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But What Can I Do?: Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It by Alastair Campbell 9781804943137
RRP: £10.99£6.56'Everything a manifesto should be: heartfelt, hectoring, impassioned, rousing.' The i__________________________________________________'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders who can't or shouldn't... -
Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £12.99£7.05From the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, now a major film SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 'Engrossing as any thriller' Daily Telegraph 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining' John le Carre ... -
Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV by Rob Burley 9780008542481
RRP: £16.99£12.80A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider's account of 25 years working at the very top of British political television 'What Rob Burley doesn't know about political interviewing isn't worth knowing'... -
Politics On the Edge: From the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics by Rory Stewart 9781787332713
RRP: £22.00£13.25A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics'The most exceptional political memoir I've ever read' ALAN JOHNSON'An instant... -
Depraved New World: Please Hold, the Government Will Be With You Shortly by John Crace 9781783352739
RRP: £16.99£9.59AS FEATURED IN WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2023From bestselling author and beloved Guardian columnist John Crace comes a blisteringly hilarious tour through the whirlwind of post-Brexit Britain, from the ousting of Boris to the dawn of a new era . . . sort... -
Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry 9780300260779
RRP: £25.00£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... -
Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin 9780008661021
RRP: £25.00£16.83THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year' MATTHEW D'ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD 'The first serious and consistently... -
Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes by Tariq Ali 9781788735803
RRP: £12.99£8.48The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's mannerism! And,... -
The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government by David Torrance 9781399411431
RRP: £20.00£14.69'Thoroughly researched... brings superbly to life figures whom history should not have forgotten.' - Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph 'A highly readable, enjoyable and informative book.' - John McTernan, Financial Times 'A meticulously researched... -
How They Broke Britain: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller by James O'Brien 9780753560365
RRP: £10.99£7.77***THE RUNAWAY BESTSELLER, WITH NEW MATERIAL FOR THE PAPERBACK***THE REVEALING, DEFINING ACCOUNT OF THE DARK NETWORK THAT BROKE OUR COUNTRY.Something has gone really wrong in Britain.Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social... -
How They Broke Britain by James O'Brien 9780753560341
RRP: £20.00£14.69THE REVEALING, DEFINING ACCOUNT OF THE DARK NETWORK THAT BROKE OUR COUNTRY.'An exceptional broadcaster' - Guardian | 'Consistently, forensically, brilliant' - Emily MaitlisSomething has gone really wrong in Britain.Our economy has tanked, our freedoms... -
Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain by Andy Burnham 9781398719736
RRP: £22.00£14.56Gordon Brown: 'A path-breaking book by two dynamic leaders working to transform the North of England, and whose ideas on the future deserve all our attention.'The Observer: 'Not since Tony Blair 30 years ago have politicians advocated for the north from... -
Time Shelter: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023 by Georgi Gospodinov
RRP: £9.99£7.16WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023 A GUARDIAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The most exquisite kind of literature... I've put it on a special shelf in my library that I reserve for books that demand to be revisited every now and then... -
Life in the UK Test: Study Guide 2024: The essential study guide for the British citizenship test by Henry Dillon 9781907389887
RRP: £11.99£8.43The 2024 edition of the best-selling study guide includes the complete testable materials from Life in the United Kingdom: A guide for new residents, the official Home Office materials. Passing the Life in the UK test is a compulsory requirement for... -
Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV by Rob Burley 9780008542511
RRP: £10.99£7.25* UPDATED WITH A NEW BONUS CHAPTER * 'What Rob Burley doesn't know about political interviewing isn't worth knowing' - Andrew Neil 'A delicious read' - Emily Maitlis... -
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray
RRP: £14.99£10.77THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES POLITICS PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR, 2018 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and... -
In Search Of Berlin: The Story of A Reinvented City by John Kampfner 9781838954819
RRP: £22.00£15.11A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023'A masterful portrait of one of the world's greatest cities... A must-read' PETER FRANKOPAN'Such a delightful read' KATJA HOYER, The Times'Berlin may well be Europe's most enigmatic city and John Kampfner is the... -
The Social Distance Between Us: How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain by Darren McGarvey
RRP: £12.99£9.09*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'The standout, authentic voice of a generation' Herald'McGarvey is a rarity: a... -
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life by Theresa May 9781035409884
RRP: £25.00£16.38THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'So boldly different it creates a mini-genre all of its own' - ANDREW MARRAs Prime Minister for three years and Home Secretary for six years, Theresa May confronted a series of issues in which the abuse of power led to... -
Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It by Chris Bryant 9781526663597
RRP: £14.99£9.53THE INSTANT TOP TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS Cronyism, nepotism, conflicts of interest, misconduct, lying. Is this the worst parliament in history? Leading MP Chris Bryant tells the inside story of... -
Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics by Matt Chorley 9780008622060
RRP: £25.00£16.43''F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts - moreish and fabulously salty' JOE LYCETT A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Forget Westminster bust-ups and PMQs, some of the key events... -
Johnson at 10: The Inside Story by Anthony Seldon
RRP: £25.00£16.99***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***An FT, TELEGRAPH and THE TIMES Book of the Year'Excellent... first class... both fair and damning.' Daniel Finkelstein, The Times 'Authoritative, gripping and often jaw-dropping' Andrew Rawnsley,... -
Error of Judgement: The Birmingham Bombings and the Scandal That Shook Britain by Chris Mullin 9781800961234
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Very occasionally a journalist starts an avalanche with a single gunshot... Chris Mullin and his TV colleagues belong in the glorious company."-The Observer'One of the greatest feats ever achieved by an investigative reporter'-Sebastian Faulks, the... -
Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls by Tim Marshall
RRP: £9.99£6.65THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER; New from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography; Which side of the fence are you on?; Every story has two sides, and so does every wall. We're in a new era of tribalism and the barricades are going... -
The Establishment: And how they get away with it by Owen Jones
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE PHENOMENAL BESTSELLER'Fantastic, timely, eye-opening' Armando Iannucci, New Statesman, Books of the Year'Captures a collective sense of anger and awakening' Matt Haig, Observer, Books of the YearBehind our democracy lurks a powerful but... -
The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910400739Author James HawesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm -
We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience by Lyndsey Stonebridge 9781787332522
RRP: £22.00£16.02This bold new take on the life and ideas of political philosopher Hannah Arendt explores her lessons for living in an age of uncertainty.'Compelling and original' OBSERVER'Invigorating and insightful' FINANCIAL TIMESBorn in the first decade of the last... -
Our Enemies will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov 9780241655443
RRP: £25.00£18.02A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.'Reads like a great novel' SEBASTIAN... -
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... -
Russia Against Modernity by A Etkind
RRP: £14.99£9.80Putin's war is a "special operation" against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukraine, but the war has a broader target: the modern world of climate awareness, energy transition and digital labor. By trading oil and gas, promoting Trump... -
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd
RRP: £10.99£7.26THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP THREE BESTSELLER; One of the Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017; A Guardian `Readers' Choice' Best Book of 2017; Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes?; The events that took place... -
Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country by John Kampfner
RRP: £10.99£7.32***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***BOOK OF THE YEAR IN GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST & NEW STATESMAN'Excellent and provocative... a passionate, timely book.' Sunday Times'A fine new book... thoughtful, deeply reported and impeccably even-handed.' The TimesEmerging... -
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell 9780008436988
RRP: £25.00£16.53'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY ... -
But What Can I Do?: Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £22.00£16.77'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders who can't or shouldn't be allowed to lead. Governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic values. Policies that serve the interests of the... -
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian Jackson
RRP: £25.00£18.02Telegraph Book of the YearA Times, Spectator and Prospect Book of the YearOne of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French historyFew images more shocked the French population during... -
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev
RRP: £10.99£7.32**HOW TO WIN AN INFORMATION WAR: THE PROPAGANDIST WHO OUTWITTED HITLER AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2020A TIMES and GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Quietly frightening.' Guardian'Essential reading.' Irish Times'Consistently... -
Essentials of UK Politics and Government: Pearson Edexcel A-Level by Andrew Heywood
RRP: £25.99£22.06Essentials of UK Politics and Government is the go-to textbook for all A-level Politics students studying the Edexcel specification. Building on Andrew Heywood's signature accessible style, this new fifth edition has been thoroughly updated by Kathy... -
The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story by Sebastian Payne 9781035016563
RRP: £10.99£7.51The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. From Sebastian Payne, former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times and author of Broken Heartlands.Winner of the Parlimentary Book AwardsA New... -
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
RRP: £16.99£12.18A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. This edition also includes an extra chapter charting the course from Blair to Brexit.It tells the story of how the great political visions of New... -
Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson
RRP: £12.99£12.92What are the imagined communities that compel men to kill or to die for an idea of a nation? This notion of nationhood had its origins in the founding of the Americas, but was then adopted and transformed by populist movements in nineteenth-century...