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One Hundred Autobiographies: A Memoir by David Lehman 9781501746451
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.68In One Hundred Autobiographies, poet and scholar David Lehman applies the full measure of his intellectual powers to cope with a frightening diagnosis and painful treatment for cancer. No matter how... -
Mario Testino. SIR. 40th Ed. by Pierre Borhan 9783836588140
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.29"The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has changed in recent years. It is a subject that has come into focus: The masculine image, a... -
Counting Down the Rolling Stones: Their 100 Finest Songs by Jim Beviglia 9781442254466
Booksplease Price: £42.78No band has ever been able to demonstrate the enduring power of rock and roll quite like the Rolling Stones, who continue to enthrall, provoke, and invigorate their legions of fans more than fifty... -
The Lost Diaries by Craig Brown 9780007436491
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.15The Lost Diaries is a wide-ranging anthology of the world's greatest diarists, each of them channelled onto paper through the considerable psychic force that is Craig Brown. Arranged on a... -
Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker by Bill Milkowski
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.29After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when... -
Learner Autonomy Across Cultures: Language Education Perspectives by David Palfreyman 9781403993403
RRP: £99.99Booksplease Price: £90.56What does 'autonomy' mean within language learning? Should it be enhanced within national, institutional or small group culture and, if so, how can that be done? A variety of new theoretical... -
A Silence That Speaks by Susan Soyinka 9780957561403
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.64Susan's mother, Lucy Fowler nee Smetana, was a Viennese Jew who fled to Nottingham, England, in 1938 to flee Nazi persecution. She lost most of her immediate family, but spoke little of her... -
Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian 9781324035275
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.87Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a... -
Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story by Victor Bockris
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.00'A triumph' - Time Out Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story. Legendary songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed passed away on the 27th... -
Punk: A History Stephen Colegrave 9781915841254
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £20.92'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor of NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face'This book you hold in your hand may well be the definitive one on PUNK - from... -
Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s by Tom Doyle
RRP: £4.99Booksplease Price: £4.31In August 1970 Elton John achieved overnight fame after a rousing performance at the Troubadour in Los Angeles; over the next five years he was unstoppable, scoring seven consecutive number 1 albums... -
AC/DC at 50 Martin Popoff 9780760377413
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £23.12A beautifully produced, photo-packed celebration of the ultimate rock band, AC/DC at 50 examines the extraordinary history of the Australian rockers through the lens of 50 milestone events and an... -
From East End to Land's End by Susan Soyinka 9780957561410
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £16.09From East End to Land's End is the heart-warming and inspiring story of the World War Two evacuation of Jews Free School (JFS) in the East End of London to Mousehole, a remote fishing village on the... -
Terry O'Neill: The Opus Terry O'Neill 9781788840286
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £43.10"Terry was everywhere in the 60s - he knew everything and everyone that was happening" Keith Richards "Terry O'Neill rates rightly as one of the best photographers in the world. He captures... -
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Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian 9780006499244 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £1.06On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged... Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew,... -
Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.24On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged... Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew,... -
Rock Bottom: A Music Writer's Journey into Madness by Michael Odell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31'One of the best music books ever written, because Michael Odell knowsmusic isn't about the musicians - it's about what it does to the listener, evenif what it does ends up being wholly disastrous... -
Researching Language Teacher Cognition and Practice: International Case Studies Roger Barnard 9781847697899
RRP: £28.95Booksplease Price: £27.19This book presents a novel approach to discussing how to research language teacher cognition and practice. An introductory chapter by the editors and an overview of the research field by Simon Borg... -
Researching Language Teacher Cognition and Practice: International Case Studies by Roger Barnard 9781847697905
RRP: £102.95Booksplease Price: £81.26This book presents a novel approach to discussing how to research language teacher cognition and practice. An introductory chapter by the editors and an overview of the research field by Simon Borg... -
The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian 9780393308624
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.55The war of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling... -
Us and Them: The Authorised Story of Hipgnosis: The visionary artists behind Pink Floyd and more... by Mark Blake 9781788705691
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.32'Hugely entertaining history' - MojoBetween the late '60s and early '80s, design house Hipgnosis created some of the most iconic and ubiquitous album artwork of all time. Their original lifespan... -
Dennis Hopper. Photographs 1961-1967 by Victor Bockris 9783836570992
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £56.20During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere-on film sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways and walking on political marches. He... -
On Time: Finding Your Pace in a World Addicted to Fast by Catherine Blyth 9780008190002
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Why has time sped up? Why is there never enough? How can you make it yours again? On Time reveals why time sped up, why there never seems to be enough, and how to... -
The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian 9781324021544
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.87At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds... -
Arhoolie Records Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz Joel Selvin 9781797222288
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £20.92A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety, through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the founder of the legendary Arhoolie records. Founded in 1960 by Chris... -
The Commodore by Patrick O'Brian 9781324021551
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.87Having survived a long and desperate adventure in the Great South Sea, Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return to England to very different circumstances. For Jack it is a happy homecoming, at... -
Linguistic Ethnography: Collecting, Analysing and Presenting Data by Fiona Copland
Booksplease Price: £53.62This is an engaging interdisciplinary guide to the unique role of language within ethnography. The book provides a philosophical overview of the field alongside practical support for designing... -
Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s Tom Doyle 9781846977053
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23The most famous living rock musician on the planet, Paul McCartney is now regarded as a slightly cosy figure, an (inter)national treasure. Back in the 1970s, however, McCartney cut a very different... -
The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'Brian 9781324021704
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.87Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey in The Yellow Admiral, Patrick O'Brian's best-selling novel and eighteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Aubrey, now a considerable... -
Wayward: Just Another Life to Live by Vashti Bunyan
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.69'Magical and transporting . . . Wayward proves that Bunyan has lived the best possible life, on her own idiosyncratic terms'Maggie O'Farrell'A gorgeous account of outsiderness and survival: a map of... -
The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise by Garret Keizer 9781610391108
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.47Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound: loud music from a neighbour, the honk of a taxicab, the roar of a supersonic jet. But as Garret Keizer illustrates in this probing examination, noise is as... -
Giorgio Gomelsky 'For Your Love': The Incredible Life of a Music Impresario for the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds & Magma by Francis Dumaurier 9781913641344
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.99Giorgio Gomelsky was at the centre of the counterculture in 60s' London and 70s' Paris before running a studio for avant-garde musicians in New York. He was the original manager of the Rolling Stones... -
Rambling Man: My Life on the Road by Billy Connolly 9781399802574
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.60THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE NATION'S FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, BILLY CONNOLLYBeing a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met... -
I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales by Todd Snider 9780306822605
Booksplease Price: £13.09For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a... -
Pop Rock Icons: London's Swingin' 60s and 70s by Philippe Margotin
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £19.49Pop Rock Icons takes us into the extraordinary world of London, England at the time of the greatest countercultural upheaval that the country has known. A real musical revolution began at the... -
Rambling Man: My Life on the Road by Billy Connolly 9781399802611
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE NATION'S FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, BILLY CONNOLLYBeing a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met... -
Little Richard: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll by David Kirby 9781441194060
Booksplease Price: £20.95This book is a concise, evocative, and thoroughly researched study of one of the great rock'n'roll pioneers. After "Tutti Frutti," Little Richard began garnering fans from both sides of the civil... -
Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen by Al Jourgensen
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.56Ministry: The Lost Gospels is both ugly and captivating, revealing a character who has lived a hard life his way, without compromise. Jourgensen, one of the most innovative and prolific artists ever...