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Polarising, combative, unconventional: few embody the fraught nature of British politics today quite like John Bercow. A man who is revered by his one-time opponents and condemned by his former bedfellows, he has traversed the deep chasm between the...

One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful...

In this poignant memoir, Naina Yeltsina, the wife of the first president of Russia, recounts the compelling story of her life, from her earliest childhood memories and the time when she met and became engaged to Boris Yeltsin, her companion of over fifty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812979473Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1125gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

The private correspondence of Rome's most prolific public figure.To his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except perhaps his brother. In Cicero's Letters to Atticus we get an intimate look at his motivations...

On November 14, 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges became the first black child to integrate an all-white school in New Orleans. Escorted by federal marshals past angry segregationist protesters, young Ruby attended William Frantz Elementary and...

This is an account of the life experiences of a South African of Indian descent who was fortunate enough to be a part of some of South Africa's most important changes in the transition from apartheid to a constitutional democracy. Hassen's political...

Hitler claimed that his years as a soldier in the First World War were the most formative years of his life. However, for the six decades since his death in the ruins of Berlin, Hitler's time as a soldier on the Western Front has, remarkably, remained a...

Eamon de Valera is the most remarkable man in the history of modern Ireland. Much as Churchill personified British resistance to Hitler and de Gaulle personified the freedom of France, de Valera personified Irish independence. From his emergence in the...

Inspiring and practical, BE THE CHANGE is the essential handbook for the budding activist.'Gina Martin is a sensation' The Secret Barrister'Gina Martin's powerful campaigning and vital activism changed the law, making our country safer for women and...

An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) led the Republic of China for almost fifty years,...

A spellbinding new biography of Stalin in his formative yearsThis is the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin from his birth to the October Revolution of 1917, a panoramic and often chilling account of how an impoverished, idealistic youth from the...

In this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality - proving there are many faces of feminism."Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.William Barr's first tenure as attorney general under...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374531355Author Georgina HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Sarah Crichton BooksPublisher Sarah Crichton BooksWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869691Author Ernest TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint I.M.G.PublicationsPublisher Resistance Books

In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in...

History does not run in straight lines. Instead of inevitable progress, what we get is more often false starts, blind alleys, random events, good intentions that go wrong. Robert Cooper's incisive and elegant book is therefore not a continuous diplomatic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954417772Author Ian BoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Naked Guides LtdPublisher Tangent BooksDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm

Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2016Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, enjoyed a glittering career which few could equal. As Viceroy of India and Governor-General of Canada, he held the...

Peter Shore worked under Hugh Gaitskell, serving in successive Labour Cabinets under first Harold Wilson and subsequently James Callaghan. He wrote the 1964, 1966 and 1970 general election manifestos for the party and stood in both the 1980 and the 1983...

Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A...

Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively but only this book provides a powerful and detailed look at the complex relationships shared among the three women who were not born Kennedy but...

In 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...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born former member of the Dutch Parliament and the author of the international bestseller "Infidel", was raised as a Muslim fundamentalist in Kenya. A feminist, political analyst, writer, and fierce critic of her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812976212Author Joe BidenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her parents over her refusal to marry, she had been offered a lifeline by family friends who suggested a trip to Egypt,...

In 1992 the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after thirty-three years of imprisonment by Chinese forces in Tibet. He fled across the Himalayas to India, smuggling with him the instruments of his torture. This powerful text is the story of his life...

The Profumo Affair was the political scandal of the twentieth century. The Tory War Minister, John Profumo, had been sleeping with the teenage Christine Keeler, while at the same time she had been sleeping with a Russian spy. The ensuing investigation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785373909Author Harry MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743269193Author David TalbotFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The National Review Best Book 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780553383294Author Alexander RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div...

The true story of one man's determination to master the world's deadliest helicopter and of a split-second decision that changed the face of modern warfare. May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of the Apache AH Mk1...

Michael Foot's two-volume biography of Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan (1897-1960) - arguably Britain's greatest socialist, indelibly associated with the founding of the National Health Service - is one of the major political biographies of the last century. It is...

In June of 1997, over a century and a half of British rule in Hong Kong came to an end. Chris Patten writes about his experiences as the last governor of the colony of Hong Kong. He explains why he adopted the stance that he did, and how he fought his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780887064142Author Dick HigginsFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870206785Author Elizabeth AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870206785Author Elizabeth AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906768065Author James Douglas HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Stacey InternationalPublisher Stacey International

A definitive biography of the U.S. diplomat and prize-winning historian George F. KennanThe diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy-and one of its most complex. Drawing on...