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Flowing with the Pearl River: Autobiography of a Red China Girl by Amy Chan Zhou 9781595801067
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Amy Chan Zhou's searing memoir about growing up in rural Communist China features descriptions of pastoral beauty and tales of the simple joys of raising farm animals or catching fish in a local... -
Route 66 Adventure Handbook, 6th Edition: Full-Throttle Sixth Edition by Drew Knowles 9781595801210
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £13.30Route 66 Adventure Handbook is your personal guide to the vanishing American roadside, with all of its exuberance, splendor, and absurdity. For this updated and expanded sixth edition, Drew Knowles... -
Chasing Dreams: The True Story of the Youngest Female Tevis Cup Champion by Sanoma Blakeley 9781595801234
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.25The Thrilling and Emotional Memoir from Endurance Horse Racing Legend Sanoma Blakeley Chasing Dreams: The True Story of the Youngest Female Tevis Cup Champion is the incredible, action-packed... -
Just Doing My Job: Stories of Service from World War II by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes 9781595801449
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.21Preserving the personal histories of civilians and soldiers who united to defend America during the Second World War, this unique oral history tells the stories of ordinary citizens who left jobs and... -
Ventura and Zelzah by J.G. Bryan 9781595801425
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £17.38A tale of teenage friendships set in 1970's suburban Los Angeles In the haze of a hot San Fernando Valley summer in 1970’s Los Angeles, Douglas and his friends—Hank, Weddy, and Ronnie—struggle with... -
I Love You a Thousand Ways: The Lefty Frizzell Story by David Frizzell 9781595801302
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595801302Author David FrizzellFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Santa Monica PressPublisher... -
The Making of Joe Wild Andrew Komarnyckyj 9781595801111
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40The Revenge of Joe Wild is a young adult novel about a semi-literate 12-year-old boy growing up in mid-19th century Southern Illinois, an outsider who can't fit in with the norms of society. When Joe... -
L.A.'s Landmark Restaurants: Celebrating the Legendary Locations Where Angelenos Have Dined for Generations by George Geary 9781595801135
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £24.80L.A.'s Landmark Restaurants: Celebrating the Legendary Locations Where Angelenos Have Dined for Generations follows in the footsteps of George Geary's now classic and critically acclaimed book, L.A... -
Calculated Risk by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes 9781595801173
Booksplease Price: £20.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595801173Author Jonna Doolittle HoppesFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Santa Monica... -
How To Speak Shakespeare by Louis Colaianni 9781891661181
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £13.26Cal Pritner and Louis Colaianni teaches readers how to make sound and sense out of the Bard. Their methods have taught thousands of people - from highs school students to English literature and... -
Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo by Carole A Travis-Henikoff 9781595801470
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.21Presenting the history of cannibalism in concert with human evolution, Dinner with a Cannibal takes its readers on an astonishing trip around the world and through history, examining its subject from... -
Making Waves: My Journey to Winning Olympic Gold and Defeating the East German Doping Program by Shirley Babashoff 9781595801487
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.73In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her... -
The Dressmaker's Daughter by Linda Boroff 9781595801357
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £16.75Beautiful and spirited Daniela dreams of becoming a doctor while growing up in Yedinitz, Romania in 1940, but as a Jew, she is barred from higher education. Her mother, who is the dressmaker to a... -
The Steamer: Bud Furillo and the Golden Age of L.A. Sports by Andy Furillo 9781595801517
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £18.42For nearly sixty years, Bud Furillo wrote and talked about sports in Southern California. For fifteen of those years, he authored a popular column for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner called The Steam... -
Rudolph, Frosty, and Captain Kangaroo: The Musical Life of Hecky Krasnow Producer of the World's Most Beloved Children's Songs by Judy G Krasnow 9781595801333
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £15.50Rudolph, Frosty, and Captain Kangaroo is a memoir by Judy Gail Krasnow about her father, Hecky Krasnow, the producer of such classic children’s records and holiday tunes as Rudolph, the Red-Nosed... -
Flowing with the Pearl River: Memoir of a Red China Girl by Amy Chan Zhou 9781595801364
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £17.38Amy Chan Zhou’s searing memoir about growing up in rural Communist China features descriptions of pastoral beauty and tales of the simple joys of raising farm animals or catching fish in a local... -
One with the Waves by Vezna Andrews 9781595801395
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £17.38Can surfing change your life? For Ellie, it most certainly does. Vezna Andrews’ debut novel is set in 1980s Southern California, where sixteen-year-old Ellie discovers herself through her love of... -
It Happened Right Here!: America’s Pop Culture Landmarks by Chris Epting 9781595801203
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £13.00Author Chris Epting established a new genre in book publishing when a trio of titles in the early 2000s—James Dean Died Here: The Locations of America’s Pop Culture Landmarks, Elvis Presley Passed... -
Mattie and the Machine by Lynn Ng Quezon 9781595801388
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £17.38WINNER OF THE 2023 GRATEFUL AMERICAN BOOK PRIZE FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION!FINALIST FOR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD! Mattie and the Machine is a fictionalized yet historically... -
Spirit Of A Woman: Stories to Empower and Inspire by Terry Laszlo-Gopadze 9781595800527
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.47Combining storytelling and courageous honesty, The Spirit of a Woman: Stories to Empower and Inspire is an indispensable resource for every woman, providing inspiring stories of female creativity and... -
Humphrey and Me by Stuart H. Brody 9781595801371
RRP: £25.99Booksplease Price: £18.00WINNER OF THE 2024 GRATEFUL AMERICAN BOOK PRIZE FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION!Ray Elias is a precocious but withdrawn sixteen-year-old growing up in an affluent suburb of New York in the... -
Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight by Frank R. Hayde 9781595801494
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.47Stan Levey is one of the most influential drummers in the history of modern jazz. During his extraordinary career, the self-taught Levey played alongside a who’s who of twentieth century jazz... -
Mark Spitz: The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion by Richard J Foster 9781595801456
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.47Mark Spitz is arguably the most famous and successful Olympic athlete of all time because of his legendary performances at the 1972 Olympics, where he won seven gold medals while breaking seven world... -
The Revenge of Joe Wild by Andrew Komarnyckyj 9781595801418
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £17.38The Revenge of Joe Wild is a young adult novel about a semi-literate 12-year-old boy growing up in mid-19th-century Southern Illinois, an outsider who can’t fit in with the norms of society. When Joe... -
L.a.'s Legendary Restaurants: Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank, and Played by George Geary
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £33.36An illustrated history of dozens of landmark eateries from throughout the City of Angels L.A.'S LEGENDARY RESTAURANTS celebrates the famous locations where Hollywood ate, drank, and played. Author... -
The Encyclopedia Of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events and Artifacts of the 1960s by Chris Strodder 9781595800176
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £18.72Profiling 250 of the most intriguing personalities of the 60s - from celebrities to underground icons and cult heroes - and a whole heap of the coolest stuff around - the original Ford Mustang, for... -
10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.: 57 Walking Adventures by Paul Haddad
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50Updated and Expanded Second Edition Features Six New Walking Adventures! 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A. is for urban adventurers with a passion for healthy living who are also eager to explore Los... -
Acts of Resistance: A Novel by Dominic Carrillo
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Between 1943 and 1944, nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews were rescued from the Holocaust, including thousands who had already been rounded up and put on trains bound for death camps in Poland. Dominic... -
The Complete History of American Film Criticism by Jerry Roberts 9781595801500
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £16.13The Complete History of American Film Criticism is a chronicle of the lives and work of the most influential film critics of the past 100 years. From the first movie review in the New York Times in... -
Acts of Resistance: A Novel by Dominic Carrillo 9781595801340
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £16.75Between 1943 and 1944, nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews were rescued from the Holocaust, including thousands who had already been rounded up and put on trains bound for death camps in Poland. Dominic... -
Earplug Erotica Mike McCoy 9781595801043
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78Do You Have a Naughty Mind? Some readers of Mike McCoy's Earplug Erotica will simply see earplugs placed in a variety of domestic and outdoor settings. Others might see earplugs... -
Dogme Uncut: Lars Von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, and the Gang that Took on Hollywood by Jack Stevenson 9781891661358
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.98In 1995 Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier and three other compatriots swore a vow of chastity', aimed at jolting the the movie industry around the world who had become stuck in the mire of slick,... -
We're Going To See The Beatles!: An Oral History of Beatlemania as Told By the Fans Who Were There by Garry Berman 9781595800329
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.47Comprised of fans' anecdotes, photographs, personal stories and momentos, the contributors' stories reconstruct the entire history of Beatlemania in America, dating from the earliest whispers about... -
The Lighter Side of Yoga by Mike Nevitt
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02From cell phone users in yoga classes to Zoom yoga participants sneaking wine and cheese off camera to those folks who just can't help peeking during meditation sessions, The Lighter Side of Yoga... -
One with the Waves by Vezna Andrews
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Can surfing change your life? For Ellie, it most certainly does. Vezna Andrews' debut novel is set in 1980s Southern California, where sixteen-year-old Ellie discovers herself through her love of... -
Rise And Shine: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Journey from Near Death to Full Recovery by Simon Lewis 9781595800510
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £13.30A first-person account of sudden, unexpected tragedy and life-affirming courage, this remarkable tale of regeneration imparts lessons both medical and spiritual.About the AuthorSimon Lewis is a film... -
The Disneyland Book Of Lists by Chris Strodder 9781595800817
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.21People have been making lists since Biblical times. To this day various top ten, hit parade and bucket lists chronicle every aspect of our lives. The rise of social media has only increased our... -
Haunted Hikes: Spine-Tingling Tales and Trails from North America's National Parks by Andrea Lankford 9781595800091
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.51Tales behind the trails of America's national parks, thoroughly investigated and combining the popularity of ghost stories with the traditional aspects of a hiking guide. Readers will meet the... -
La Noir: The City as Character Alan Silver 9781595800060
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.49A guide to noir films and their California settings, illustrating how the films use LA's diverse cityscape and architecture to convey a unique vision of urban corruption and existential fatalism... -
Tiki Road Trip: A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America 2ed. by James Teitelbaum 9781595800190
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.98Updated and expanded guide to travelling Tiki style - listing, describing and reviewing every known Tiki bar, Polynesian restaurant and other site of interest to fans of the uber-kitschy Polynesian...