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Voices of Powerful Women: 40 Inspirational Interviews by Zoe Sallis
RRP: £10.99£7.40This empowering volume collects the words of 40 amazing women who have shown their personal power in many different ways. From environmentalists, humanitarians and Nobel Peace Prize winners to entrepreneurs, musicians and artists, these women discuss... -
Cher by Josiah Howard
RRP: £16.99£10.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859655668Author Josiah HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd -
Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front by Diane Atkinson
RRP: £9.99£7.11When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic, living at home and borrowing tools from her... -
Peig by Peig Sayers 9780815602583
£18.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815602583Author Sayers.Format PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Syracuse University PressPublisher Syracuse University Press -
The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved: A damaged little girl and a foster carer who wouldn't give up by Angela Hart
RRP: £8.99£6.60The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved is a heart wrenching true story from foster mum and Sunday Times bestseller Angela Hart.Eight-year-old Keeley looks like the sweetest little girl you could wish to meet, but demons from the past make her behaviour far... -
The Secret to Happy: How to build resilience, banish self-doubt and live the life you deserve by Vicky Pattison 9780751584707
RRP: £9.99£5.96THE 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... -
Whatever Happened to Margo? by Margaret Durrell
RRP: £9.99£7.11*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... -
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
RRP: £20.00£15.29The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath.'Surely the final, the definitive, biography of Sylvia Plath' Ali Smith ... -
Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self by Annabel Abbs 9781529366471
RRP: £16.99£9.58'Sleepless has changed how I feel about sleep . . . I was captivated' The Times, Book of the Week'This book will inspire you to get up, light a candle, and experience your own Night Self' Financial TimesTHE NIGHT SELF IS: CREATIVE. CURIOUS... -
Cooking In A Bedsitter by Katharine Whitehorn
RRP: £10.99£7.40There is one powerful smell closely associated with the making of coffee in bedsitters. It is the smell of burning plastic, and will go away if you move the handle of the pot away from the flame.Legendary journalist Katharine Whitehorn's classic handbook... -
The Last Women of the Durham Coalfield: Hannah's Granddaughter by Margaret Hedley 9781803994192
RRP: £15.99£12.25'As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today are building their own futures in communities around the world.' - Hillary Rodham ClintonThe... -
Dying of Politeness by Geena Davis
RRP: £20.00£13.34'I adored this book. It's so Geena and so inspiring and such a wonderful read' Emma Thompson A Times Film and Theatre Book of the Year 2022 From two-time Academy Award winner and... -
The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Riveting... Everyone should read it' Observer'Nothing short of sudden death will distract you from The Jigsaw Man' Independent'Compelling... Fascinating... Britton has done hugely important work that saves lives' Sunday... -
A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey by Chrissie Wellington 9781780338712
RRP: £12.99£8.60Chrissie Wellington is the world's No 1 female Ironman triathlete, a four times World Champion, having recently won the her fourth title in October 2011 and the World Record holder. In 2009 she was voted 'Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year' and in 2010... -
Castles In The Air: The Restoration Adventures of Two Young Optimists and a Crumbling Old Mansion by Judy Corbett
RRP: £16.99£12.28Castles in the Air is a beautifully written, autobiographical story of rescuing an ancient mansion. Gwydir Castle was inhabited by ravers and rats until Judy Corbett and her husband Peter Welford found and acquired this 500-year-old house mouldering in... -
The Covent Garden Ladies: the book that inspired BBC2’s ‘Harlots’ by Hallie Rubenhold
RRP: £10.99£7.77***By the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE***'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Rubenhold's pages practically reek with smelly, pox-ridden Georgian Soho'... -
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music by Various 9781474621496
RRP: £9.99£6.80This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable, Leslie Jamison, Liz Pelly, Maggie Nelson, Margo Jefferson, Megan Jasper,... -
Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage by Eileen Atkins
RRP: £9.99£4.71'She is the cur's cods, the terrier's testicles, the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is the finest actor appearing in the world right now' - A. A. GillWill She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham, born in... -
The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone
RRP: £18.99£12.93THE 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... -
Those Wild Wyndhams: Three Sisters at the Heart of Power by Claudia Renton
RRP: £15.99£11.61Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2014 A rich historical biography of 'those wild Wyndhams' - three cultured aristocratic sisters born into great privilege in late Victorian Britain. Mary, Madeline and Pamela -... -
The Joy of Big Knickers: (or learning to love the rest of your life) by Kate Garraway
RRP: £8.99£6.22The Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerTV and radio presenter Kate Garraway has a lot on her mind. She's turned 50, and suddenly seems to have MANY questions about EVERYTHING. Should she get plastic surgery? Will the menopause ruin her life? What's the... -
We Should All Be Mirandas: Life Lessons from Sex and the City's Most Underrated Character by Chelsea Fairless 9781529355314 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£4.30When Sex and the City premiered, many were hesitant to identify as the Miranda of their social circle - after all, sarcasm, workaholism, and dubious fashion choices are rarely considered aspirational. However, in the two-plus decades since her television... -
We Should All Be Mirandas: Life Lessons from Sex and the City's Most Underrated Character by Chelsea Fairless 9781529355314
RRP: £16.99£12.43When Sex and the City premiered, many were hesitant to identify as the Miranda of their social circle - after all, sarcasm, workaholism, and dubious fashion choices are rarely considered aspirational. However, in the two-plus decades since her television... -
Women in Jazz: The Women, The Legends & Their Fight by Sammy Stein 9781926716558
RRP: £27.00£24.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926716558Author Sammy SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint 8th House PublishingPublisher 8th House PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate 9781529075724
RRP: £9.99£6.87'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat.' - Greta ThunbergNo matter your age, location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist... -
Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne by Susan Ottaway 9780007493050
RRP: £10.99£8.29Two sisters. Two special agents. One War. Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice is the incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, two sisters who risked everything to fight for our freedom during the Second World... -
A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story. by Cathy Glass
RRP: £9.99£4.54Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek and Cathy becomes... -
Process: Finding my way through by Lucy Spraggan
RRP: £20.00£14.05The chart-topping singer/songwriter's powerful story, told for the first time, in her own words.The must-read memoir from a musician who has seen the darkest side of fameAbout the AuthorLucy Spraggan shot to fame on the 2012 series of X Factor. Since... -
The Turkish Embassy Letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
RRP: £10.99£6.47The critical and biographical introduction tells of Lady Wortley Montagu's travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her lively letters offer insights into the paradoxical freedoms conferred on Muslim... -
Light the Road of Freedom by Sahbaa Al-Barbari
RRP: £19.99£16.44Sahbaa Al-Barbari's story provides a unique perspective on Palestinian experiences before and after the 1948 Nakba. Born and educated in Gaza, Al-Barbari was an activist in her community. When Israel occupied the Gaza Strip in 1967, Al-Barbari and her... -
A Bookshop of One’s Own: How a group of women set out to change the world by Jane Cholmeley 9780008651046
RRP: £16.99£11.47The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement. An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book... -
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
RRP: £12.99£9.09Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese... -
Between the Covers: Jilly Cooper on sex, socialising and survival by Jilly Cooper
RRP: £8.99£5.92'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.' Gill Sims'Jilly Cooper's non-fiction is just as entertaining as her novels.' Pandora Sykes____________________'One truth I have learnt, as middle age enmeshes me like Virginia creeper, is... -
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
RRP: £10.99£7.32In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the... -
Mumboss: The Honest Mum's Guide to Surviving and Thriving at Work and at Home by Vicki Psarias
RRP: £2.99£2.31Chosen by the Independent as one of the 10 best business books written by women'Vicki is one inspirational mumboss, who shares her secrets to juggling a thriving business with raising a family in this entertaining and empowering read!' Una Healy'Ideal... -
Daughters of Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera 9780340962077 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29'I listen to those stories - told by women who have been drugged, beaten, imprisoned, raped and terrorised within the walls of the homes they grew up in. I listen and I am humbled by their resilience.'Jasvinder Sanghera knows what it means to flee from... -
Daughters of Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera
RRP: £10.99£6.47'I listen to those stories - told by women who have been drugged, beaten, imprisoned, raped and terrorised within the walls of the homes they grew up in. I listen and I am humbled by their resilience.'Jasvinder Sanghera knows what it means to flee from... -
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory by Roxane van Iperen 9781841883755 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.70Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international bestselling and life-affirming true story of female bravery and surviving the horrors of Auschwitz. NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller... -
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The true story of two Jewish sisters' resistance in the heart of Nazi territory by Roxane van Iperen
RRP: £9.99£4.11Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international bestselling and life-affirming true story of female bravery and surviving the horrors of Auschwitz. NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller... -
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him 9780393322101
RRP: £12.99£11.46In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no...