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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644210680Author Ernesto Che GuevaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Training her eye on traits that other biographers have neglected and mining newly released diaries and letters, Barbara Perry captures Rose Kennedy's genuine contributions to her family's political dynasty. Rose's perfectionism created a family image...

It is virtually impossible to understand the history of modern Guyana without understanding the role played by Forbes Burnham. As premier of British Guiana, he led the country to independence in 1966 and spent two decades as its head of state until his...

Jim Sillars, among the last of his generation's working-class politicians, has had a prominent role in Scottish public life for more than six decades, during which he moved from being a Unionist Labour MP to becoming deputy leader of the SNP and now a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Pulitzer Prize.Book InformationISBN 9780385495400Author H. W. BrandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Anchor BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385486668Author Scott AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060820695Author Bertrand M PatenaudeFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

This is the first biography of an intrepid young French woman, Lily Sergueiew, who led an adventurous life and became famous as one of the five D-Day spies. In 1939, her bicycle ride from Paris to Saigon was interrupted by the outbreak of war. Disgusted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812972825Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

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...

From a highly distinguished author on the subject, this biography is an excellent scholarly introduction to one of the key figures of the Russian Revolution and post-Tsarist Russia. Not only does it make use of archive material made newly available in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812969894Author Peggy NoonanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Was Franco sympathetic to Nazi Germany? Why didn't Spain enter World War II? In what ways did Spain collaborate with the Third Reich? How much did Spain assist Jewish refugees?This is the first book in any language to answer these intriguing questions...

`Nobody's Business': The Aran Diaries of Ernie O'Malley presents new insights into the contradictions and complexities of the mind of Ernie O'Malley, one of mid-twentieth century Ireland's foremost cultural critics. In 1941, 1955 and 1956, the former...

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...

Professor Jones discusses the career of Augustus in the context of the turbulent times of the breakdown of the Roman Republic into civil war. He shows how dependent Augustus' rise to power was upon his adoption by Julius Caesar, and traces the ruthless...

Growing Up Biden details Valerie's decades-long professional career in politics, and the central role she played in her brother's life as an insightful adviser, an ever-loyal advocate and best friend. This memoir, full of candor and warmth, brings...

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 Wisconsin but moved to Germany with her husband in 1929 where she taught American literature...

George P. Shultz recounts a lifetime of experiences in government, business, and academia and describes how those experiences have shaped the way he thinks about the world. In his plainspoken manner, he provides the reader with keys to understanding how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846829987Author Sean FarrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780465055937Author Adam ZamoyskiFormat HardbackPage Count 784Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 1134gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 160mm * 58mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984856074Author Ben RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

How Robespierre's career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracyMaximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory figure of the French Revolution, inspiring passionate debate like no other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992946685Author Philip RuffFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Breviary Stuff PublicationsPublisher Breviary Stuff Publications

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...

'EXCELLENT' SPECTATORNobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a symbol of supreme courage in the face of tyranny. Released from house arrest in 2010, she led her party to a dramatic victory in Burma's first free general election in a generation...

Humanitarian, philanthropist, and campaigner for Jewish emancipation on a grand scale, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was the preeminent Jewish figure of the nineteenth century-and one of the first truly global celebrities. His story, told here in full...

This is the first volume of Nigel West's acclaimed presentation of these fascinating diaries from the heart of Britain's Second World War intelligence operations.'No intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone interested in British twentieth...

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...

As New Labour's first period of government picks up steam, we find Bernard Donoughue working as a minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food. In this, the second volume of Donoughue's House of Lords diaries, he chronicles his experiences -...

Winner of the 2021 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay-NIF Book PrizeThe definitive biography of Dadabhai Naoroji, the nineteenth-century activist who founded the Indian National Congress, was the first British MP of Indian origin, and inspired Gandhi and Nehru...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984855046Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

"An achievement of reportorial diligence, this book tells a story that the most imaginative crime novelist would have been hard put to invent. It is a tale of death, intrigue, obstruction of justice, corruption and politics." -People Magazine A young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800550957Author Noel B GersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

What adventure novelist could have invented the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi? The revolutionary, soldier, politician, and greatest figure in the fight for Italian unification, Garibaldi (1807-1882) brought off almost as many dramatic exploits in the...

9/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. But despite its numental impact--and a deluge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385498647Author Peter SchweizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143114277Author Stacy A. CorderyFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 573gDimensions(mm) 212mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992946654Author Philip RuffFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Breviary Stuff PublicationsPublisher Breviary Stuff Publications

As a key player during the election campaign and transition, and Donald Trump's press secretary for the first seven months in the White House, Sean Spicer found himself on the front line between Trump and the press - regularly jousting with the media and...