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Eyewitness to War and Peace by Eamonn Mallie 9781785375064
RRP: £17.99£12.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785375064Author Eamonn MallieFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail by Nick Wallis
RRP: £13.99£8.42On 23rd April 2021, the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of 39 former Subpostmasters and ruled their prosecutions were an affront to the public conscience. It is a scandal that has been described as one of the most widespread and significant... -
The Communication Book: 44 Ideas for Better Conversations Every Day by Mikael Krogerus
RRP: £10.99£6.56LEARN THE TECHNIQUES YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE BETTER AT WORK AND HOME'Communication is a bit like love - it's what makes the world go round, but nobody really knows how it works.'Struggle to find the words in meetings? Know what you mean but not how to... -
Among the Trolls: My Journey Through Conspiracyland by Marianna Spring 9781838955236
RRP: £18.99£10.69'Full of unbelievable nonsense' Ian Hislop'A tour de force' Jeremy Vine'An excellent piece of investigative journalism' Julia Ebner, Telegraph'A compelling guided tour of a dystopian underworld' John Naughton, ObserverMY NAME IS MARIANNA SPRING AND SOME... -
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
RRP: £10.99£7.77Being deprived of social gatherings revealed just how important they are; to connect with others, collaborate, share ideas and create moving, life-affirming experiences.___________________________If there's one thing lockdown showed us, it's that time... -
Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death by Laura Cumming
RRP: £25.00£16.53**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A wonderful read (or a great present) for anyone who loves stories and art' Nina Stibbe, author of Love, NinaA beautifully illustrated... -
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... -
Everything is Everything: A Memoir of Love, Hate & Hope by Clive Myrie 9781399714983
RRP: £22.00£14.56'Infinitely more readable than the average journalism memoir, and decidedly more important.' - Sathnam Sanghera, The Times'So engaging. You feel as if he is talking to you, sharing ideas and thoughts, as if you were a friend.' - Yasmin Ahlibai-BrownAs a... -
The Charisma Myth: Master the Art of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane
RRP: £10.99£7.77What if charisma could be taught? What you'll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge, drawn from a variety of sciences, revealing what charisma really is and how it works. You'll get both the insights and the techniques you need to apply this... -
Company of One: Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing for Business by Paul Jarvis
RRP: £10.99£7.77A refreshing approach to entrepreneurship centered on staying small and avoiding growth - maximizing happiness, sustainability and profitability.Paul Jarvis left the corporate world when he realized that working in a high-pressure, high-profile world was... -
Unscripted: Sex and Lies in Hollywood’s Most Powerful Company by James B. Stewart 9781804946206
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Explosive' Esquire 'Epic' Financial Times 'Riveting' Vanity FairSumner Redstone was the CEO of Hollywood's most influential company: the powerhouse behind Indiana Jones and Star Wars, film studios and TV production companies, a fleet of private jets and... -
The Illusion of Choice: 16 1/2 psychological biases that influence what we buy by Richard Shotton
RRP: £14.99£9.72The compelling new book by Richard Shotton, author of The Choice Factory. Every day, people make hundreds of choices. Many of these are commercial: What shampoo to pick? How much to spend on a bottle of wine? Whether to renew a subscription? ... -
The Choice Factory: 25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy by Richard Shotton
RRP: £14.99£9.72Before you can influence decisions, you need to understand what drives them. In The Choice Factory, Richard Shotton sets out to help you learn. By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves,... -
Madison Avenue Makeover: The transformation of Huge and the redefinition of the ad agency business by Michael Farmer
RRP: £16.99£11.54In August 2021, author Michael Farmer was invited by Mat Baxter, the new CEO of Huge, the global digital agency owned by Interpublic, to become an independent "fly on the wall" observer to record the strategic and operational transformation of Huge... -
Pour Me: A Life by Adrian Gill
RRP: £9.99£6.80SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE'An intense, succulent read that's intermittently dazzling' THE TIMES'Chilling, exquisitely moving' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A superb memoir - and one of the best books on addiction I have ever read' EVENING STANDARDA. A... -
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson
RRP: £12.99£8.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832722Author James Dale DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 566gDimensions(mm) 140mm *... -
The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton by Sathnam Sanghera
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Could not be more enjoyable, engaging or moving' Observer"It's 1979, I'm three years old, and like all breakfast times during my youth it begins with Mum combing my hair, a ritual for which I have to sit down on the second-hand, floral-patterned settee,... -
Trust Me I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday
RRP: £10.99£7.77Recently, fake news has become real news, making headlines as its consequences become crushingly obvious in political upsets and global turmoil. But it's not new - you've seen it all before. A malicious online rumour costs a company millions. Politically... -
Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race by Ben Smith
RRP: £26.99£18.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593299753Author Ben SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Journalist And The Murderer by Janet Malcolm 9781783784547
RRP: £9.99£6.91'Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible' In equal measure famous and infamous, Janet Malcolm's book charts the true story of a lawsuit between Jeffrey... -
The Universal Journalist by David Randall
RRP: £18.99£15.31'Easily the best introduction to being a reporter' - Press Association This is the only 'how to' book on journalism written by writers and editors who have operated at the top level in national news. It has long been the go-to book of advice for young... -
How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France by Ned Boulting 9780224083362
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Paris, 4 July 2003: My first Tour de France. I had never seen a bike race. I had only vaguely heard of Lance Armstrong. I had no idea what I was doing there. Yet, that day I was broadcasting live on television. I fumbled my way through a few platitudes,... -
Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don't by L. David Marquet
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Full of compelling advice on how to lead more effectively by choosing your words more wisely' - ADAM GRANT, author of Originals and Give and TakeFT Book of the MonthYour words matter more than you thinkMost of us use the language we inherited from a... -
A Home From Home: From Immigrant Boy to English Man by George Alagiah
RRP: £11.99£8.00When George Alagiah was dropped off at a Hampshire boarding school as a child back in 1967 he was confronted with an extreme version of the private struggle faced by all immigrants - the battle to leave the past behind and fit into a new culture.His... -
Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature by Dan Sinykin 9780231192958
RRP: £25.00£19.18In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks in his office. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought... -
Seven Days In The Art World by Sarah Thornton
RRP: £10.99£7.32Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. Sarah Thornton's shrewd and entertaining fly-on-the-wall narrative takes us behind the scenes of the art world, from art... -
Strange Places, Questionable People by John Simpson
RRP: £16.99£12.18For over thirty years, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. From being punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson on one of his first days as a reporter, to escaping summary execution in Beirut, flying... -
Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry by Jacquie McNish 9781847941725
RRP: £15.99£11.61Winner of the Canadian National Business Book Award 2016Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015In 2009, BlackBerry controlled half of the US smartphone market. Today that number is less than one per cent. What went so... -
The Explorer and the Journalist: Frederick Cook, Philip Gibbs and the Scandal that Shocked the World by Richard Evans
RRP: £20.00£14.71On 1 September 1909, American explorer Frederick Cook caused one of the biggest sensations in exploration history when, after a year with no word from him, news arrived that he had not only survived his Arctic expedition but had become the first person... -
Scoops: The BBC's Most Shocking Interviews from Prince Andrew to Steven Seagal by Sam McAlister
RRP: £9.99£6.75'A cracking read' Lorraine Kelly 'Riveting' Sunday Telegraph 'Behind every great interview is a great booker - Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news' Piers Morgan She is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with... -
Crossover Creativity: Real-life stories about where creativity comes from by Dave Trott
RRP: £14.99£9.72Ideas don't just happen, they don't spring from nowhere. Ideas come to life from everything that's already inside our brains. Because new ideas are actually a new reaction between existing ideas. This means creativity is about finding ways... -
The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski 9781862079595
RRP: £9.99£6.70In 1964 Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent, and for the next ten years he was 'responsible' for fifty countries. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice... -
The Red Hotel: The Untold Story of Stalin’s Disinformation War by Alan Philps 9781035401338
RRP: £12.99£8.60'A riveting trip down the corridors of Soviet deception' Sunday Telegraph (Five-Star Review)'Philps' book vindicates the value of truth' Washington Post'Philps has an eye for detail and a heart for those left behind' The Times'A tale of intrigue and... -
The Economics of Music SECOND EDITION by Peter Tschmuck
RRP: £22.99£21.48The music industry is one of the most dynamic and fascinating business sectors. Its business model has had to evolve and adapt to continually changing technologies that impact at every level from distribution to artist management. Its latest challenge... -
A Miners Lamp and a Brass Table: A Yorkshire Reporter's Story by Guy Williams 9781526209863
RRP: £12.00£8.44Autobiography of a journalist based in Yorkshire, heavy sport bias.Book InformationISBN 9781526209863Author Guy WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Guy WilliamsPublisher Guy Williams -
Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism and its Triumphs by John Pilger
RRP: £14.99£11.35Tell Me No Lies is a celebration of the very best investigative journalism, and includes writing by some of the greatest practitioners of the craft: Seymour Hersh on the My Lai massacre; Paul Foot on the Lockerbie cover-up; Wilfred Burchett, the first... -
The Stamp of Innocence by Aled Gwyn Jôb 9781805143024
RRP: £11.99£8.43Noel Thomas, who was a respected village sub-postmaster and councillor, was sent to prison accused of stealing money from the post office he ran on Ynys Mon, Wales. A charge based on computerized evidence which later turned out to be totally false. Noel... -
Nobody's Child by Kate Adie
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Witty, compelling and never mawkish' Observer'Written with a sure touch . . . Adie has a natural understanding of what it is like to be unsure of your origins' Sunday Telegraph'A cracker of a subject . . . (Adie) writes with an engaging, forthright... -
Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling by Eric Nuzum 9781523504558
RRP: £14.99£9.80"An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts."-Ira Glass Veteran podcast creator and strategist Eric Nuzum distills a career's worth of wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking to help podcasters... -
Killing My Own Snakes: A Memoir by Ann Leslie
RRP: £18.99£14.01'Gloriously funny . . . unfailingly entertaining' - Mail on Sunday'What worlds she's seen, what a life she's had - at long last, the memoirs of the fearless, witty, indomitable Ann Leslie' - Deborah MoggachShe has been shot at by Bosnian snipers, been...