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Evita, First Lady: A Biography of EVA Peron by John Barnes 9780802134790
RRP: £12.99£10.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802134790Author John BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Atlantic BooksPublisher Atlantic Books -
Hitler's Last Day: Minute by Minute by Emma Craigie
RRP: £12.99£8.60On 30th April 1945 Germany is in chaos...Russian troops have reached Berlin. All over the country, people are on the move - concentration camp survivors, Allied PoWs, escaping Nazis - and the civilian population is fast running out of food. The man who... -
Mary Queen of Scots: Film Tie-In by John Guy 9780008304904
RRP: £12.99£8.48Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived... -
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 ... -
Secrets and Lies by Christine Keeler 9781782198963 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.29Christine Keeler's name is as synonymous with the Sixties sexual revolution as the Pill. Having found fame and success as a model - the portrait of her naked astride a chair is iconic - her short affair with the minister for war, John Profumo, led to his... -
Josiah the Great: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre
RRP: £12.99£8.48The amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan. In the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his native troops and mounted on an elephant,... -
Barcelona Dreaming by Michael Wolff
RRP: £16.99£11.54Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.The stories are narrated, in turn, by an English... -
The Good Spy by Kai Bird
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Silver Falchion Award 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780307889768Author Kai BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam... -
Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin by Robert Service 9781509883059
RRP: £10.99£7.93In Kremlin Winter, Robert Service, acclaimed biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and one of the finest historians of modern Russia, brings his deep understanding of that country to bear on the man who leads it. 'One of our most accomplished, erudite... -
Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance by Leonard Peltier
RRP: £18.99£11.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312263805Author Leonard PeltierFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
The Incidental Oriental Secretary and Other Tales of Foreign Service by Richard L. Jackson 9780761867869
RRP: £30.00£26.68This memoir attempts to capture the humor and sheer incongruity of working across cultures in an international career spanning diplomacy and education. Written in a light hearted tone, it also delves into tragic consequences in countries such as Somalia,... -
Memoirs by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd 9780349118284
£19.16Douglas Hurd retired as Foreign Secretary in 1995 after a distinguished career in Government spanning 16 years. As Secretary of State for Ireland, Home Secretary and then six years in the Foreign Office in Margaret Thatcher and John Major's... -
Memoirs by Rt. Hon Lord Douglas Hurd 9780349118284 [USED COPY]
£17.10Douglas Hurd retired as Foreign Secretary in 1995 after a distinguished career in Government spanning 16 years. As Secretary of State for Ireland, Home Secretary and then six years in the Foreign Office in Margaret Thatcher and John Major's... -
The Invisible Writing by Arthur Koestler
RRP: £14.99£10.95The second volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon.Taken together, Arthur Koestler's volumes of autobiography constitute an unrivalled study of a twentieth-century life. The Invisible Writing picks up where... -
My Friend The Mercenary by James Brabazon 9781847674418
RRP: £12.99£8.56He wanted a war. And, for his sins, he got one. James Brabazon was an ambitious young war reporter when he entered the chaos of the Liberian Civil War in 2002. Running with the infamous LURD rebels, he survived numerous deadly ambushes and a dramatic... -
Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening by Maajid Nawaz
RRP: £14.99£10.95Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager. Abandoning his love of hip hop music, graffiti and girls, he was recruited into Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Liberation Party) where he played a leading and international... -
Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl 9780300105889
RRP: £19.99£19.79This highly acclaimed, prize-winning biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in a trade paperback edition for a new generation of readers. In a new preface the author offers an account of writings... -
The Unspoken Kennedy Truth by Laurent Guyenot
RRP: £10.28£9.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782957170418Author Laurent GuyenotFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint AfnilPublisher AfnilWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 13mm -
Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy by Jonathan Clements
RRP: £16.99£12.11Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the 20th century. As a young Finnish officer he witnessed the coronation of the last Tsar and was decorated for bravery in the Russo-Japanese War. He spent two years undercover in Asia as an agent of... -
Ten Years Hard Labour by Chris Williamson
RRP: £19.00£15.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783944203485Author Chris WilliamsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Lola BooksPublisher Lola BooksDimensions(mm) 217mm * 130mm * 22mm -
Machiavelli: From Radical to Reactionary by Robert Black 9781789146158
RRP: £17.95£12.92'Machiavellian' can signify duplicity and amorality in politics, but Machiavelli himself is far more complex than this cliche. A high-ranking Florentine government official and prolific writer of hugely influential political, military and historical... -
School of Darkness by Bella V Dodd 9781621382928
RRP: £16.00£15.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621382928Author Bella V DoddFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *... -
Left for Dead?: The Strange Death and Rebirth of Labour Britain by Lewis Goodall
RRP: £9.99£6.64A timely and provocative account of the fall of New Labour, the rise of Corbyn, and what it means for the left in Britain. 'Lewis Goodall is one of the most exciting voices in British politics right now'... -
Leading from the Front: An autobiography by General Sir Richard Dannatt
RRP: £18.99£13.61General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve in many different theatres of conflict, from Northern Ireland (where he was awarded the Military Cross) to Bosnia and Kosovo, Iraq and... -
The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival by Ron DeSantis
RRP: £25.00£16.13No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he reveals how he did it. He played baseball for Yale, graduated with honours from Harvard Law School and served in Iraq and in the halls of Congress. But... -
John F. Kennedy by Robert Dallek
RRP: £11.49£8.10Robert Dallek's masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one national bestseller, and it remains the most widely read one-volume biography of the 35th President. Now, in this marvelous short biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek achieves... -
In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon by Helen Rappaport 9781398504455
RRP: £10.99£7.00'An astonishingly rich story... wonderfully informative' The Times 'Rappaport does a terrific job of bringing respectful rigour to her account of Seacole's extraordinary life' Daily MailIn Search of Mary Seacole is a superb and revealing biography that... -
The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave by Patrick Bishop 9780008309046 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.29SOLDIER, 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 9780008309046
RRP: £10.99£6.48SOLDIER, 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... -
Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor by Andrew Kirtzman
RRP: £20.00£14.69What happened to Rudy Giuliani? That is the question millions of Americans have asked about this once-beloved leader. Andrew Kirtzman, who has been following Giuliani since the 1990s, answers that question in this fascinating biography.Giuliani was... -
A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It by Stephen Kinzer 9780470120156
RRP: £26.99£23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470120156Author Stephen KinzerFormat HardbackPage Count 349Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
Bertrand Russell: 1921-1970, the Ghost of Madness by Ray Monk 9781501153778
RRP: £34.99£27.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501153778Author Ray MonkFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 721gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 38mm -
The Progressive Patriot by Billy Bragg
RRP: £12.99£9.09What does it mean to be English? What does it mean to be British? Is the cross of St George a proud symbol of a great tradition, or the badge of a neo-Nazi? In a world where British citizens can lay bombs to kill their countrymen, where religious... -
Reporting India: My Seventy-year Journey as a Journalist by Prem Prakash
RRP: £27.99£15.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670093984Author Prem PrakashFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 240mm * 150mm * 30mm -
Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink by Anthony McCarten 9780062790767
RRP: £22.99£16.58May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill... -
Let There Be Justice: The Political Journey of Imran Khan by B. J. Sadiq 9781781556375
RRP: £16.99£12.94Imran Khan is in the spotlight once more, this time for his defiant presence on the political stage of Pakistan and not on the cricket field. Although not a beginner in politics-for he has been roaring out his public speeches for nearly two decades-but... -
Chaucer: Brief Lives by Peter Ackroyd 9780099287483
RRP: £12.99£5.47Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him... -
Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg by Paul Buhle
RRP: £11.99£10.42Rosa tells the life story of philosopher, economist, publisher, writer, organizer, political leader, and martyr Rosa Luxemburg, in full-color, graphic form. The story follows Rosa from her family life in Jewish Poland, where she became the leader of a... -
Fragrant Palm Leaves by Thich Nhat Hanh
RRP: £15.99£11.61'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... -
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis 9781786079954
RRP: £20.00£13.50'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,...