twigs Way
RRP: €9.51€7.90Almost eighty years after her death, Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) is still one of the most influential of all English garden designers. Best known for the superb use of colour schemes in her hallmark flower borders, she combined an early training in art... -
Black Friend: Essays by Ziwe Fumudoh 9781419756344
RRP: €23.80€15.03From a rapidly rising comedy star, a bold, personal, and darkly hilarious takedown and send-up of our culture's (mis)understanding of raceFrom a rapidly rising comedy star, a bold, personal, and darkly hilarious takedown and send-up of our culture's... -
From A to Biba by Barbara Hulanicki
RRP: €11.89€8.03Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, energetic boutique that grew into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London. The Biba store was to become an icon of hip '60s and '70s London and a hangout for artists, film stars... -
Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery by Honor Cargill-Martin
RRP: €33.31€28.88This is the story of Messalina - third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world. The scandalous image of the Empress Messalina as a ruthless and sexually insatiable schemer, derived from the work... -
One Girl And Her Dogs: Life, Love and Lambing in the Middle of Nowhere by Emma Gray
RRP: €13.08€8.81EMMA GRAY'S NEW BOOK 'MY FARMING LIFE' ('A HEARTWARMING TALE OF LIFE ON THE LAND' Alan Titchmarsh) IS OUT NOWWhat happens when you swap 'I do' for pastures new?When twenty-three-year-old shepherdess Emma Gray breaks off her engagement, the chance to take... -
Queen Emma and the Vikings: The Woman Who Shaped the Events of 1066 by Harriet O'Brien
RRP: €17.84€13.03Emma 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... -
Stacey: My Story So Far by Stacey Solomon
RRP: €11.89€8.46Discover 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... -
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley
RRP: €15.46€13.64A life of Matilda-empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages "[Matilda] will attract a growing audience interested in stories of women challenging the male-dominated European past."-Alexandra Locking,... -
The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo
RRP: €15.46€13.05Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did... -
Wandering Through Life: A Memoir by Donna Leon 9781529153415
RRP: €23.80€17.01'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 . . ... -
An Angel At My Table: The Complete Autobiography by Janet Frame
RRP: €15.46€10.23NOW AN AWARD-WINNING FILM ON NETFLIX 'One of the great autobiographies written in the twentieth century' MICHAEL HOLROYD, SUNDAY TIMES'Irresistibly readable, commendably honest' FLEUR ADCOCK, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'The Janet Frame of An Angel at My... -
Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt’s ancient temples from destruction by Lynne Olson
RRP: €29.75€19.74The riveting story of a true-life female Indiana Jones: an archaeologist who survived the Nazis and then saved Egypt's ancient temples. In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: fifty countries had contributed... -
Born Survivors: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Wendy Holden
RRP: €11.89€4.89The Sunday Times bestseller now updated with a new forewordAmong millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret. Strangers to each other, they were newly... -
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk
RRP: €13.08€8.71In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusk's marriage of ten years came to an end. Candid and revelatory, Aftermath chronicles the perilous journey as the author redefines herself and creates a new version of family life for her daughters. Written in the months... -
The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone 9781838953898
RRP: €13.08€8.71THE TIMES #1 BESTSELLERTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Vogue's Best Books to Read in 2021One of O Magazine's 55 Most Anticipated Books of 2021One of Marie Claire's 25 Best 2021 Memoirs to Pre-Order Now'Electrifying.' The Sunday Times'A... -
Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen 9781509852697
RRP: €10.70€4.18The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller by the shepherdess and star of Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm.'With its fizzing energy and celebration of nature and community, this is perfect comfort reading for uncertain times' - Daily MailAmanda Owen loves her... -
Women and the Piano: A History in 50 Lives by Susan Tomes 9780300266573
RRP: €29.75€24.89Women are an essential part of the history of the piano-but how many women pianists can you name? Throughout most of the piano's history, women pianists lacked access to formal training and were excluded from male-dominated performance spaces. Even the... -
Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young 9781250835475
RRP: €23.80€14.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250835475Author Daniella Mestyanek YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams)... -
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes by Maya Angelou
RRP: €11.89€8.09A memoir about home and belonging, from the author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMAMaya Angelou's five volumes of autobiography, beginning with I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD... -
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend by Meryl Gordon
RRP: €17.84€11.66When Bunny Mellon died at age 103 on March 17th, she was the last embodiment of a Gilded Age lifestyle. Born into money (her grandfather invented Listerine), she married into even more money (the Mellon banking and oil fortune) and went on to build,...