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John Bercow: Call To Order by Sebastian Whale 9781785905582
RRP: £20.00£14.88Polarising, 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... -
Mao: The Man Who Made China by Philip Short 9781350376724
RRP: £18.99£14.59One 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... -
My Life with Boris by Naina Yeltsin
RRP: £25.00£17.86In 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... -
Destiny And Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham
RRP: £16.99£12.54Apologies 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 *... -
Letters to Atticus: v. 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£23.39The 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... -
This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges 9781911590590
RRP: £8.99£6.08On 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... -
From Marabastad to Mogadishu: The Journey of an ANC Soldier by Hassen Ebrahim
RRP: £14.95£12.56This 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's First War: Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment, and the First World War by Thomas Weber 9780199233205
RRP: £22.49£17.17Hitler 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: A Will to Power by Ronan Fanning
RRP: £12.99£8.56Eamon 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... -
Be The Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You by Gina Martin
RRP: £10.99£7.40Inspiring 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... -
Victorious in Defeat: The Life and Times of Chiang Kai-shek, China, 1887-1975 by Alexander V. Pantsov
RRP: £30.00£24.85An 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,... -
Stalin: Passage to Revolution by Ronald Grigor Suny
RRP: £35.00£28.74A 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... -
Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality by Ziauddin Yousafzai
RRP: £9.99£7.11In 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... -
One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General by William P. Barr 9780063158603
RRP: £26.00£21.69INSTANT #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... -
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell 9780374531355
RRP: £25.00£15.51Apologies 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)... -
Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s: Ernest Tate, a Memoir by Ernest Tate
RRP: £9.00£8.73Apologies 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 -
Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin by Andrew S Weiss
RRP: £21.99£14.96In 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... -
The Ambassadors: Thinking about Diplomacy from Machiavelli to Modern Times by Robert Cooper
RRP: £14.99£9.80History 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... -
Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK by Ian Bone 9780954417772
RRP: £9.99£8.22Apologies 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 -
The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity by Andrew Gailey
RRP: £14.99£9.80Winner 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: Labour's Forgotten Patriot - Reappraising Peter Shore by Kevin Hickson 9781785904738
RRP: £25.00£18.24Peter 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... -
The Maisky Diaries: The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London by Ivan Maisky
RRP: £14.99£13.43Highlights 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... -
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli
RRP: £14.99£13.83Over 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... -
The Man Who Built the Berlin Wall: The Rise and Fall of Erich Honecker by Nathan Morley 9781399088824
RRP: £20.00£17.62In 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... -
Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui by Deborah Scroggins 9780060898984
RRP: £10.99£9.70Ayaan 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... -
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics by Joe Biden
RRP: £18.00£12.35Apologies 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)... -
A Winter on the Nile by Anthony Sattin
RRP: £15.99£11.61In 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,... -
Fire Under The Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner by Palden Gyatso
RRP: £15.99£11.61In 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 Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward: Sex, Scandal and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair by Anthony Summers
RRP: £12.99£8.60The 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... -
Ernie O'Malley: A Life by Harry Martin
RRP: £16.99£14.10Apologies 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 -
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot 9780743269193
RRP: £21.00£13.87Apologies 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 *... -
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose 9780553383294
RRP: £20.00£11.41Apologies 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... -
Hellfire by Ed Macy 9780007288205
RRP: £10.99£8.69The 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... -
Aneurin Bevan: A Biography: Volume 1: 1897-1945 by Michael Foot 9780571248360 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£9.20Michael 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... -
East and West by Christopher Patten 9780330373081
RRP: £16.99£12.47In 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... -
Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature by Dick Higgins 9780887064142
£31.88Apologies 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... -
A Woman's Work Is Never Done: Autobiographical and Political Writings by Elizabeth Andrews by Elizabeth Andrews 9781870206785 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£3.09Apologies 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 -
A Woman's Work Is Never Done: Autobiographical and Political Writings by Elizabeth Andrews by Elizabeth Andrews
RRP: £8.99£6.20Apologies 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 -
After You, Prime Minister by James Douglas Hamilton 9781906768065
RRP: £14.95£5.80Apologies 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 -
Kennan: A Life between Worlds by Frank Costigliola 9780691165400
RRP: £35.00£23.03A 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...