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The Long and Winding Road by Alan Johnson 9780552172158 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29Winner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016From 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... -
The Long and Winding Road by Alan Johnson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Winner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016From 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... -
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier by Diana Preston
RRP: £10.99£7.77William Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. Dampier was the... -
White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr by Leanda de Lisle
RRP: £12.99£8.32The subject of a BBC TV series on Charles I The prize-winning biography of Charles I * Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 ** Times Book of the Year ** Shortlisted for the Catholic Herald Biography Award 2019 *Less than... -
Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens by David Stuttard 9780674660441
RRP: £24.95£20.29Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of the Golden Age of Athens. A ward of Pericles and a friend of Socrates, he was spectacularly rich, bewitchingly handsome and charismatic, a skilled general, and a ruthless politician. He was also a serial... -
A Time to Risk All: The incredible untold story of Mary Elmes, the Irish woman who saved children from Nazi Concentration Camps by Clodagh Finn
RRP: £18.99£13.61'I am truly grateful to Mary Elmes for the life I might not have had, had it not been for her brave actions to save us and many others. She was truly a heroine.' Michael Freund Mary Elmes was an extraordinary woman. Sometimes known as the 'Irish... -
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson 9780141022000
RRP: £18.99£14.01'Riveting ... this will be his masterpiece' - Andrew Roberts, The New York Times'For big, bold and compelling, it is impossible to ignore Kissinger' - John Bew, New Statesman, Books of the Year 'This is a superb history of the modern world as well as a... -
Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor by Adrian Fort
RRP: £16.99£12.28In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman to take a seat in parliament.She was not what had been expected. Far from a virago who had suffered for the cause of female suffrage, she was already near the centre of the ruling society that had for so long... -
The Victorians: Twelve Titans who Forged Britain by Jacob Rees-Mogg
RRP: £12.99£9.09They built a nation. Now it's our turn.Many associate the Victorian era with austere social attitudes and filthy factories. But in this bold and provocative book, Jacob Rees-Mogg -- leading Tory MP and prominent Brexit advocate -- takes up the story of... -
Downsizing: How I lost 8 stone, reversed my diabetes and regained my health - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Tom Watson
RRP: £12.99£9.09'An honest and fascinating account of the journey that Tom made from discovering he was a type 2 diabetic to doing something about it. This book will change lives.' Michael Mosley'enjoyable for stories of Watson's high stress/high booze/poor... -
Codename Tricycle: The true story of the Second World War's most extraordinary double agent by Russell Miller
RRP: £12.99£9.09A wealthy lawyer, debonair ladies' man, consummate actor, and courageous gambler, Dusko Popov played the role of playboy amongst the top echelons of British society to become one of Germany's most trusted spies. In fact, he was one of Britain's most... -
A Writer At War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945 by Vasily Grossman
RRP: £12.99£9.09In the summer of 1941, as the Germans invade Russia, newspaper reporter Vasily Grossman is swept to the frontlines, witnessing some of the most savage atrocities in Russian history. As Grossman follows the Red Army from the defence of Moscow, to the... -
Diaries Volume Three: Power and Responsibility by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £16.99£12.28POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY is the third volume of Alastair Campbell's unique daily account of life at the centre of the Blair government. It begins amid conflict in Kosovo, and ends on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wrote itself into the... -
The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I by Steven Veerapen 9781780278162
RRP: £25.00£16.99James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has long endured a mixed reputation. To many, he is simply the homosexual King, the inveterate witch-roaster, the smelly sovereign who never washed, the colourless man behind... -
The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £16.99£12.68The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the... -
Eleanor by David Michaelis 9781439192016
RRP: £25.00£16.84New York Times Bestseller Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a "stunning" (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency... -
The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China by Jay Taylor 9780674060494
RRP: £22.95£18.78One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China's rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure,... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants by Charles Moore
RRP: £18.99£14.01The sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron LadyIn June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as... -
The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story by Sebastian Payne 9781035016563
RRP: £10.99£7.51The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. From Sebastian Payne, former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times and author of Broken Heartlands.Winner of the Parlimentary Book AwardsA New... -
Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime by Jang Jin-Sung 9781846044212 [USED COPY]
RRP: £16.99£2.65SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERDear Leader contains astonishing new insights about North Korea which could only be revealed by someone working high up in the regime. It is also the gripping story of how a member of the inner circle of this enigmatic... -
Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime by Jang Jin-Sung
RRP: £16.99£12.28SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERDear Leader contains astonishing new insights about North Korea which could only be revealed by someone working high up in the regime. It is also the gripping story of how a member of the inner circle of this enigmatic... -
Blood, Fire and Gold: The story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque
RRP: £12.99£9.09'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biography...accessible and unpretentious' The Telegraph'A stunning portrayal of two of the most powerful women in European history' Tracy Borman'Exciting and... -
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson
RRP: £18.99£14.01Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco-British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du TouquetA SUNDAY TIMES, THE... -
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa 9781542047197
RRP: £6.99£4.88An Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold book. The harrowing true story of one man's life in-and subsequent escape from-North Korea, one of the world's most brutal totalitarian regimes. Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his... -
First They Killed My Father: Film tie-in by Loung Ung
RRP: £10.99£7.77A major film, co-written and directed by Angelina Jolie Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. She was a precocious child who loved the open city markets, fried crickets, chicken... -
Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire by John Man
RRP: £10.99£7.77Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. Ruthless in defence of his faith, brilliant in... -
A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah
RRP: £10.99£7.25The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. 'My new friends have begun to suspect that I haven't told them the full story of my life."Why did you leave Sierra Leone?""Because there is a... -
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Hunter S. Thompson
RRP: £12.99£8.48The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US... -
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro
RRP: £30.00£21.95'The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account... -
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in by Bernie Sanders 9781781258545 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen Jones The Sunday Times bestseller Bernie Sanders is one of the most influential voices in a global movement fighting injustice. He has dominated two Democratic primary races, and changed the... -
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in by Bernie Sanders
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen Jones The Sunday Times bestseller Bernie Sanders is one of the most influential voices in a global movement fighting injustice. He has dominated two Democratic primary races, and changed the... -
The Cecils: Privilege and Power Behind the Throne by David Loades
£14.59For over 50 years one family dominated England's high offices of state. William and Robert Cecil, father and son, held unparalleled power as statesmen, diplomats, counsellors and spymasters throughout Elizabeth's reign and long beyond. From Privy... -
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes
RRP: £16.99£12.28We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous... -
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair 9780008491284
RRP: £16.99£11.47‘Dazzling. Potent. Vital’ TARA WESTOVER ‘To read it is to believe that words can save’ MARLON JAMES ‘I adored this book … Unforgettable, heartbreaking and heartwarming’ ELIF SHAFAK There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved. ... -
An Accidental Icon: How I dodged a bullet, spoke truth to power and lived to tell the tale by Norman Scott
RRP: £22.00£14.96'Compelling' The Daily Mail'So many gripping moments... a real cracker' The Evening StandardThe jaw-dropping and inspiring story of accidental queer icon Norman Scott (the hero of TV drama A Very English Scandal) and the part he played in one of the... -
William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hague
RRP: £16.99£11.47William Hague has written the life of William Wilberforce who was both a staunch conservative and a tireless campaigner against the slave trade. Hague shows how Wilberforce, after his agonising conversion to evangelical Christianity, was able... -
Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy by Julian Hayes 9781472146533 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£3.03The true story behind the 2023 ITV series, STONEHOUSE, starring Matthew Macfayden and Keeley Hawes. 'An extraordinary life . . . a vivid account' Telegraph 'Completely absorbing' CAROL ANN LEE, author of The Murders at White House Farm and A Passion For... -
Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy by Julian Hayes
RRP: £10.99£6.47The true story behind the 2023 ITV series, STONEHOUSE, starring Matthew Macfayden and Keeley Hawes. 'An extraordinary life . . . a vivid account' Telegraph 'Completely absorbing' CAROL ANN LEE, author of The Murders at White House Farm and A Passion For... -
Attlee: A Life in Politics by Nick Thomas-Symonds 9780755636136
RRP: £14.99£11.75A biography of a key figure in British political life, now with a new foreword by Keir Starmer, providing a vivid portrait of the man and his politics. Clement Attlee - the man who created the welfare state and decolonised vast swathes of the British... -
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
RRP: £10.99£7.51Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War. With characteristic scrutiny, Orwell questions the actions and motives of all sides whilst retaining his firm beliefs in human courage and the need for radical social...