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All to Play For: The Advance of Rishi Sunak by Michael Ashcroft 9781785907968
RRP: £16.99£12.66The 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... -
Open Secret: The Autobiography of the Former Director-General of MI5 by Stella Rimington
RRP: £10.99£7.99'The story of MI5's transformation - is fascinating. So, too is Rimington's account of her rise in what was very definitely a man's world.' Guardian____________________________The eye-opening memoir from the first female Director-General of MI5Stella... -
The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando by Paul Kix 9780062322531
RRP: £20.99£14.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062322531Author Paul KixFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 227g -
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion by Gareth Stedman Jones
RRP: £18.99£14.01SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2017'A deeply original and illuminating account of Marx's journey through the intellectual history of the nineteenth century... a profound reappraisal and a gripping read'... -
The Black Count: Glory, revolution, betrayal and the real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
RRP: £12.99£9.34WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY 2013'Completely absorbing' Amanda Foreman'Enthralling' Guardian'The Three Musketeers! The Count of Monte Cristo! The stories of courseare fiction. But here a prize-winning author shows us that the inspiration... -
History of My Life by Giacomo Casanova 9781857152906
RRP: £20.00£15.29The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-1798), in now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in him memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was diplomat, business... -
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris 9780525560739
RRP: £20.00£12.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525560739Author Kamala HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm... -
Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA by Randall B. Woods 9780465054985
£13.91World War II commando, Cold War spy, and CIA director under presidents Nixon and Ford, William Egan Colby played a critical role in some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. A quintessential member of the greatest generation, Colby... -
THE GREATEST SPEECHES OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with an Introduction by Presidential Historian Craig Shirly by Donald J. Trump
RRP: £35.99£24.66"We will make America strong again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again. Greater than ever before!" - President Donald J. TrumpThe ultimate collection of President Donald J. Trump's most important speeches and words to... -
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
RRP: £19.00£11.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize (History) 2001.Book InformationISBN 9780375705243Author Joseph J. EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House... -
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson 9780684807614
£23.88During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers. America's first great publicist, he carefully crafted his... -
Rosa Luxemburg: The Biography by J. P. Nettl
RRP: £40.00£33.18This biography, first published half a century ago, remains the most detailed and comprehensive study of Rosa Luxemburg. Nettl's extensive knowledge of the social and political context of the European socialist movements in which she was active, and his... -
Long Way Home: Love, life, death, and everything in between by Dan Jarvis 9781408710722 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.65Winner of Best Memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards 2020'Dan Jarvis's story is a belter. It's about love, loss, courage and determination told with his customary modesty which fails to disguise the amazing man behind the story' Alan JohnsonDan Jarvis... -
Long Way Home: Love, life, death, and everything in between Dan Jarvis 9781408710722
RRP: £7.99£5.90Winner of Best Memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards 2020'Dan Jarvis's story is a belter. It's about love, loss, courage and determination told with his customary modesty which fails to disguise the amazing man behind the story' Alan JohnsonDan Jarvis... -
America's Reluctant Prince by Steven M. Gillon
RRP: £15.99£14.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524742409Author Steven M. GillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Elizabeth Gaskell by Jenny Uglow 9780571203598 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.65Winner of the Portico PrizeShortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the YearHigh-spirited, witty and passionate, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age, including Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and... -
Elizabeth Gaskell by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £16.99£11.58Winner of the Portico PrizeShortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the YearHigh-spirited, witty and passionate, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age, including Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and... -
Break-Up: How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War David, Kieran Clegg, Andrews 9781785907067
RRP: £20.00£14.51Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon's political partnership changed the face of Scotland, bringing the country to within 200,000 votes of independence in 2014 and holding sway at Holyrood for more than a decade. Since the referendum, Scottish nationalism... -
On Dangerous Ground by Maire Comerford 9781843518198
RRP: £18.00£14.88On Dangerous Ground is the revolutionary period memoir of Republican Maire Comerford (1893-1982). This striking memoir, one of the last of its era, includes Comerford's original text, written mainly in the 1940s and '50s, and new material unearthed from... -
Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His Work by Alex Locascio 9781583677353
RRP: £25.00£20.68For over a century, Karl Marx's critique of capitalism has been a crucial resource for social movements. Now, recent economic crises have made it imperative for us to comprehend and actualize Marx's ideas. But without a knowledge of Karl Marx's life as... -
The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding by Ryan S. Walters
RRP: £22.00£14.05"Presidents are ranked wrong. In The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding, Ryan Walters mounts a case that Harding deserves to move up-and supplies the evidence to make that case strong. -Amity Shlaes, bestselling author of CoolidgeHe's the... -
The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty by Neal Thompson 9780063268593
RRP: £14.99£12.96"Here is that rare thing: an untold chapter in the Kennedy saga. . .Compelling and illuminating."-Jon MeachamBased on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first book to explore the inspiring story of the poor Irish... -
Eclipse by Nicholas Clee
RRP: £16.99£13.09Epsom Downs, 3rd May, 1769: a chestnut with a white blaze scorches across the turf towards the finishing post. His four rivals are so far behind him that, in racing terms, they are 'nowhere'. Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An... -
The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics by Joshua Green 9780525560241
RRP: £20.99£14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525560241Author Joshua GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
One Dog at a Time: Saving the Strays of Helmand - An Inspiring True Story by Pen Farthing
RRP: £9.99£7.32'Thick with rolls of gleaming new wire, the obstacle was designed to prevent a suicide bomber driving into the compound's thick mud walls. Today, however, it had only succeeded in stopping a terrified-looking small white dog. I knew that the Taliban... -
Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill by Andrew Adonis 9781785905988
RRP: £20.00£15.10As a statesman, Ernest Bevin is second only to Churchill in impact and legacy. Born in abject poverty to a single mother, and with virtually no formal education, Bevin went on to become the founder of the largest trade union in British history and then... -
Arbella: England's Lost Queen Sarah Gristwood 9780553815214
RRP: £12.99£9.34'It is Arbella they would proclaim Queen if her mistress should happen to die' Sir William Stanley, 1592Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she... -
Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, State-Sponsored Murder,and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath by Bill Browder 9781398506084
RRP: £12.99£9.89THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 2 BESTSELLER ** THE NEW YORK TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER'More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true' Stephen... -
Beyond A Fringe: Tales from a reformed Establishment lackey: 2021 Andrew Mitchell 9781785906985
RRP: £20.00£14.70Veering from the hilarious to the tragic, Andrew Mitchell's tales from the parliamentary jungle make for one of the most entertaining political memoirs in years. From his prep school years, straight out of Evelyn Waugh, through the Army to Cambridge,... -
The Harold Nicolson Diaries: 1907-1964 Harold Nicolson 9780753819975
RRP: £14.99£10.05One of the great 20th century political diaries'A tremendous read' SPECTATOR'One stops to marvel at the achievement. Honesty, decency, modesty, magnanimity, are stamped on every page, as evident as the wit' EVENING STANDARDHarold Nicolson was one of the... -
An Autobiography: 150th Anniversary Edition with an Introduction by Pankaj Mishra by M. K. Gandhi
RRP: £12.99£9.34The life of Gandhi, in his own words150th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by Pankaj Mishra'Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood' Albert Einstein upon the death of M. K... -
Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography Hugo Vickers 9781529316247
RRP: £14.99£8.72Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's greatest cultural icons - not just as a photographer capturing some of the most celebrated portraits of the 20th century but also as designer of the iconic sets and costumes for the films My Fair Lady and Gigi. In 1980,... -
Hitler: A Life in Pictures (Images of War Special) by Editors 9781783463220
RRP: £14.99£12.19This 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... -
Iran Awakening: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country by Shirin Ebadi
RRP: £18.00£12.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975284Author Shirin EbadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity by Monica Macias
RRP: £18.99£13.76The 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... -
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises by Timothy Geithner
RRP: £14.99£12.24From the former Treasury Secretary, the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the U.S. economy from collapse in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great DepressionOn 26 January, 2009, during the depths of the... -
Know Your Place by Golriz Ghahraman 9781775541424
RRP: £14.99£9.96The story of a child refugee who faced her fears, found her home and accidentally made history When she was just nine, Golriz Ghahraman and her parents were forced to flee their home in Iran. After a terrifying and uncertain journey, they landed in... -
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer
RRP: £20.00£14.51How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'... A TELEGRAPH AND SPECTATOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence... -
Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics by Michael Cohen 9781685890742
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890742Author Michael CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him by David Reynolds 9780008439910
RRP: £25.00£16.43‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical...