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Roger Casement: 16Lives by Angus Mitchell
RRP: $33.13$25.53A 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: $16.56$12.38Apologies 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: $29.23$18.58The 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... -
Architect of Prosperity: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the Making of Hong Kong by Neil Monnery 9781907994692
RRP: $47.78$42.92This is a book about Sir John Cowperthwaite - the man Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman identified as being behind Hong Kong's remarkable post-war economic transformation. Despite there being some articles about him and effusive obituaries... -
The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s by William I. Hitchcock
RRP: $42.88$29.45A New York Times bestseller, this is the "outstanding" (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency.Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower... -
Call Me Dave: The Unauthorised Biography of David Cameron by Michael Ashcroft 9781849549141 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.00$4.47After a decade as Conservative Party leader, David Cameron remains an enigma to those outside his tight-knit inner circle. This authoritative biography of Britain's youngest Prime Minister for nearly 200 years provides a fascinating insight into the man... -
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer 9781784704216
RRP: $25.33$17.73From one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.**WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2019****FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL... -
First Blood by Amelie Nothomb
RRP: $29.23$19.11The Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man is facing a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He reflects on his childhood with a distant mother, and the moments which have led to him finding himself staring death in the face. Patrick... -
Kennedy Curse by Klein 9780312312930
RRP: $42.88$28.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312312930Author KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur by Scott S. Greenberger
RRP: $29.23$19.11Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe Conkling. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and the vast majority... -
The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys—and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy by James Risen
RRP: $48.75$35.14For decades now, America's national security state has grown ever bigger, ever more secretive and powerful, and ever more abusive. Only once did someone manage to put a stop to any of it.Senator Frank Church of Idaho was an unlikely hero. He led... -
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion by Gareth Stedman Jones
RRP: $37.03$27.32SHORTLISTED 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 Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis 9780807076927
RRP: $37.03$24.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807076927Author Jeanne TheoharisFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
More Than A Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years by John Major 9780007183654
RRP: $29.23$18.92The former Prime Minister examines the history of one of the great loves of his life. Throughout John Major's life, one of the constant factors has been his deep love of cricket. In this sumptuously illustrated book he delves deep into the... -
The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple
RRP: $35.10$21.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for GoodReads Choice Award 2017.Book InformationISBN 9780804138260Author Chris WhippleFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Prima GamesPublisher Prima... -
John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community by Raymond Arsenault
RRP: $48.75$40.79The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis "The perfect book, at the right time."-Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil... -
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt
RRP: $35.08$27.05At once a heart-wrenching personal narrative and a unique historical document, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt is the ultimate example of the personal as political. Eleanor Roosevelt stands as one of the world's greatest humanitarians, having... -
The Yellow Pad: Making Better Decisions in an Uncertain World by Robert E. Rubin
RRP: $52.63$34.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593491393Author Robert E. RubinFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom by Erica Benner
RRP: $21.43$15.15'A ripping read ... fascinating, charming, enjoyably unorthodox' Daily TelegraphWas Niccolo Machiavelli really the cynical schemer of legend - or was he a profound ethical thinker, who tried to save the democratic freedom of Renaissance Florence as it... -
Last Team Out of Kabul: Surrounded by the Taliban by H. Collins
RRP: $19.48$12.56As a Royal Marine Commando, H. Collins served in Afghanistan in 2001 on combat operations. He took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and returned for a second tour the following year. In 2005, now a private security contractor, he spent five years in... -
Gandhi 1914-1948: The Years That Changed the World by Ramachandra Guha
RRP: $37.03$27.32'Essential reading ... will not be bettered' Ferdinand Mount, Wall Street Journal'Gandhi's finest biographer' David Kynaston, GuardianThe magnificent new biography of Gandhi by India's leading historianA New York Times Notable Book of 2018Gandhi lived... -
So They Call You Pisher!: A Memoir by Michael Rosen
RRP: $33.13$28.28"If you didn't know whether to risk doing something, what's the worst that could happen? 'So they call you pisher!'"In this humorous and moving memoir, Michael Rosen recalls the first twenty-three years of his life. Born in the North London suburbs, his... -
Captured by a Vision: A Memoir by Ken Newell
$31.24"...we are more than capable of transforming our own country." These are the words of an Irish Presbyterian minister who participated in some of the most important events in the recent history of Northern Ireland. Ken Newell was born in North... -
The Earl of Louisiana by A. J. Liebling 9780807133439
RRP: $33.05$28.26In the summer of 1959, A. J. Liebling, veteran writer for the New Yorker, came to Louisiana to cover a series of bizarre events that began with Governor Earl K. Long's commitment to a mental institution. Captivated by his subject, Liebling remained to... -
The Path to Power by Margaret Thatcher
RRP: $38.98$27.85The extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher's life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of... -
The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton 9780008499457
RRP: $48.75$32.82'An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader' WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People An intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and... -
The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry Kissinger by Rene Rojas 9781788730303
RRP: $23.38$18.92If the American foreign policy establishment is a grand citadel, Henry Kissinger is the specter haunting its dusty hallways. For half a century, he was an omnipresent figure in war rooms and at press briefings, dutifully shepherding the American empire... -
Sailing Close to the Wind: Reminiscences by Dennis Skinner
RRP: $25.33$16.77Dennis Skinner, the famed Beast of Bolsover, is adored by legions of supporters and respected as well as feared by admiring enemies. Fiery and forthright, with a prodigious recall, Skinner is one of the best-known politicians in Britain. He remains as... -
Clem Attlee: Labour's Great Reformer by Francis Beckett
RRP: $25.33$17.53Far from Winston Churchill's jibe that he was a "modest little man with plenty to be modest about," in this acclaimed biography, comprehensively revised in this new edition, Francis Beckett makes the case that Clement Attlee's reputation as Britain's... -
David I: King of Scots, 1124-1153 by Richard D. Oram 9781910900291
RRP: $156.00$108.69David I was never expected to become king, but on succeeding to the Scottish throne in 1124 he quickly demonstrated that he had the skills, ruthlessness and ambition to become one of the kingdom's greatest rulers. Drawing on the experiences and... -
Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death by Eunan O'Halpin
RRP: $29.23$24.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373497Author Eunan O'HalpinFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Elizabeth Gaskell by Jenny Uglow 9780571203598 [USED COPY]
RRP: $33.13$5.17Winner 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: $33.13$22.58Winner 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... -
Undaunted: My Fight Against America’s Enemies, At Home and Abroad by John O. Brennan
RRP: $46.78$37.97Friday, January 6, 2017: On that day, as always, John Brennan's alarm clock was set to go off at 4:15 a.m. But nothing else about that day would be routine. That day marked his first and only security briefing with President-elect Donald Trump. And it... -
America's Reluctant Prince by Steven M. Gillon
RRP: $31.18$28.35Apologies 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 -
The File: A Personal History by Timothy Garton Ash
RRP: $25.33$16.69In 1978 Timothy Garton Ash went to live in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later, by then internationally famous for his reportage of the downfall of communism in Central Europe, he returned... -
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell
RRP: $21.43$14.14Colin Powell, one of America's most admired public figures, reveals the principles that have shaped his life and career in this inspiring and engrossing memoir. A beautiful companion to his previous memoir, the #1 New York Times bestseller My American... -
Enver Hoxha: The Iron Fist of Albania by Majlinda Nishku 9781350360747
RRP: $33.13$27.40Stalinism, that particularly brutal phase of communism, came to an end in most of Eastern Europe with the death of Josef Stalin in 1953 or at least with the Khrushchev reforms that began in the Soviet Union in 1956. However, in one country - Albania -... -
Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician by Zhisui Li
RRP: $33.13$23.95For the first time, here is the extraordinary true story of one of the most powerful men, and ruthless dictators, who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for a longer period than any other leader in history. In this intimate biography we... -
Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu by Anshel Pfeffer 9781787383272
RRP: $29.23$27.38For many in Israel and elsewhere, Benjamin Netanyahu is anathema, an embarrassment; yet he continues to dominate Israeli public life. How can we explain his rise, his hold on Israeli politics, and his outsized role on the world's stage? In Bibi,...