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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal Ben Macintyre 9781526683755
RRP: £12.99£9.34THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 1 BESTSELLER WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JOHN LE CARRÉ 'Riveting, astounding . . . An unputdownable postwar thriller' Observer 'Irresistibly readable' Sunday Times 'Worthy of John le Carré at his best' Guardian 'Hugely engrossing . . ... -
Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell: A Historical Guide to the Civil War by James Hobson 9781526734839
RRP: £12.99£8.56Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His actions and ideas still have political and social consequences today, and his... -
Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Life by Gretchen Rubin 9780812971446
RRP: £21.00£15.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812971446Author Gretchen RubinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 253gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Attila The Hun: Barbarian Terror and the Fall of the Roman Empire by Christopher Kelly
RRP: £15.99£11.79Attila the Hun - godless barbarian and near-mythical warrior king - has become a byword for mindless ferocity. His brutal attacks smashed through the frontiers of the Roman empire in a savage wave of death and destruction. His reign of terror shattered... -
Rage by Bob Woodward 9781471197741
RRP: £9.99£6.61BOB WOODWARD'S NEW BOOK, RAGE, IS AN UNPRECEDENTED AND INTIMATE TOUR DE FORCE OF NEW REPORTING ON THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY FACING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, ECONOMIC DISASTER AND RACIAL UNREST. Woodward, the No 1 international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in... -
A View From The Foothills: The Diaries of Chris Mullin Chris Mullin 9781846682308
RRP: £12.99£9.34'It is said that failed politicians make the best diarists. In which case I am in with a chance.' Chris Mullin Chris Mullin has been a Labour MP for twenty years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line - on issues like 90 days detention, for... -
Dwight D Eisenhower by Tom Wicker 9780805069075
RRP: £23.99£18.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805069075Author Tom WickerFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Times BooksPublisher Times BooksWeight(grams) 277g -
Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman 9780750996068 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.65New Zealand's prime minister has been hailed as a leader for a new generation, tired of inaction in the face of issues such as climate change and far-right terrorism. Her grace and compassion following the Christchurch mosque shooting captured the... -
Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman 9780750996068
RRP: £20.00£15.27New Zealand's prime minister has been hailed as a leader for a new generation, tired of inaction in the face of issues such as climate change and far-right terrorism. Her grace and compassion following the Christchurch mosque shooting captured the... -
The Man Who Built the Berlin Wall: The Rise and Fall of Erich Honecker by Nathan Morley 9781399088824
RRP: £20.00£17.90In The Man Who Built the Berlin Wall, Nathan Morley brings to life the story of the longtime leader of the German Democratic Republic. Drawing from a wealth of untapped archival sources - and firsthand interviews with Honecker's lawyers, journalists, and... -
Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra by Shareen Blair Brysac 9780195132694
RRP: £81.00£73.68"Resisting Hitler" is a biography of the only American woman to have been executed for treason against Germany during World War II. Mildred Harnack was born in Wiscinsin but moved to Germany with her husband in 1929 where she taught American literature... -
Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West by John J Sullivan 9780316571098
RRP: £28.00£20.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316571098Author John J SullivanFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and Company -
Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust by James Comey
RRP: £9.99£7.48'An absolutely fascinating read' - newsreader Emily MaitlisJames Comey, former FBI Director and Sunday Times number one bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in... -
Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister by Nicholas Shakespeare 9781784701000 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29A fascinating and dramatic investigation into the events that led to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister against the odds.'A gripping story of Churchill's unlikely rise to power' Observer London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and... -
Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister Nicholas Shakespeare 9781784701000
RRP: £12.99£9.34A fascinating and dramatic investigation into the events that led to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister against the odds.'A gripping story of Churchill's unlikely rise to power' Observer London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and... -
Labour Takes Power: The Denis MacShane Diaries 1997-2001 by Denis MacShane 9781785908392
RRP: £25.00£18.11With the strong possibility of Labour forming our next government, it is fascinating to consider the last time the party stood on the verge of power, back in 1997. At that time, future Europe Minister Denis MacShane had a ringside seat that he would... -
John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside Henry Bell 9780745338385
RRP: £16.99£11.71'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky; the head of... -
Erdogan Rising: A Warning to Europe by Hannah Lucinda Smith
RRP: £9.99£6.84'Essential reading for anyone interested in Turkey and its future' Literary Review 'Essential reading full stop' Peter Frankopan 'It is a must' The Times ... -
Michael Gove: A Man in a Hurry by Owen Bennett 9781785904400
RRP: £20.00£14.70Michael Gove is one of the most recognisable faces in British politics - and one of the most divisive. Whether it's taking on the education `blob', acting as a frontman for the Brexit campaign or orchestrating one of the bloodiest political... -
Fragrant Palm Leaves by Thich Nhat Hanh
RRP: £15.99£11.79'It isn't likely that this collection of journal entries will pass the censors. If it can't be published, I hope my friends will circulate it among themselves. I'll leave Vietnam tomorrow...' Thus Thich Nhat Hanh begins his 11 May 1966 journal entry... -
Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Jessie Childs 9780712643474
RRP: £12.99£9.34Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign. A pioneering poet, whose verse had a profound impact on Shakespeare, Surrey was nevertheless branded by one contemporary as 'the most foolish... -
The Knife Man by Wendy Moore
RRP: £12.99£9.34WINNER OF THE MEDICAL JOURNALISTS' OPEN BOOK AWARD 2005Revered and feared in equal measure, John Hunter was the most famous surgeon of eighteenth-century London. Rich or poor, aristocrat or human freak, suffering Georgians knew that Hunter's skills might... -
Army of the Night: The Life and Death of Jean Moulin, Legend of the French Resistance by Patrick Marnham
RRP: £14.99£11.93Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II. Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to the Gestapo... -
Niccolo Machiavelli: An Intellectual Biography by Corrado Vivanti
RRP: £22.00£17.63This is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to the life and work of the author of The Prince--Florentine statesman, writer, and political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). Corrado Vivanti, who was one of the world's... -
Eleanor by David Michaelis 9781439192016
RRP: £25.00£17.09New York Times Bestseller Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a "stunning" (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency... -
Stand Up, Speak Out: My Life Working for Women's Rights, Peace and Equality in Northern Ireland and Beyond by Monica McWilliams
RRP: £19.99£17.08By the age of ten, Monica McWilliams was dispensing payouts in her granny's post office, book-keeping for her cattle-dealer father and leaving no one in any doubt that she could stand up for herself. She went on to break the mould in so many ways, as a... -
Here's the Story: A Memoir by Mary McAleese
RRP: £9.99£7.32The groundbreaking two-term President of Ireland tells the stories of her lifeWhen a young Mary McAleese told a priest that she planned to become a lawyer, the priest dismissed the idea: she knew no one in the law, and she was female. The reality of what... -
Keir Hardie by Bob Holman
RRP: £11.99£10.95Keir Hardie was a founder and the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party. At the turn of the 19th century he was Labour's most famous face. But despite being voted Labour's 'Greatest Hero' at the 2008 Party Conference, in recent years his... -
Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle Ingrid Betancourt 9781844086139
RRP: £14.99£10.05Ingrid Betancourt's story - her exemplary courage, spirit and resilience - has captured the world's imagination. A politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat the corruption and climate of fear endemic in Colombia, in... -
Clara's War by Clara Kramer
RRP: £12.99£9.34On 21 July 1942 the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a... -
Bobby Kennedy: The Making Of A Liberal Icon by Larry Tye 9780812983500 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.50£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812983500Author Larry TyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Bobby Kennedy: The Making Of A Liberal Icon by Larry Tye
RRP: £17.50£12.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812983500Author Larry TyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Curzon: Imperial Statesman by David Gilmour
RRP: £18.99£13.61'A fast-moving, entertaining and finely written story' Simon Schama'Masterly ... a remarkable portrait of a brilliant complex and tragic genius' William Dalrymple, Los Angeles TimesGeorge Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched ... -
Reynolds Pamphlet by Alexander Hamilton 9781513295619
RRP: £3.99£3.48The Reynolds Pamphlet (1797) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton. Written while Hamilton was serving as Secretary of the Treasury, the Pamphlet was intended as a defense against accusations that Hamilton had conspired with James Reynolds to misuse funds... -
No Place Like Home: A New Beginning with the Dogs of Afghanistan by Pen Farthing
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Nowzad was a gentle giant when it came to taking treats. He never, ever snatched. To me it was just further evidence that, deep inside, there was a great dog struggling to find his way out'When Pen Farthing brings stray dogs Nowzad and Tali back from... -
My Life by President Bill Clinton 9780099441359
RRP: £21.99£16.01President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid self-portrait of a world leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the people of America and the... -
Roger Casement: 16Lives by Angus Mitchell
RRP: £16.99£13.09A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into... -
Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil by W. E. B. Du Bois 9780486408903
RRP: £8.49£6.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486408903Author W.E.B. Du BoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Blood Sisters: The Women Behind the Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood
RRP: £14.99£9.78The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard... -
Revolution Francaise: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation Sophie Pedder 9781472966308
RRP: £16.99£12.47The extraordinary story of how an outsider candidate - an unknown technocrat and economics minister on the fringes of French politics - made his way to the Elysee palace, with new material and expert analysis of recent events including the gilets jaunes...