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American Reboot: An Idealist's Guide to Getting Big Things Done by Will Hurd
RRP: £17.99£10.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982160777Author Will HurdFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 140g -
Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur by Matthew N Green
£37.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780700633265Author Matthew N GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint University Press of KansasPublisher University Press of Kansas -
Chris Hani by Hugh Macmillan
RRP: £12.99£11.77This biography shows how Black political leader Chris Hani's life and death were pivotal to ending apartheid and to establishing a democratic government in South Africa. Chris Hani is one of the most iconic figures in South Africa's history, as a leader... -
The Cost of Courage: The Journey of an American Congressman by Carl Elliott
RRP: £29.95£12.66This deeply moving story chronicles the tenacity and vision that carried Carl Elliott from the hills of northwest Alabama to eight distinguished terms in the United States House of Representatives. Born in a log cabin on a tenant farm in 1913, Carl... -
Mike Starr of Oshawa: A Political Biography by Myron Momryk
RRP: £25.00£24.90Mike Starr had a remarkable career in Canadian politics. In June 1957, he was appointed Minister of Labour in John Diefenbaker's cabinet and created a sensation, especially among Canadian ethnocultural groups. He made political history as the first... -
A Legacy of Honor: The Congressional Papers of Lee. H. Hamilton by Kate Cruikshank
RRP: £14.99£13.41This volume commemorates the opening of the Lee H. Hamilton Congressional Papers at Indiana University. The papers are a selection made by his staff from the approximately 3,500 cartons of records generated from 1965 to 1999 during Hamiltons 34-year... -
Huey Long Invades New Orleans: The Siege of a City, 1934-36 by Garry Boulard
RRP: £18.99£12.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565543034Author Garry BoulardFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Pelican Publishing CoPublisher Pelican Publishing CoWeight(grams) 365g -
Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People by Gil Troy
RRP: £16.99£11.95A classic account of courage, integrity, and most of all, belongingIn 1977, Natan Sharansky, a leading activist in the democratic dissident movement in the Soviet Union and the movement for free Jewish emigration, was arrested by the KGB. He spent nine... -
Ambassadors at Sea: The High and Low Adventures of a Diplomat by Henry E. Catto, Jr.
RRP: £36.00£27.76In 1969, Henry Catto was selling insurance in San Antonio, Texas. Just twenty years later, he presented his credentials as ambassador to the Court of St. James's to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Palace. In this engaging memoir, he... -
Who is Roger Casement? by Michael R. Laubscher
RRP: £16.99£12.94Who is Roger Casement? is history with a difference; it is an excursion into the early twentieth century, when the final dramatic events of Roger Casement's life were unfolding. The controversial tale of Casement's life is brought to us through the... -
Who is Hillary Clinton? by Katha Pollitt
£24.55Who is Hillary Clinton? is a fascinating time-lapse depiction of the leading Democratic presidential candidate as seen from the left. But it is also much more than that. A carefully-edited anthology of The Nation's coverage of Clinton's career, it's a... -
Where You Go: Life Lessons from My Father by Charlotte Pence
RRP: £13.99£9.56A stirring portrait of Vice President Mike Pence from his own daughter: the story of a Christian husband and father who answers the call to serve America with his family by his side. When Mike Pence set out on the vice presidential campaign trail, his... -
The Last Suffragist Standing: The Life and Times of Laura Marshall Jamieson by Veronica Strong-Boag
£48.03Of particular interest to scholars and students in women's studies and Canadian history, this book will also appeal to feminists with an interest in history and enthusiasts of British Columbia history.Book InformationISBN 9780774838696Author Veronica... -
In Service of Emergent India: A Call to Honor by Jaswant Singh
RRP: £32.00£28.61In Service of Emergent India is an evocative insider's account of a crucial period in India's history. It provides an in-depth look at events that changed the way the world perceived India, and a unique view of Indian statecraft. As Minister of External... -
A Small Door Set in Concrete: One Woman's Story of Challenging Borders in Israel/Palestine by Ilana Hammerman
RRP: £24.00£23.39"I was taught from the start not to be silent." For years, renowned activist and scholar Ilana Hammerman has given the world remarkable translations of Kafka. With A Small Door Set in Concrete, she turns to the actual surreal existence that is life in... -
A Feminist in the White House: Midge Costanza, the Carter Years, and America's Culture Wars by Doreen J Mattingly
RRP: £23.49£19.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197583357Author Doreen J MattinglyFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA -
Meeting the Demands of Reason: The Life and Thought of Andrei Sakharov by Jay Bergman
RRP: £46.00£40.43The Soviet physicist, dissident, and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. The first Russian to have been so recognized, Sakharov in his Nobel lecture held that humanity had a "sacred... -
Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero
RRP: £12.99£10.50"A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century." -Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a River Stephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He... -
Between Torture And Resistance by Luis Nieves Falcon
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604866858Author Luis Nieves FalconFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 189g -
Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics by Joyce Purnick
£18.09Mike Bloomberg has repeatedly defied the standard models for success. He has never won a crowd over with his speaking prowess. Rooms do not hush with anticipation when he enters. Celebrity stalkers do not haunt him. But his unparalleled achievements drip... -
American Queenmaker: How Missy Meloney Brought Women Into Politics by Julie Des Jardins
RRP: £25.00£19.44Marie "Missy" Mattingly Meloney was born in 1878, in an America where women couldn't vote and had extremely limited political power. By the time she died in 1943, women had been voting for over two decades and were a recognised political block... -
Speaker Jim Wright: Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics by J. Brooks Flippen
RRP: £27.99£24.54Honorable Mention, Ramirez Family Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book, Texas Institute of Letters, 2019Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth century-energy, education, taxes, transportation,... -
The Murder of Ahmed Timol: My Search for the Truth by Imtiaz A. Cajee
RRP: £15.95£13.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781431429639Author Imtiaz A. CajeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Jacana Media (Pty) LtdPublisher Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd -
M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom Steven F. Hayward 9781641771764
RRP: £24.99£17.12M. Stanton Evans (d. 2015) was one of the unsung heroes and key figures of the modern conservative movement, offering a model to be remembered and emulated in both thought and deed. A person of extraordinary breadth, he combined the roles of journalist,... -
Walking The Precipice: Witness to the Rise of the Taliban Barbara Bick 9781558615861
RRP: £10.99£7.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558615861Author Barbara BickFormat PaperbackPage Count 167Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The City... -
Theodore Roosevelt - A Literary Life by Thomas Bailey
RRP: £28.00£23.67Of all the many biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, none has presented the twenty-sixth president as he saw himself: as a man of letters. This fascinating account traces Roosevelt's lifelong engagement with books and discusses his writings from childhood... -
Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Paya and His Daring Quest for a Free Cuba by David E Hoffman
RRP: £32.50£20.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982191191Author David E HoffmanFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
John Tyler: A President of Many Firsts by Jane C Walker
RRP: £15.99£9.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939923816Author Jane C WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, USPublisher McDonald & Woodward... -
Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois by Roger Biles
RRP: £35.00£30.74A lifelong crusader for society's powerless, Senator Paul Douglas championed reform and helped to bring civil rights issues to the forefront of mid-twentieth-century American politics. During his eighteen years in the U.S. Senate, his advocacy of liberal... -
Torn from the World: A Guerrilla's Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico by John Gibler
RRP: £12.99£8.87"The book that most shocked me this year for its literary quality is called Tzompaxtle, although in English it has another title, Torn from the World. The author is John Gibler, a real outlaw."--Diego Enrique Osorno, author of El Cartel de... -
Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition by Roderic Ai Camp
RRP: £103.00£91.54This fourth edition of Roderic Camp's highly respected Mexican Political Biographies is an updated comprehensive biographical directory of leading state and national politicians in Mexico, covering the years 1935-2009. The original edition, published in... -
For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Poli by Bruce Mouser
RRP: £24.95£17.90More than one hundred years before Barack Obama, George Edwin Taylor made presidential history. Born in the antebellum South to a slave and a freed woman, Taylor became the first African American ticketed as a political party's nominee for president of... -
Khalil Maleki: The Human Face of Iranian Socialism by Homa Katouzian
RRP: £30.00£22.03Khalil Maleki (1901-1969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran. His was a unique approach to politics, prioritising the criticism of policies detrimental to his country's development over the pursuit of... -
Have No Fear: The Charles Evers Story by Charles Evers
RRP: £33.95£22.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630260941Author Charles EversFormat HardbackPage Count 362Imprint Trade Paper PressPublisher Trade Paper Press -
Michelle Obama by Elizabeth Lightfoot
RRP: £14.99£11.66There is no one quite like her. Michelle Obama. This is the first book to tell the astonishing story of a woman whose intellect, verbal flair, and poise are certain to make her one of the most influential First Ladies in history. A woman whose remark,... -
Up in arms: Probing the arms deal in parliament by Raenette Taljaard
RRP: £18.95£15.63Here is the personal story of a young female parliamentarian who entered public life with expectations awakened by Nelson Mandela's presidency, only to become disenchanted with party politics and with the moral meltdown she experienced within Parliament... -
The Autobiography and Other Writings by Benjamin Franklin
RRP: £7.99£5.98Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy... -
Policy Entrepreneurship and Elections in Japan: A Political Biogaphy of Ozawa Ichiro by Takashi Oka
RRP: £43.99£38.44Ozawa Ichiro is one of the most important figures in Japanese politics, having held the positions of Chief Secretary of the Liberal Democrat Party and, after defection from the LDP, President of the Democratic Party of Japan. Ozawa has distinctive ideas... -
Subtle Moments: Scenes on a Life's Journey by Bruce Grant
RRP: £23.99£19.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925495355Author Bruce GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 500g -
Amma's Daughters: A Memoir by Meenal Shrivastava
RRP: £25.99£22.49As a precocious young girl, Surekha knew very little about the details of her mother Amma's unusual past and that of Babu, her mysterious and sometimes absent father. The tense, uncertain family life created by her parents' distant and fractious marriage...