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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805028041Author Roger MorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 526Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 910g

Known as 'the Architect' of George W Bush's presidency, Karl Rove's access to Bush and view of his presidency is unparalleled. In this memoir, Rove takes the reader into the heart of Bush's rise to the Texas governorship and behind closed doors in the...

When Tony Benn left Parliament after 51 years he quoted his wife Caroline's remark that now he would have 'more time for politics'. And so this has proved. In the first seven years of this century he has helped reinvigorate national debate through public...

Dennis 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...

Returning to Britain in the mid-1980s after spending several years in the US as the Observer's Washington correspondent, Robert Chesshyre found a country shockingly altered by the rule of 'The Iron Lady', then at the height of her popularity. Disturbed...

The author chronicles her eight years as First Lady of the United States, looking back on her husband's two administrations, the challenges she faced during the period, the impeachment crisis, and her own political work.Book InformationISBN...

Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and STRICTLY COME DANCING star, Ann Widdecombe. With characteristic verve and integrity, Ann Widdecombe recalls her life and highlights the people and events that most influenced her along the way...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559706407Author Adam RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 603g

The first major biography of the Conservative Party's dynamic new leader. David ('Dave') Cameron has recently emerged as the first Tory leader in years to come across as a man of the people, an ordinary bloke in a traditionally reviled political position...

Carl Bernstein's stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows the true trajectory of an astonishing life and career. From a staunchly Republican household and apparently idyllic Midwestern girlhood - her disciplinarian father here revealed as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921438165Author Salvador "Leonel" Sanchez CerenFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Ocean PressPublisher Ocean PressWeight(grams) 413g

The second volume includes Humphrey's diaries from 1950 to 1951 and documents a time when the Division of Human Rights focused on providing support for various UN bodies in the development of covenants on human rights and related topics.This was a period...

Although Judith McKenzie deals with Jewett's childhood and university years, much of this insightful story is devoted to her public life as a Member of Parliament for the federal Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party and as a university president...

Born in June 1876, Crerar's Scots inheritance and rural Manitoba upbringing gave him a life-long commitment to the liberal values of independence, self-reliance, thrift, and co-operation. He became the founding president of United Grain Growers in 1917...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646630318Author Barry JagodaFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Koehler BooksPublisher Koehler BooksWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

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*Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize* When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, 9 October 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price when she was shot in the head at point-blank range...

Since his death in 1967, Ernesto "Che" Guevara has become a universally known revolutionary icon and political figure whose image is among the most recognizable in the world. This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes new life into his story,...

The enormous respect and affection of the British public for Betty Boothroyd has its roots in a strong belief in what she stands for: fair play, an unshakeable sense of honour and a passionate belief in the sovereignty of Parliament. Her convictions, she...

Based on deep consultation of seldom-examined primary sources, this third volume in Richard Lawrence Miller’s massive Lincoln biography follows Lincoln’s long effort to win a seat in Congress, his activity there, and his return to Illinois—chastened by...

In November 2008, Hillary Clinton agreed to work for her former rival. As President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she set out to repair America's image around the world - and her own. For the following four years, BBC foreign correspondent Kim...

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WWII expert John Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower's contributions to American warfare. American general and 34th president of the United States, Eisenhower led the assault on the French coast at Normandy and held together the Allied units through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788497940184Author Manuel Gimenez SaurinaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Edimat Libros s.a.Publisher Edimat Libros s.a.

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432759469Author Harry SaltzgaverFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 363g

Timothy Webster, best known for his work as a spy for the Union during the Civil War, began his career as a New York City policeman. In the mid-1850s he left the police department and took a job for Allan Pinkerton with his newly formed detective agency...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478762782Author William F F YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 152g

'Hilarious, insightful and has that rare quality of making politics fun. A brilliant book everyone should read, whoever you vote for.' Owen Jones, author of The Establishment From the giddy heights of New Labour's landslide victory in 1997 to the shock...

The first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES. INTO POLITICS begins in 1973 with Clark's selection as Tory candidate for Nancy Astor's old seat in Plymouth (rival...

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...

'With his Diaries, he has written himself into the life of our times with a panache and candour that ranks him next to Boswell or Pepys' The Times The first two volumes of Alan Clark's were irresistible, irreverent, infamous, outrageous. This last volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715623862Author Alan WatkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Gerald Duckworth & Co LtdPublisher Duckworth OverlookWeight(grams) 560g

Winner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016 From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson's multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary...

"Probably the most explosive book of the year will be Tom Bower's Broken Vows - Tony Blair and the Tragedy of Power. Bower has a reputation for unearthing unwelcome truths." (The Times Cultural Review 2016). When Tony Blair became prime...

'THE BOOK EVERY VOTER MUST READ' Mail on Sunday 'Meticulous and highly readable ... Funny and devastating' Daily Telegraph 'The most compelling in-depth study so far' Guardian A gripping expose of the man, his politics and what Corbyn in Downing Street...

'The political memoir of the decade' Sunday Times The referendum on Britain's membership of the EU is one of the most controversial political events of our times. For the first time, the man who called that vote talks about the decision and its origins,...

`A magisterial, detailed and invaluable account of one of this century's greatest figures ... it is hard to believe that a better biography will ever be written.' Justin Cartwright, Sunday Telegraph The life of Nelson Mandela, from the personal and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788497940177Author Miguel Gimenez SaurinaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Edimat Libros s.a.Publisher Edimat Libros s.a.

Elkanah Watson (1758-1842) travelled everywhere and associated with everyone--soldiers, politicians, diplomats, Indians, artists, scientists, slave traders and abolitionists. He met the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John...