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The Girl Behind the Gates: A raw, heart-breaking historical novel based on a true story that will stay with you for ever by Brenda Davies
RRP: £9.99£3.32Perfect for fans of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER and PHILOMENA, this gripping, heartbreaking novel based on a true story will grab hold of your heart and never let go.1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure and sheltered in the... -
Nine, The: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story by Gwen Strauss
RRP: £9.99£5.57'A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival.' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzThe thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the Resistance, launched a... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
RRP: £9.99£5.46Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The... -
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy by Sonia Purnell
RRP: £12.99£7.35'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity. 'A rousing tale of derring-do' THE TIMES ... -
Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother's Secrets by Clair Wills 9780241640951
RRP: £20.00£11.98'This is a history shaken by intimacy - a brave and rigorously humane book' Sean HewittHow far would you go for the missing?When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she discovered she had a cousin she had never met. Born in a Mother and Baby Home in 1950s... -
The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini 9780008418144
RRP: £10.99£6.10SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book'... -
Becoming: The No. 1 International Bestseller by Michelle Obama
RRP: £12.99£7.73An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLER - AND THE BOOK WE'LL BE GIFTING TO EVERY FAMILY MEMBER AND FRIEND THIS CHRISTMAS!Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter... -
The Duchess: The Untold Story - the explosive biography, as seen in the Daily Mail by Penny Junor
RRP: £9.99£5.56THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and tragedy' Daily Mail She is the most public and least understood woman in Britain. Diana called her a Rottweiler... -
Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman
RRP: £10.99£6.10'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran 'Newman is a brilliant writer' Observer A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but... -
Becoming by Michelle Obama
RRP: £25.00£15.01An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideTHE NO. 1 BESTSELLERNow in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion... -
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
RRP: £10.99£7.12'A groundbreaking work . . . Federici has become a crucial figure for . . . a new generation of feminists' Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars RoomA cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia... -
The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World by Jennifer Higgie 9781474623346
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Endlessly intriguing . . . I was enchanted' - DAILY TELEGRAPH'Illuminating in every sense of the word' - John HiggsIn an illuminating blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists... -
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill
RRP: £10.99£7.77WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOKA FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDElizabeth Anscombe: defiantly brilliant, chain-smoking, trouser-wearing Catholic and... -
Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles 9780609806951
RRP: £20.00£12.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609806951Author Rosalind MilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Three Rivers PressWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
RRP: £16.99£12.32Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History: a bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy "Stunning."-Rebecca Onion, Slate "Makes a vital contribution to our understanding of our past and present... -
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Gripping' NEW YORK TIMES'At last, the Ripper's victims get a voice... An eloquent, stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth' MAIL ON SUNDAY____________Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine... -
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave by Mary Prince
RRP: £8.99£6.45The History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island and Antigua, and her eventual arrival in London with her brutal owner Mr Wood in... -
The Autists: women on the spectrum by Clara Törnvall
RRP: £12.99£8.56An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis. Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic girls... -
Femina: The instant Sunday Times bestseller – A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramirez
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'Revelatory' GUARDIAN'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEYAn instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals... -
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
RRP: £9.99£7.11Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation.Tracing the... -
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews
RRP: £9.99£7.11Now in B-format paperback, this book describes ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. Wanderers traces their footsteps, from eighteenth-century parson's... -
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
RRP: £9.99£6.87BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who is charged with the brutal murder of her former master.'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller- The Women's Prize for Fiction... -
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
RRP: £9.99£6.87'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW 'My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect ... Essential reading' ELIZABETH... -
In Defence of Witches: Why women are still on trial by Mona Chollet
RRP: £10.99£7.51'Intriguing' - Sunday Times'A rousing read' - Irish Times'A bright light of Francophone feminism' - New York TimesRenowned journalist Mona Chollet recasts the witch as a powerful role model: an emblem of strength, free to exist beyond the narrow limits... -
Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry 9780300260779
£13.42 - £17.89A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the... -
The Spinning House: How Cambridge University locked up women in its private prison by Caroline Biggs 9781803995700
RRP: £20.00£14.71"Biggs deftly blends historical research with creative retelling, bringing prison records to full and chilling life." - The New StatesmanCambridge University is renowned worldwide for its academic prowess, but below the surface lurks a murky past. During... -
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women in Space by Loren Grush 9780349015224
RRP: £25.00£16.78The remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts'Lifts the curtain on the moment when Neil Armstrong's "one small step for man" expanded to encompass the talent, ambition and perseverance of America's first female astronauts' MARGOT LEE... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 9781785769047
RRP: £14.99£10.12Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The... -
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in... -
Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival by Alice Vincent
RRP: £17.99£12.20LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPION AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONTHE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA RHS TOP 10 GARDENING BOOK TO GIFT... -
The Mitford Girls: The Biography of an Extraordinary Family by Mary S. Lovell
£3.06 - £8.41'A cracking read ' Lynn Barber, Observer The Mitford Girls tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - and the facts are as sensational as any novel: Nancy, whose bright social existence masked an obsessional... -
Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics by Jason Porath 9780062405371
RRP: £18.99£14.31Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog... -
Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-The-Scenes Companion by Gina McIntyre
RRP: £25.00£19.41THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to Hawkins, Indiana.The official behind-the-scenes companion guide to the first two seasons of Stranger Things and beyond, brought to life with exclusive photos and stunning concept art. Stranger things have happened... -
Women in the War by Lucy Fisher
RRP: £9.99£6.52'An important contribution to our recent history' ANDREW MARR 'Absorbing and important' JOAN BAKEWELL 'One of my favourite reads of 2021' GARETH RUSSELL ... -
Queen of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Georgina Howell
RRP: £14.99£10.86Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege and plenty, but she turned her back on all that for her passion for the Arab peoples, becoming the... -
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly
RRP: £25.00£17.43Platinum Jubilee edition 'Full of gems ... Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown'Daily Telegraph 'Entertaining and beautifully illustrated'The Sunday Times 'For real intel, [The Crown] can't come... -
Jobs for the Girls: How We Set Out to Work in the Typewriter Age by Ysenda Maxtone Graham
RRP: £22.00£14.96A unique take on women's history from the bestselling author of British Summer Time Begins'Witty, clever and warm-hearted' The Times'Maxtone Graham [has a] unique blend of high comedy and shrewd social observation' Spectator'Terrific' Daily... -
Daisy's War: A compelling wartime saga of love and friendship by Rowena Summers 9781804365441
RRP: £8.99£6.09With hope dwindling, can she find her way again?The three Caldwell sisters have split up. Imogen has joined the war effort, Elsie has married, and Daisy is living away from home and missing her sisters.Although busy making new friends and dancing with... -
Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History: A Cultural History of Modern Feminism by Anna-Marie Crowhurst
RRP: £25.00£14.26Badly Behaved Women is the illustrated story of the past 100 years of the women's movement, from suffrage, alleged bra burning and the politics of hair to Beyonce, body positivity and #MeToo. In the early twentieth century, through ceaseless dedication... -
A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--And Projects to Help You Become One by Danielle Krysa
£10.85 - £15.56Celebrate 45 women artists, and gain inspiration for your own practice, with this beautiful exploration of contemporary creators from the founder of The Jealous Curator. Walk into any museum, or open any art book, and you'll probably be left wondering:...