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Erotic Sessions by Dahmane 9783037666838
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £13.84The son of artist parents, Dahmane was born in Paris on 21 April 1959. His father was a painter and engraver, and his mother a poet and painter. Dahmane became familiar with photography at an early age, being first introduced to it by his grandmother and... -
Pinochet in Piccadilly by Andy Beckett
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.25In October 1998, the erstwhile Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate. But over the 16 months that Pinochet was detained, intriguing questions went unanswered about... -
Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey Into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon by Paul Rosolie 9780062259523
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062259523Author Paul RosolieFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 204mm *... -
I Know You Did It by Sue Wallman 9780702302701
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.70'I Know You Did It is a fantastic, gripping crime thriller from Sue Wallman which never lets up in pace and excitement - young readers will tear through its pages.' BookTrust There's a killer at Ruby's new school. ... -
Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales for Christmas Nights by Lucy Evans 9780712354271
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.70"But something odd does happen here at Christmas time. When I first heard the story, I thought it was an old wives' tale, but-well, these old houses-you hear strange things-" He lifted his shoulders and stared into the fire..." From the troves of the... -
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.03'A Latin American James Dean or Jack Kerouac' Washington Post'It's true; Marxists just wanna have fun... a revolutionary bestseller' GuardianAt the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native... -
DK Eyewitness Peru by DK Eyewitness
Booksplease Price: £16.37Whether you want to chow down on deliciously fresh ceviche in Lima, descend into the wildlife-filled Amazon, or take the trail to Machu Picchu, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Peru has to offer.With its scorched coastal... -
DK Eyewitness Argentina by DK
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.57The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this breathtakingly beautiful country.Trek across the frozen blue ice of Glaciar Perito Moreno, admire splendid... -
Maradona: The Hand of God by Jimmy Burns
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.72'The definitive work on Diego Maradona' The 42 'One of football's greatest stories ... this is the best football book in ages' Goal 'A modern footballing classic' FHM _________________________ Anyone doubting that Diego Maradona was more than just a... -
Night of Sorrows: War God Trilogy: Book Three by Graham Hancock
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.32Cortes and his small army of Conquistadors enter Tenochtitlan, the island city of the Aztecs, as guests of the psychotic emperor Moctezuma who plans to trap them there and kill them all. In a stunning coup, Cortes acts first, taking the emperor hostage... -
Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba,... -
The Penguin History Of Latin America: New Edition by Edwin Williamson
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.96Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up... -
First Magic Painting Garden by Abigail Wheatley 9781474990721
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £5.06Filled with simple, stylish images of popular garden flowers, bugs and other wildlife. Just brush water over the bold black and white designs to watch them burst into vibrant colour.Simply add water to bring the garden plants and creatures magically to... -
Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico by Juan Villoro 9780593687796
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780593687796Author Juan VilloroFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random... -
Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend by Andrew Downie 9781471154089
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies, author of All Played Out. A stunning new biography of Socrates, the iconic captain of the greatest Brazil side never to win the World Cup. Socrates was... -
Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by Anabel Hernandez
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.92The product of five years of investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to Anabel Hernandez, The Lords of el... -
History in Infographics: Mayans by Jon Richards
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.08History in Infographics helps children to visualise facts and statistics using a clever and appealing mix of graphics and numbers. The colourful, high-impact design will appeal to a wide range of children, from visual learners to struggling readers,... -
The Band That Went to War: The Royal Marine Band in the Falklands War Brian Short 9781399096409
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.78The Royal Marines are renowned for their military skill and also for having one of the finest military bands in the world. These highly trained and talented musicians are equally at home parading at Buckingham Palace, playing at the Royal Albert Hall, or... -
Short Walks from Bogota: Journeys in the new Colombia by Tom Feiling
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.72For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? And how is it... -
The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.08Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo,... -
The Missionaries Norman Lewis 9781906011529
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56In "The Missionaries", Norman Lewis brings together a lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world.Book... -
Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870 to 1914 by David Mccullough
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.44Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic.Book InformationISBN 9780671244095Author David McculloughFormat PaperbackPage... -
Mexico's Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century by Gilbert M. Joseph
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £20.09In this concise historical analysis of the Mexican Revolution, Gilbert M. Joseph and Jurgen Buchenau explore the revolution's causes, dynamics, consequences, and legacies. They do so from varied perspectives, including those of campesinos and workers;... -
Born For War: One SAS Trooper's Extraordinary Account of the Falklands War Tony Hoare 9781802791389
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £10.57'Tony is the real deal.' Andy McNabThe full, explosive, boots-on-the-ground story of the Falklands War, from a soldier at the heart of the action, published for the 40th anniversary of the conflict. Tony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS.Both... -
El Narco by Ioan Grillo
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.08'War' is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorized Mexico in the past decades. As rival cartels battle for control of a billion-dollar drug trade, the body count- 23,000 dead in five years - and sheer horror beggar the imagination... -
Mexico - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Russell Maddicks
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.72The third-largest country in Latin America, Mexico is hugely diverse, having both rural backwaters where time seems to have stood still and manic urban centers like Mexico City, one of the most densely populated and exciting cities in the world. This... -
Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar by Stephen E. Murphy 9781472268358
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56The explosive memoir of legendary DEA agents and the subject of the hit Netflix series Narcos, Steve Murphy and Javier F. Pena For the first time, legendary DEA operatives Steve Murphy and Javier F. Pena tell the true story of how they took down Pablo... -
The Sorrows of Mexico Lydia Cacho 9780857056221
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56With contributions from seven of Mexico's finest journalists, this is reportage at its bravest and most necessary - it has the power to change the world's view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country's many sorrows... -
Breaking the Maya Code by Michael D. Coe
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.73The Third Edition of this classic account of the inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time - the last great decipherment of an ancient script - revised and brought right up to date with the latest developments. 113... -
Th Essential Neruda: Selected Poems Pablo Neruda 9781852248628
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56Pablo Neruda (1904-73) was the greatest Latin American poet of the 20th century. A prolific, inspirational poet, he wrote many different kinds of poems covering a wide range of themes, notably love, death, grief and despair. His poetry celebrates the... -
A Concise History of Mexico by Brian R. Hamnett
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £19.94This concise history looks at Mexico from political, economic, and cultural perspectives, portraying Mexico's struggle to break out of the colonial past and assert its viability as a sovereign state in a competitive world. In this third edition, Hamnett... -
Evita, First Lady: A Biography of EVA Peron by John Barnes 9780802134790
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £11.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802134790Author John BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Atlantic BooksPublisher Atlantic Books -
Planetary Longings by Mary Louise Pratt
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.79In Planetary Longings eminent cultural theorist Mary Louise Pratt posits that the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first mark a turning point in the human and planetary condition. Examining the forces of modernity,... -
Brazil: A Biography by Heloisa M. Starling
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.03Shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize for the Best Brazilian Book Published Abroad'Engrossing ... eye-opening ... an enormously refreshing treat' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesSince Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500 it has been an unfailing source of... -
A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Latin America by Claudia Leal 9781785333903
RRP: £110.00Booksplease Price: £88.55Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is no longer in its infancy, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading experts on the region, A Living Past... -
The Chankas and the Priest: A Tale of Murder and Exile in Highland Peru by Sabine Hyland 9780271071220
RRP: £54.95Booksplease Price: £48.38How does society deal with a serial killer in its midst? What if the murderer is a Catholic priest living among native villagers in colonial Peru?In The Chankas and the Priest, Sabine Hyland chronicles the horrifying story of Father Juan Bautista de... -
Exploration Fawcett by Percy Fawcett
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.80The life of Colonel Fawcett is now the subject of the major motion picture The Lost City of Z.The disappearance of Colonel Fawcett in the Matto Grosso remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. In 1925, Fawcett was convinced that he had discovered the... -
Forgotten Continent: A History of the New Latin America by Michael Reid
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £14.54A newly updated edition of the best-selling primer on the social, political, and economic challenges facing Central and South America Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has... -
Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast - Shortlisted for the 2021 Cundill History Prize - Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize by Marjoleine Kars
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £13.81Winner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping human story' Washington Post '[An] epic history ... a sweeping, thoughtful narrative' Los Angeles Times On Sunday... -
Pretty Modern: Beauty, Sex, and Plastic Surgery in Brazil by Alexander Edmonds
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.93Pretty Modern is a riveting account of Brazil's emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery. Intrigued by a Carnaval parade that mysteriously paid homage to a Rio de Janeiro plastic surgeon, anthropologist Alexander Edmonds conducted research that...