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We the Living by Ayn Rand
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, We the Living shows the terrible impact of a revolution on three people who demand the right to live their own lives... -
Birthday Stories: Selected and Introduced by Haruki Murakami by Haruki Murakami
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.73What will you get for your birthday this year? A chance to see into the future? Or a reminder of the imperfect past?In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the... -
Penguin Pocket Jokes by David Pickering
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70Have you heard the one about the man who walked into a bar? (Ouch!)... Penguin Pocket Jokes is essential (and hilarious) reading for anyone searching for the perfect joke. Whether you want a snappy... -
The Pier Falls Mark Haddon 9781784701963
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.73The first collection of stories from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Porpoise.'Terrifically compelling' GuardianA seaside pier collapses. An expedition to Mars... -
Lonely Planet Toilets of the World: 100 Strange and Spectacular Thrones, Commodes, Loos, and Latrines Lonely Planet 9781837585847
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $19.11Even life's simplest moments deserve a breathtaking backdrop... Discover 100 lavish lavatories and outstanding outhouses that offer a window to our world. Who knew the loo could offer such a view?... -
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Trying To Save Piggy Sneed by John Irving 9780552995733 [USED COPY]
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $5.06This collection of short writing is a treat for John Irving addicts and the perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. In a spirited opening piece, John Irving explains how he became a... -
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The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon 9781910702185 [USED COPY]
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $5.40'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.' The TimesA Spectator Book of the YearAn expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A thirty-stone man is... -
Complete Stories by Kingsley Amis
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.38The short stories of Kingsley Amis - the great master of post-war comic prose - are dark, playful, moving, surprising and extremely funny. This definitive collection gathers all Amis's short fiction... -
The Disappearing Spoon...and other true tales from the Periodic Table by Sam Kean
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $18.50Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made of cadmium (Cd, 48)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why did tellurium (Te,... -
Numbers in the Dark by Italo Calvino
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $16.23Numbers in the Dark is a collection of short stories covering the length of Italo Calvino's extraordinary writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death. They include witty... -
Unquiet by Linn Ullmann
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $14.01'Linn Ullmann has written something of beauty and solace and truth. I don't know how she managed to sail across such dangerous waters' RACHEL CUSKHe is a renowned Swedish filmmaker and has a plan for... -
The Queer Bible Jack Guinness 9780008530501
RRP: $42.00Booksplease Price: $30.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorJack Guinness began his career as a model, starring in global campaigns for brands such as L'Oreal, Dunhill... -
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The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon 9781910702161 [USED COPY]
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $5.59'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.' The Times A Spectator Book of the Year An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A... -
Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.73It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of... -
Collected Stories W. Somerset Maugham 9781857152760
RRP: $39.88Booksplease Price: $30.18Though W. Somerset Maugham was also famous for his novels and plays, it has been argued that in thethe short story he reached the pinnacle of his artwas his true metier. These expertly told tales,... -
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $16.70A novel of the friendships and woes of two couples, which tells the story of their lives in lyrical, evocative prose by one of the finest American writers of the late 20th century.When two young... -
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P Feynman
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.87WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY BILL GATESIn this warm, insightful portrait of the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, we see the wisdom, humour and curiosity of Richard Feynman through a... -
The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins by Tom Higham
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70'The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 'Fascinating... -
48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister by Joyce Carol Oates 9781837932795
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95When a woman mysteriously vanishes from her small town home, her sister must tally up the clues to uncover the truth behind the mystery. Beautiful sculptor Marguerite has disappeared from her... -
It's a Gas: The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World Mark Miodownik 9780241376386
RRP: $46.20Booksplease Price: $34.90'A delight' Dara O Briain'A witty, smart writer who has a great talent' Bill Gates'A winning blend of education and anecdote' Clive Cookson, FTWhy are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless?... -
Benny the Blue Whale: A Descent into Story, Language and the Madness of ChatGPT Andy Stanton 9780861548705
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $14.05AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more... 'Something profound and utterly brilliant is going on... hilarious.' THE TIMES Is ChatGPT the end... -
Paper Doll: Notes From A Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney 9781408723135
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $28.48This is a wild, raw and hilarious memoir that charts Dylan's first year of transitioning - which was extensively documented through her viral TikTok series 'Days of Girlhood' - and the chaos that... -
The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $17.68A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah... -
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After the Party by Cressida Connolly 9780241327739 [USED COPY]
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $4.14'I always wanted to be friends with both my sisters. Perhaps that was the source, really, of all the troubles of my life...'It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England... -
Oh William!: From the author of My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $16.70SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel... -
The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture by Professor Jason Koenig
RRP: $84.00Booksplease Price: $72.77A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquityThe mountainous character of the Mediterranean was a crucial factor in the history of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The Folds... -
The Sweet Indifference of the World by Peter Stamm 9781783785759
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.35A man and a woman meet in a park. The man has a story to share, one of a past relationship that contains echoes, similarities to the woman's life too remarkable to be considered just a coincidence... -
The Official Ultimate 80s Pop Quiz by 9780753516911
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $27.64From Spandau Ballet and Kajagoogoo to Half Man Half Biscuit and Guns and Roses, the 1980s music scene is here in all its glory. The Official Ultimate 80s Pop Quiz will spark arguments at dinner... -
The Elephant by Slawomir Mrozek
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $16.70The Elephant (1957) is Slawomir Mrozek's award-winning collection of hilarious and unnerving short stories, satirising life in Poland under a totalitarian regime. The family of a wealthy lawyer keep... -
You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $17.12A dazzling, smart and razor-sharp story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rodham and American Wife.The theme that unites these stories is how even the cleverest... -
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth by William Boyd
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $16.70A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others... -
August Blue by Deborah Levy 9780241987889
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.35A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, TIME MAGAZINE'Levy's lyrical, pitch-perfect prose is an exploration of our reasons for living, the... -
Dangling Man by Saul Bellow
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing... -
I Am More Than My Body: The Body Neutral Journey by Bethany C. Meyers Inc
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.75'Some days I love my body, some days I hate my body, but every day I respect my body.'What does it really feel like when you respect your body? For many of us, a neutral approach to our physical... -
Wildlife by Richard Ford 9781526611741
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $12.37Now a critically acclaimed film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, co-written by Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan, and directed by Paul Dano The setting is Great Falls, Montana, where the Rockies... -
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark A. Miodownik
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING STUFF MATTERS Sometimes explosive, often delightful, occasionally poisonous, but always fascinating: the secret lives of liquids, from one of our... -
A Vision of the World: Selected Short Stories by John Cheever
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.73Selected and Introduced by Booker-Prize winner Julian Barnes'Reading Cheever is a restless pleasure, the work never settles: these brilliant stories make me get up and walk around the room' Anne... -
A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories by Primo Levi
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century. This landmark selection of his short stories opens up a world of wonder, love, cruelty and curious twists of... -
Shosha by Isaac Bashevis Singer
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.70It is Warsaw in the 1930s. Aaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of a rabbi, who struggles to be true to his art when he is faced with the chance of riches and a passport to... -
The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works by A. C. Spearing
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $16.23Contains The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer. Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing...