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Colonel Paddy: The Man Who Dared by Patrick Marrinan
RRP: $19.48$17.08This, the original biography of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO (3 Bars), Legion d Honneur, Croix De Guerre and Colonel Paddy to his contemporaries, is a lively account of his life and wartime exploits with the SAS. The classic story of... -
The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World by Iuliia Mendel
RRP: $39.00$25.08When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come.In this frank and moving inside account, Zelenskyy's former press secretary tells the story of his... -
Robert Peel: A Biography by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd
RRP: $29.23$19.89Life of one of the greatest British Prime Ministers - by an author who knows the scene from his years as a senior Minister in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.Robert Peel, as much as any man in the nineteenth century, transformed Great Britain into a modern... -
Nelson Mandela: Portrait of an Extraordinary Man by Richard Stengel
RRP: $29.23$21.35Previously published as Mandela's WayWritten by the co-author of international bestseller Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela: Portrait of an Extraordinary Man presents fifteen powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson... -
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
RRP: $27.28$17.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105329Author Huey P. NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 419g -
Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie
RRP: $21.43$14.43Winner of the St Ermin's Intelligence Book of the Year Award. 'One of the great biographies of 2015.' The TimesFully updated edition including recently released information. A Guardian Book of the Year. The Times Best Biography of the Year. Mail on... -
Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 2) by Robert A. Caro
RRP: $58.50$41.63'The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account... -
Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity by Monica Macias
RRP: $37.03$26.42The extraordinary true story of a West African girl's upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung. In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her... -
Harold Wilson: The Biography by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
RRP: $48.75$28.59Harold Wilson is the only post-war leader of any party to serve as Britain's Prime Minister on two separate occasions. In total he won four General Elections, spending nearly eight years in Downing Street. Half a century later, he is still unbeaten,... -
Rosa Luxemburg by Paul Frolich 9781608460748
RRP: $38.98$29.70Rosa Luxemburg is revered as one of the leading socialists of the early 20th century, whose vision for justice and equality continues to resonate throughout workers movements today. Paul Frelich was one of the founding members of the German Communist... -
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
RRP: $21.43$15.15Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four and a half years. For much of that... -
1989 the Berlin Wall: My Part in Its Downfall by Peter Millar
RRP: $25.33$16.77Follow Peter Millar on a journey in the heart of Cold War Europe, from the carousing bars of 1970s Fleet Street to the East Berlin corner pub with its eclectic cast of characters who embodied the reality of living on the wrong side of the wall.About the... -
Henry VIII: King and Court by Alison Weir
RRP: $29.23$21.35Henry VIII, renowned for his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presided over one of the most magnificent-and dangerous-courts in Renaissance Europe. Never before has a detailed, personal biography of this charismatic monarch been set... -
Charmed Life: The Phenomenal World of Philip Sassoon by Damian Collins 9780008127633
RRP: $23.38$17.55The story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of British global power and influence. A famed aesthete, politician and patron of the arts, Philip Sassoon lived in a world of English elegance and... -
The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J Mendez
RRP: $27.28$24.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060957919Author Antonio J MendezFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 232mm... -
Palmerston: A Biography by David Brown
RRP: $38.98$33.87A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John... -
And Then What?: Despatches From the Heart of 21st-Century Diplomacy, From Kosovo to Kiev by Baroness Catherine Ashton 9781783967117
RRP: $21.43$14.57Financial Times - BEST BOOKS OF 2023 'And Then What? is breathless and conversational - and all the more readable for that. But while her tone is down-to-earth, the events that Ashton played a part in were dramatic and often historic.' Gideon... -
Known And Unknown by Donald Rumsfeld 9781595230843
RRP: $21.43$15.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595230843Author Donald RumsfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 832Imprint SentinelPublisher Sentinel -
Pioneer Woman: Girl Meets Cowboy - A True Love Story by Ree Drummond 9781447202073 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$4.47Living the high life in LA - cocktail parties, exotic restaurants and a cosmopolitan boyfriend - Ree Drummond thinks she's got it all figured out. But, try as she might, she can't shake the feeling that something is missing. Returning to her hometown to... -
Pioneer Woman: Girl Meets Cowboy - A True Love Story by Ree Drummond
RRP: $19.48$14.18Living the high life in LA - cocktail parties, exotic restaurants and a cosmopolitan boyfriend - Ree Drummond thinks she's got it all figured out. But, try as she might, she can't shake the feeling that something is missing. Returning to her hometown to... -
Mary Queen of Scots: Film Tie-In by John Guy
RRP: $25.33$16.54A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today. She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years; at eighteen she... -
Smile for the Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith by Simon Danczuk 9781849548755
RRP: $21.43$15.15No politician pandered to the media's appetite for personality more than Liberal MP Cyril Smith. Instantly recognisable for his colossal build, Smith was a larger-than-life character in a world of dull grey men. Yet 'Big Cyril' was anything but the... -
A Prison Diary Volume II: Purgatory by Jeffrey Archer 9781509808885
RRP: $21.43$15.15On 9th August 2001, twenty-two days after Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh, a double-A Category high-security prison in south London, to HMP Wayland, a Category C establishment in... -
All to Play For: The Advance of Rishi Sunak by Michael Ashcroft 9781785907968
RRP: $33.13$24.32The speed of Rishi Sunak's advance to 10 Downing Street is without precedent in modern British politics. In mid-2019, he was an unknown junior minister; seven months later, he became Chancellor of the Exchequer; and by October 2022, he had secured the... -
A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald Maclean by Roland Philipps
RRP: $25.33$17.73Donald Maclean was a star diplomat, an establishment insider and a keeper of some of the West's greatest secrets. He was also a Russian spy...Codenamed 'Orphan' by his Russian recruiter, Maclean was Britain's most gifted traitor. But as he leaked huge... -
Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency by Sadiq Khan
RRP: $33.13$21.98'A breath of fresh air' Observer'Passionate and authentic' GQ'Refreshing and galvanising' Vogue'Rousing and thoughtful' Independent'Quite the page-turner' Evening StandardTo win the climate war, you first need to win the climate argument.For many years,... -
Boris Johnson: The Neverending Tory: The Adventure Where You Take Back Control by Iain Hollingshead 9781787636927
RRP: $19.48$13.86Now that Boris Johnson has left Downing Street to spend more time with his families, you can celebrate/lament his departure with this multiple-choice adventure where you take back control. Packed with 350 million* endings, this is the perfect stocking... -
Boris Johnson: The Neverending Tory: The Adventure Where You Take Back Control by Iain Hollingshead 9781787636927 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$4.41Now that Boris Johnson has left Downing Street to spend more time with his families, you can celebrate/lament his departure with this multiple-choice adventure where you take back control. Packed with 350 million* endings, this is the perfect stocking... -
Holocaust Child: Lalechka - An Inspirational Story of Survival by Amira Keidar 9781913543075
RRP: $17.53$5.67A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival. In 1941 at the height of World War II, in a Polish ghetto, a baby girl named Rachel is born. Her parents, Jacob and Zippa, are willing to... -
Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys by Peter Evans 9780060580544
RRP: $21.43$14.14A longtime investigative journalist uncovers one of the great untold stories of twentieth-century international intrigue, and the secrets it has held until now. Shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis and Bobby Kennedy, two of the world's richest and most... -
The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave by Patrick Bishop 9780008309084 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.43$5.17SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick Bishop's lively, action-packed biography examines the life, heroic war and death of one of... -
The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave by Patrick Bishop 9780008309084
RRP: $21.43$15.15SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick Bishop's lively, action-packed biography examines the life, heroic war and death of one of... -
Lose Weight 4 Life: Motivation, movement, measurement, maintenance by Tom Watson
RRP: $37.03$25.64'An honest and fascinating account of the journey that Tom made from discovering he was a type 2 diabetic to doing something about it. This book will change lives.' Michael Mosley, on The Sunday Time's bestseller DownsizingFrom the bestselling author of... -
Hitler: A Life in Pictures (Images of War Special) by Editors 9781783463220
RRP: $29.23$23.42This exceptional source is probably the best of the contemporary accounts of Hitler in power, albeit from a heavily pro-Nazi stance. The testimonies collected together were based on interviews conducted by Heinz A. Heinz in 1933 and 1934, shortly after... -
Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher
RRP: $39.00$27.87A collection of the former Prime Minister's speeches and articles, 'Statecraft' brought Margaret Thatcher's unrivalled political experience to bear on the challenges of the early new millennium. Margaret Thatcher's influence on modern politics... -
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome by Harry Sidebottom 9780861546855
RRP: $21.43$13.65What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old... -
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: $33.13$22.37'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original... -
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
RRP: $29.23$21.35'A monumental yet intimate biography, a vivid portrait of the man, the statesman and the saint' The TimesMahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time. A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or... -
Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel by Rachel Holmes
RRP: $33.13$23.95'A wonderful book ... Holmes sublimely illuminates Sylvia's extraordinary life' The Times 'A masterpiece' Vanessa Redgrave _______________ Born into one of Britain's most famous activist families, Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural rebel. A free... -
Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire by Katherine Connelly
RRP: $33.13$22.50From militant suffragette at the beginning of the twentieth century to campaigner against colonialism in Africa after the Second World War, Sylvia Pankhurst dedicated her life to fighting oppression and injustice. In this vivid biography Katherine...