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Dark Days: A Memoir by D. Randall Blythe 9780306823145
RRP: $74.10Booksplease Price: $57.39Lamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and... -
The Legacy Of The Blues: Art And Lives Of Twelve Great Bluesmen by Samuel Charters 9780306800542
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.41Blues is a language,one which has evolved its own rules and which is the sole property of a culture always forced to the periphery of white society. As such it is a political language. Whether it is... -
Open Sky: Sonny Rollins And His World Of Improvisation by Eric Nisenson 9780306809880
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.23Sonny Rollins is one of jazz's great innovators, arguably the most influential tenor saxophonist, along with John Coltrane, in the history of modern jazz. He began his musical career at the age of... -
His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography by Ethel Waters 9780306804779
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $32.76Ethel Waters's His Eye is on the Sparrow stands as perhaps the greatest autobiography of a black female performer, capturing both the horror and the joy of the African American woman's experience... -
The Autobiography Of Joseph Stalin: A Novel by Richard Lourie 9780306809972
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.11In a spellbinding novel that combines the suspense of a thriller and the accuracy of a work of history, the psychology of a monster is fully revealed, every atom of his madness explored, every twist... -
Isaac Stern: My First 79 Years by Chaim Potok 9780306810060
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $34.16There is no more beloved musician in the classical world than Isaac Stern, revered not only as a great violinist but also as a generous personality and a crucial figure in the world of the arts. One... -
In Search Of England by H. Morton 9780306811050
Booksplease Price: $32.45Currently in its 40th printing with its original publisher in the UK, this is the book that one British newspaper has called "travel writing at its best. Bill Bryson must weep when he reads it."... -
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002: The Year's Finest Writing On Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, & More by Jonathan Lethem 9780306811661
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $27.30It's here: the third and latest volume in the series that you have come to rely upon for your music-reading fix. The 2002 volume will celebrate the year's best writing about music and its culture, as... -
Hitler's Army: The Evolution And Structure Of German Forces 1933-1945 by Command Magazine 9780306812606
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $30.75A novel, analytical look at the development of the German army under Hitler, incorporating maps, battle analysis, and candid discussion.Book InformationISBN 9780306812606Author Command MagazineFormat... -
Ten Days to D-Day by David Stafford 9780306814228
Booksplease Price: $37.73Ten days before the largest operation of World War II was launched, it was still one of the century's best-kept secrets--thanks to countless ordinary people participating in one of history's most... -
Down to the Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time by Tim Wendel 9780306823749
Booksplease Price: $32.27Never in baseball history had a team ranked last rebounded to take the pennant the following season. Yet in 1991 lightning struck twice as the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves, a pair of cellar... -
The School-to-work Revolution: How Employers And Educators Are Joining Forces To Prepare Tomorrow's Skilled Workforce by Lynn Olson 9780738200293
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $40.87In today's technology- and information-driven economy, businesses need an educated workforce to survive, and young people need to be educated to be employable. Yet the schools that prepare our future... -
Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence And Emotional Growth In Babies And Young Children by Stanley I. Greenspan 9780738203560
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $32.60Every parent wants to raise a bright, happy, and moral child, but until Stanley Greenspan investigated the building blocks of cognitive, social, emotional, and moral development, no one could show... -
Expressive Movement: Posture And Action In Daily Life, Sports, And The Performing Arts by Alexandra Pierce 9780738208312
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $24.41An instructive work that shows how posture has a great effect on our psychological and physical well-being, with a complete program on how to put the body back in natural alignment, increase energy,... -
Overweight Teenagers: Don't Bear The Burden Alone by Michael D. LeBow 9780738208770
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $24.41A comprehensive overview of teenage obesity and what parents and teens can do to overcome weight problemsBook InformationISBN 9780738208770Author Michael D. LeBowFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint... -
The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn 9780738211114
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.41So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil-or even demand a larger dose? Kohn's incisive analysis reveals how a set of misconceptions about learning and a misguided focus on... -
Human Trials: Scientists, Investors, And Patients In The Quest For A Cure by Susan Quinn 9780738206776
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $33.95Susan Quinn's extraordinary story takes the reader into the closed world of experimental "human trials" in which new drugs are developed. Both the portrait of a dedicated scientist and the archetypal... -
Patton by Hubert Essame 9780938289999
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $27.30Four times since the breakout at Avranches Patton and his army had given Eisenhower opportunities which might well have proved decisive, shortened the war, saved thousands of lives and left the West... -
A Transaction Of Free Men: The Birth And Course Of The Declaration Of Independence by David Hawke 9780306803529
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $27.30The story of the Declaration of Independence--its genesis, drafting, ratification, and influence--is as complex as any great vision and realization. Did it merely sum up the prevailing thought of its... -
Listen To The Stories: Nat Hentoff On Jazz And Country Music by Nat Hentoff 9780306809828
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.41Here is Nat Hentoff's deeply felt exploration of jazz, blues, country, and gospel,and the musicians who bring the music to life. Hentoff has not only loved music all his life, he has lived it by... -
Jazz In The Bittersweet Blues Of Life by Wynton Marsalis 9780306811272
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $30.73The thrill of sitting in a club or concert hall hearing jazz being made is familiar to most fans. But what if you could immerse yourself in the world of the musician, where creating and performing is... -
Losing A Parent by Fiona Marshall 9780738209951
Booksplease Price: $29.15Whether from a sudden accident or a slow, terminal illness, the death of a parent is devastating to adults and children alike. In Losing a Parent, Fiona Marshall helps readers understand the process... -
A Special Education: One Family's Journey Through the Maze of Learning Disabilities by Charlotte Farber 9780738210896
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.41The celebrated designer Dana Buchman knew almost nothing about learning differences" when her daughter, Charlotte, was diagnosed with disabilities as a toddler. She soon discovered that the hard... -
Incansable by Luis A. Miranda 9780306835568
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $24.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306835568Author Luis A. MirandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Da Capo Press IncPublisher... -
Autumn Rhythm: Musings On Time, Tide, Aging, Dying, And Such Biz by Richard Meltzer 9780306813818
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $29.62A sublime and moving collection of essays by an eloquent master writer, Autumn Rhythm is equal parts candour, courage, humour, and desperation. A true-tongued, almost joyous gallows humour... -
Apathy for the Devil: A Seventies Memoir by Nick Kent 9780306819155
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $37.48Chronicling Nick Kent's up-close , personal, often harrowing adventures with the Rolling Stones, Lester Bangs, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, the Sex Pistols, and Chrissie Hynde, among scores of others,... -
John Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation by Harlow Giles Unger 9780306824562
Booksplease Price: $30.17The surprising life of Chief Justice John Marshall, who turned the Supreme Court into a bulwark against presidential and congressional tyranny and saved American democracyIn this startling biography,... -
A Method To Their Madness: The History Of The Actors Studio by Foster Hirsch 9780306811029
Booksplease Price: $37.73For decades, in one small room on West Forty-fourth Street in Manhattan, Lee Strasberg ran the Actors Studio, where dozens of acclaimed actors absorbed a technique that became known as the "Method."... -
Beyond Negative Thinking: Breaking The Cycle Of Depressing And Anxious Thoughts by Joseph T. Martorano 9780738206172
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $27.30An invaluable guide on how to feel better and improve behaviour by recognizing and breaking patterns of negative thinking.Book InformationISBN 9780738206172Author John KildahlFormat PaperbackPage... -
Talking to Tweens by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer 9780738210193
Booksplease Price: $32.57They may look sweet and compliant, but these days children aged between 8 and 12--"tweens" --are fast emerging as a force to be reckoned with. Gaining in confidence, expecting more freedom, and... -
All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache by Paula Kamen 9780738210391
RRP: $37.03Booksplease Price: $27.30At the age of twenty-four, Paula Kamen's life changed in an instant. While she was putting in her contacts, the left lens disturbed a constellation of nerves behind her eye. The pain was more... -
The American Way Of Life Need Not Be Hazardous To Your Health by John W. Farquhar 9780201121865
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.41In The American Way of Life Need Not Be Hazardous to Your Health, John Farquhar, M.D., Director of the Stanford Center for Disease Prevention, provides a truly effective program for stamping out the... -
Pocahontas: The Life And The Legend by Frances Mossiker 9780306806995
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $37.64The amazing story and alluring personality of Pocahontas (1595-1617) have endured the enlargement of legend and the distortions of time, as if waiting for Mossiker's skill, scholarship, and... -
Gershwin by Edward Jablonski 9780306808470
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $32.19This still unrivaled biography portrays with precision and insight the tragically brief life,from the Brooklyn tenements to Broadway, Hollywood, and Carnegie Hall,of George Gershwin (1898-1937), a... -
The Sisters Of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives Of Margaret Of Scotland And Mary Of France by Maria Perry 9780306809897
Booksplease Price: $33.01Henry VIII's sisters, neglected by generations of historians, affected the lives of their contemporaries much more forcefully than did any of their brother's famous six wives. In The Sisters of... -
The Books Of American Negro Spirituals by James Weldon Johnson 9780306812026
RRP: $42.88Booksplease Price: $27.89In two elegant and masterly prefaces, James Weldon Johnson discusses the origin and history of more than 120 of the most significant spirituals known. favourites like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "Deep... -
Cemetery Hill by Terry L. Jones 9780306812354
Booksplease Price: $28.41The battle of Gettysburg included many dramatic and controversial moments, several of which involved Cemetery Hill. This book covers in detail the three-day struggle for that crucial high ground from... -
Swords Against The Senate: The Rise Of The Roman Army And The Fall Of The Republic by Erik Hildinger 9780306812798
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $24.41In the first century B.C., Rome was the ruler of a vast empire. Yet at the heart of the Republic was a fatal flaw: a dangerous hostility between the aristocracy and the plebians, each regarding... -
Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead by Peter Conners 9780306817335
Booksplease Price: $27.30Told against the backdrop of the American landscape of the late'80s to the mid-'90s, Growing Up Dead is the story of Peter Conners's journey from straight-laced suburban kid to touring Deadhead... -
Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White 9780306818028
Booksplease Price: $25.55In this national bestseller, Bailey White--whose accounts of Southern eccentricity have enchanted millions of listeners to National Public Radio--offers a humorous, touching, story-filled memoir of...