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Dirty Waters: Confessions of Chicago's Last Harbor Boss by R.J. Nelson
RRP: £20.00£19.40In 1987, the city of Chicago hired a former radical college chaplain to clean up rampant corruption on the waterfront. R. J. Nelson thought he was used to the darker side of the law he had been followed by federal agents and wiretapped due to his antiwar... -
Spirits that Ive cited?: Vladimir Clementis (19021952). The Political Biography of a Czechoslovak Communist by Josette Baer
RRP: £22.00£18.38Baers biography of the former Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis (19021952) is the first historical study on the Communist politician who was executed with Rudolf Slansky and other top Communist Party members after the show trial of 1952... -
Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond by Jack Bass
£21.70In Strom , Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson deliver a remarkable look at the life of a remarkable , and complicated , politician. First elected to public office in 1929, Strom Thurmond was a pivotal figure in the nation's politics for more than seven... -
Kgalema Motlanthe by Ebrahim Harvey
RRP: £20.95£17.57Presenting a superb account of a man characterized by his reticence, this biography offers rare and thorough insight into the life of one of South Africa's most powerful men: Kgalema Motlanthe. From Motlanthe's ancestral family to his political... -
The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush's Post-Presidency by Jean Becker
RRP: £14.99£10.15As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency. Full of heart and wisdom, THE MAN I KNEW is a vibrant behind-the-scenes look into the ups and downs of heading up the... -
William Wickham, Master Spy: The Secret War Against the French Revolution by Michael Durey
RRP: £47.99£41.81A biography of William Wickham (1761-1840), Britain's master spy on the Continent for more than five years during the French Revolutionary wars. It follows Wickham's career to narrate the rise and fall of his secret service community.Book InformationISBN... -
A Wider Patriotism: Alfred Milner and the British Empire by J. Lee Thompson
RRP: £47.99£41.81When Alfred Milner was knighted, he took as his motto Communis Patria, 'patriotism for our common country'. This is the study of Milner, which takes his politics, or 'constructive' imperialism as its primary theme. It also discovers a group of young... -
Werner Scholem: A German Life by Mirjam Zadoff
RRP: £50.00£43.81Werner Scholem never took the easy path. Born in 1895 into the Berlin Jewish middle class, he married a young non-Jewish woman of proletarian background. He was the youngest member of the Prussian Parliament in the 1920s, one of the leaders of the German... -
Madam Secretary: A Biography of Madeleine Albright by Thomas Blood 9780312304690
RRP: £16.99£13.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312304690Author Thomas BloodFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 463g -
Building the Orange Wave: The Inside Story Behind the Historic Rise of Jack Layton and the NDP by Brad Lavigne
RRP: £24.99£17.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771620178Author Brad LavigneFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyreWeight(grams) 638g -
Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist by David Hartsough 9781629630342
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629630342Author David HartsoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 304g -
The Book of Joe: The Life, Wit, and (Sometimes Accidental) Wisdom of Joe Biden by Jeff Wilser
RRP: £16.99£11.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525572589Author Jeff WilserFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
America's Political Dynasties: From Adams to Clinton by Stephen Hess 9780815727088
RRP: £35.00£31.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815727088Author Stephen HessFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 825g -
Boss of Black Brooklyn: The Life and Times of Bertram L. Baker by Ron Howell 9780823288694
RRP: £16.99£14.68Boss of Black Brooklyn presents a riveting and untold story about the struggles and achievements of the first black person to hold public office in Brooklyn. Bertram L. Baker immigrated to the United States from the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1915... -
George Wallace: An Enigma: The Complex Life of Alabama's Most Divisive and Controversial Governor by Mary S Palmer 9781945190025
RRP: £19.95£15.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945190025Author Mary S PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Intellect Publishing, LLCPublisher Intellect Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)... -
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life & Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts 9780312560850 [USED COPY]
RRP: £22.99£2.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312560850Author Randy ShiltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life & Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts
RRP: £22.99£14.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312560850Author Randy ShiltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Cocktails, Crises and Cockroaches: A Diplomatic Trail by James Reeve
£54.87Cocktails, Crises and Cockroaches is an entertaining yet instructive account of the life and experiences of a frontline diplomat in a variety of countries. The realities and flavors of diplomatic life (including its frustration, risks and comedy) are... -
Pray for Brother Alexander by Octavian Gabor 9781947447523
RRP: £20.00£15.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947447523Author Octavian GaborFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Punctum BooksPublisher Punctum BooksWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
Thirty Days: An Inside Account of Tony Blair at War by Peter Stothard 9780060582623
RRP: £16.99£10.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060582623Author Peter StothardFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Gray Bird of Baghdad: An Ex-Secret Service Agent's Desperate Mission to Save an Iraqi Scientist by Stephen Phillip Monteiro 9781684631513
RRP: £13.99£11.79A missing Iraqi scientist, an ex-Secret Service agent, and the threat of another biological terrorist attack-all these elements come together in the gripping true story of the Gray Bird of Baghdad. Iraqi Microbiologist Thamer Abdul Rahman Imran has... -
Norman Cousins: Peacemaker in the Atomic Age by Allen Pietrobon
RRP: £29.00£22.99As the editor of the Saturday Review for more than thirty years, Norman Cousins had a powerful platform from which to help shape American public debate during the height of the Cold War. Under Cousins's leadership, the magazine was considered one of the... -
An Iranian Metamorphosis by Mana Neyestani 9780988901445
RRP: £14.99£14.62L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist (Graphic Novel/Comics) 2014 Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlist 2014 Can a children's cartoon cause riots? One of Mana Neyestani's cartoons sparked riots, shuttered the newspaper he worked for, and landed the cartoonist... -
Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia within the Most Powerful Political Group in America by Joshua L. Powell
RRP: £25.00£17.79Joshua L. Powell is the NRA--a lifelong gun advocate, in 2016, he began his new role as a senior strategist and chief of staff to NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre. What Powell uncovered was horrifying: "the waste and dysfunction at the NRA was staggering."INSIDE... -
One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General by William P. Barr
RRP: £14.99£13.88INSTANT #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... -
Hidden Terrors: The Truth About U.S. Police Operations in Latin America by Mark Crispin Miller 9781504050067
RRP: £20.99£15.94A "devastating" expose of the United States' Latin American policy and the infamous career and assassination of agent Dan Mitrione (Kirkus Reviews). In 1960, former Richmond, Indiana, police chief Dan Mitrione moved to Brazil to begin a new career with... -
Vida Clandestina: My Life in the Cuban Revolution by Enrique Oltuski 9780787961695
RRP: £21.99£14.96Vida Clandestina is the first U.S. publication of the dramatic memoir of an important Cuban revolutionary who led a dangerous double life from 1952 to1959. Educated at University of Miami, then a high-ranking manager and engineer for Shell Oil, Enrique... -
Lion of the Senate: When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress by Nick Littlefield 9781476796161
RRP: £20.00£12.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476796161Author Nick LittlefieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
Smile For The Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith by Simon Danczuk 9781849546447 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£3.65Shortlisted for Political Book of the Year at The Paddy Power Political Book Awards 2015 No politician pandered to the media's appetite for personality more than Liberal MP Cyril Smith. Instantly recognisable for his colossal build, Smith was a... -
Not Just Politics by Carwyn Jones 9781786157713 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£2.65For nine years, Carwyn Jones was at the helm of Welsh politics. As First Minister from 2009 to 2018, he led the governance of an increasingly devolving Wales through turmoil and success. Not Just Politics follows Carwyn from his roots in a small corner... -
The Little Book of Corbyn: In His Own Words by 9781911610304 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.99£2.11The perfect stocking filler, Secret Santa gift or conversation starter for Corbyn haters and lovers this Christmas! This is the man In His Own Words. This is Corbyn on Party Politics, Vision & Principles, Defiance, Leadership and World Affairs, plus a... -
The Legacy of Ernest Mandel by Gilbert Achcar 9781859847039 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£10.66Ernest Mandel (1923-1995) was a member of a very rare breed: a theorist of activist Marxism. Leader of the international Trotskyist movement, lifelong revolutionary, and scholar of world renown, Mandel was one of those few individuals who combined the... -
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung 9780060856267 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99£2.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2002.Book InformationISBN 9780060856267Author Loung UngFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher... -
Battleground by Wayne Errington 9780522869712 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.95£13.67Tony Abbott came to the prime ministership lauded as the most effective leader of the opposition since Whitlam. Why then did he fail to succeed in the job to which he had aspired for decades?Frontbenchers leaked about cabinet processes to the media while... -
John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community Raymond Arsenault 9780300281811
RRP: £16.99£14.44The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis “The perfect book, at the right time.”—Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940–2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil... -
Churchill: A Life: The Official Biography Dr Martin Gilbert 9781804949399
RRP: £16.99£14.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804949399Author Dr Martin GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 1088Imprint Penguin (Cornerstone)Publisher CornerstoneWeight(grams) 500g -
Keir Starmer: The Biography Tom Baldwin 9780008739645
RRP: £16.99£14.44THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ‘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW D’ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD ...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: £16.99£14.44Subtotal: -
Traitors: History's Greatest Turncoats, From Judas Iscariot to the Men Who Plotted to Kill Hitler Ian Crofton 9781529440010
RRP: £10.99£9.34Tales of treachery, farce and folly across three millennia of world history.Book InformationISBN 9781529440010Author Ian CroftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Quercus PublishingPublisher Quercus Publishing -
Unleashed Boris Johnson 9780008733452
RRP: £18.99£16.14Shattering the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir and written in his inimitable style, Boris Johnson’s Unleashed is an honest, unrestrained and deeply revealing book by the politician who has dominated our times. Underlying everything in the... -
Unleashed Boris Johnson 9780008618209
RRP: £30.00£25.50Shattering the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir and written in his inimitable style, Boris Johnson’s Unleashed is an honest, unrestrained and deeply revealing book by the politician who has dominated our times. Underlying everything in the...